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.
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.
- 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
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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
Mastering English Collocation
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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
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Verdict
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.
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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.
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.
| Parameter | English Usage Dictionary | Mastering English Collocation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 22 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trung Nguyen | Lan Huong |
In-app purchases
English Usage Dictionary
No in-app purchases
Mastering English Collocation
No in-app purchases
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