Comparison

Quick Synonyms vs Antidote Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Quick Synonyms

Instantly find synonyms for any word directly within other iOS apps. Select text, tap Share, and choose the synonym lookup option.

Highlights
  • Text action extension
  • In-app synonym lookup
  • Share menu integration
  • Works across system apps
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Quick Synonyms provides an iOS text action extension that makes it easy to look up synonyms for words in any app on the system. Just select a word, tap Share from the menu that appears, and choose "Find Synonyms".

About

Antidote Mobile

This app provides comprehensive bilingual dictionaries and language guides for English and French. It offers rich definitions, synonyms, translations, and detailed writing guides, along with interactive features for learning and discovery.

Highlights
  • Bilingual English-French dictionaries
  • Extensive language guides
  • Rich definitions and synonyms
  • Word combination and semantic field analysis
  • Rhyme and anagram search
  • Interactive learning games
  • Offline access
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Antidote Mobile – Bilingual offers the best of both worlds: excellent dictionaries and guides in both English and French, and plentiful translations between the two languages. Antidote Mobile provides rich definitions, abundant synonyms, extensive word combinations and much more, in an elegant and streamlined interface. Use powerful search engines to find rhymes, anagrams, and other links between words, even with wildcards. Listen to words and expressions in all their forms in four accents. Display 2.8 million translations of words and expressions, or hide them to work in a single language. From spelling to style, Antidote’s guides cover all aspects of writing. Antidote’s 1,000 articles in French and more than 650 articles in English are organized in a clear tree structure with fast search and links between articles from one language to the other. In Discovery Mode, ask for rare words, famous people or World Heritage sites, and Antidote will display them in a random sequence. Create word lists that you can review and share with friends or students. Test your lexical knowledge with the game mode: guess the name of a country, city, person and more based on their definitions, and post your results on social media. Antidote Mobile doesn’t need an Internet connection.† It is offered as a one-year renewable subscription, either by itself or with an Antidote+ package (Druide account required). RICH AND INNOVATIVE DICTIONARIES • Words and expressions (177,000 entries En, 172,000 Fr) 
• Synonyms (1.8 M En, 1.1 M Fr)
 • Antonyms (130,000 En, 100,000 Fr) 
• Combinations (885,000 En, 1 M Fr) 
• Semantic Fields (96,000 En, 96,000 Fr)
 • Conjugation (9,900 verbs En, 9,500 verbs Fr) 
• Families (18,000 En, 19,000 Fr) 
• Quotations (474,000 En, 360,000 Fr) 
• History (137,000 etymologies En, 147,000 Fr)
 • Translations of 2.8 M words and expressions • Difficulties (homonyms, false friends, etc., 26,000 En, 50,000 Fr) • Pronunciations of words, expressions and verb conjugations† 
• Rhymes and near-rhymes 
• Proverbs 
• Integrated access to 11,000 zoomable maps and satellite images†
 • Links to 1,500 UNESCO World Heritage sites†
 • Links to web complements (GDT, Termium, add your own)† • Integrated access to Wikipedia† DETAILED LANGUAGE GUIDES • Grammar
 • Spelling
 • Punctuation
 • Style
 • Typography 
• Syntax 
• Lexicon 
• Phonetics
 • History
 • Business writing 
• Language Matters 
• Inclusive writing
 • (French) Rectifications of 1990 FASCINATING DISCOVERIES • Display words at random, to peruse the dictionary
 • Learn rare words
 • Ask for names of cities, countries or famous people 
• Discover the UNESCO World Heritage sites 
• Read fascinating notes about the origins of words
 • Ponder edifying proverbs • Add your findings to a list of favorite words 
• Play the game of guessing a word from its definition 
• Study your word lists and play them in the guessing game 
• Share your scores on social media† HIGH-QUALITY INTERFACE • Responsive to all screen sizes of iPhone and iPad
 • Stage Manager and SplitView support 
• Display definitions right within your apps • Use portrait or landscape display 
• Quick search of a word copied from another app • Instant search by typing
 • Error-tolerant search (e.g. eror)
 • Rhyme and anagram search
 • Wildcard search (e.g. lum*, c?re?) 
• “Word begins with/contains/ends with” searches 
• Multiword search (e.g. wine study, table ronde) 
• Search by combinable criteria (domain, frequency, etc.) 
• Create word lists and share them • Print any content • Configure shortcuts • Sync your favorites with iCloud†
 • Sync with Antidote and Antidote Web (with Antidote+ package)†
 • All functions callable from other apps (URL scheme) (Note: the corrector in Antidote’s desktop edition is not part of Antidote Mobile.) († Internet access required for marked functions above.)

Screenshots

Quick Synonyms3 screens
Antidote Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Antidote Mobile at Free against Quick Synonyms's $4.99. Antidote Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 3). Quick Synonyms's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Antidote Mobile is free to download; Quick Synonyms costs $4.99 up front. Antidote Mobile sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $13.49 per year. Quick Synonyms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Synonyms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Antidote Mobile has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Quick Synonyms's written reviews are positive against 57% of Antidote Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Synonyms ships an update every 32 months, Antidote Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Quick Synonyms versus Antidote Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick SynonymsAntidote Mobile
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better56.6% of reviews
Number of ratings325 — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB948 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFurnace Creek Software LLCDruide informatique

Customer experience

Quick Synonyms

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Antidote Mobile

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive56.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative41.5%

Bugs and requests

Quick Synonyms

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Antidote Mobile

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes
  • Infinite login loop after subscribing
  • In-app purchase not recognized
  • App searches for internet to start
  • Cannot log in with Apple ID
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  • Verification failed during login
  • Lost subscription after logout
  • Bilingual subscription doesn't include French mobile
  • App is buggy
  • Cannot make purchase/subscription
  • Siri not working correctly

Requested features

8 requests
  • Phonetic transcription for Proper Nouns
  • Add personal notes to favorite words
  • Integrate corrector into mobile app
  • Make corrector available on iPhone/iPad
  • Improve word search for misspellings
Show 3 more
  • Add historical word occurrence dates
  • LaTeX integration
  • Siri integration improvement

In-app purchases

None

Quick Synonyms

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Antidote Mobile

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription to AMO – En-Fr1 Month trial$13.491 Year

Questions

Is Quick Synonyms free?
Quick Synonyms costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Antidote Mobile free?
Antidote Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Synonyms or Antidote Mobile?
Quick Synonyms is rated higher. Quick Synonyms averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Antidote Mobile averages 4.8 from 25 ratings.
Do Quick Synonyms or Antidote Mobile have ads?
Neither Quick Synonyms nor Antidote Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Synonyms or Antidote Mobile?
Quick Synonyms ships an update every 32 months, and Antidote Mobile every 3 months. Most recently, Quick Synonyms was updated on October 24, 2026 and Antidote Mobile on October 26, 2026.

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