Comparison

English Usage Dictionary vs Mastering English Collocation

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

Head to head
About

English Usage Dictionary

This reference app provides comprehensive guidance on English usage, covering grammar, syntax, style, and word choice. It offers practical advice with extensive examples and quotations from renowned authors, supporting both British and American English variations.

Highlights
  • Grammar, syntax, style, and word choice advice
  • British and American English coverage
  • Usage examples and author quotations
  • User-defined entry groups
  • Search and bookmark entries
  • Daily learning feature
Features
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The English Usage Dictionary is the guide to English usage, loved and used by writers of all kinds. The dictionary gives comprehensive and practical advice on grammar, syntax, style, and choice of words. It gives in-depth coverage of both British and American English with reference to the English of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. The dictionary includes wide-ranging examples of usage from a broad selection of newspapers, journals, and books from across the globe, and features illustrative quotations from authors such as Agatha Christie, Chinua Achebe, Iris Murdoch, Harold Pinter, and Noel Coward. ● User-defined group - Create group and add entries into a group ● Study tools: - Search an entry - Bookmark an entry - Learn 5 entries daily - Built-in dictionary - Featured entries

About

Mastering English Collocation

Features
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To really talk and write like English speakers, you have to learn English collocations. This application provides English collocation dictionary. It will help you to study English collocations with spaced repetition flashcards. Spaced repetition learning is powerful technique for improving your ability to learn and remember what you learn. ● Dictionary - Over 11100 with detailed collocations - Built-in dictionary: Long-press a word to look it up - Bookmark feature - Search feature: search by text or by collocation - Voice search - Learn 10 entries daily - Share collocations ● Flashcards - Use flashcards to learn collocations - Put a card into ignore list or master list - Tap a card to see its meaning and detailed information - Mark a card as "hard", "good", or "easy" - Hard cards are shown more frequently - Good and easy cards are shown less frequently over time - Calendar: view cards scheduled on a date - Charts: showing your progress ● Custom lists - Create custom lists - Add entries into a list - Review entries in a list

Screenshots

English Usage Dictionary4 screens
Mastering English Collocation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: English Usage Dictionary at $0.99 against Mastering English Collocation's $1.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

English Usage Dictionary costs $0.99 and Mastering English Collocation $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

English Usage Dictionary ships an update every 39 months, Mastering English Collocation every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
English Usage Dictionary versus Mastering English Collocation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnglish Usage DictionaryMastering English Collocation
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 22 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrung NguyenLan Huong

In-app purchases

None

English Usage Dictionary

No in-app purchases

None

Mastering English Collocation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is English Usage Dictionary free?
English Usage Dictionary costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mastering English Collocation free?
Mastering English Collocation costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do English Usage Dictionary or Mastering English Collocation have ads?
Neither English Usage Dictionary nor Mastering English Collocation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, English Usage Dictionary or Mastering English Collocation?
English Usage Dictionary ships an update every 39 months, and Mastering English Collocation every 22 months. Most recently, English Usage Dictionary was updated on September 11, 2026 and Mastering English Collocation on September 5, 2026.

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