Comparison

English Usage Dictionary vs English Prepositional Idioms

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

English Prepositional Idioms

Features
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This app is designed to help you learn English Prepositional Idioms, which are idioms that start with prepositions such as out of order, in advance, on purpose, from someone's perspective, in danger, in debt, by mistake, of value, for someone's benefit, etc. ▸ Prepositional Idioms - Over 1780 idioms - Detailed meaning ▸ Examples - Each idiom has a number of examples - Over 49800 sentences are added ▸ Lessons - 60 lessons - Use flashcards to study idioms in a lesson ▸ Flashcards - Create a deck - Add idioms into a deck - Review a deck ▸ Basic features include: - Bookmark feature - Search feature - Learn 5 prepositional idioms daily - Share, copy an idiom ▸ If you want to suggest a new feature or report an issue, please use feedback feature in the app. Thank you!

Screenshots

English Usage Dictionary4 screens
English Prepositional Idioms4 screens

Verdict

The call

English Usage Dictionary and English Prepositional Idioms are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 English Prepositional Idioms $0.99 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, English Prepositional Idioms every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
English Usage Dictionary versus English Prepositional Idioms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnglish Usage DictionaryEnglish Prepositional Idioms
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 months — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrung NguyenBui Hoai Trang

In-app purchases

None

English Usage Dictionary

No in-app purchases

None

English Prepositional Idioms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is English Usage Dictionary free?
English Usage Dictionary costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is English Prepositional Idioms free?
English Prepositional Idioms costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do English Usage Dictionary or English Prepositional Idioms have ads?
Neither English Usage Dictionary nor English Prepositional Idioms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, English Usage Dictionary or English Prepositional Idioms?
English Usage Dictionary ships an update every 39 months, and English Prepositional Idioms every 41 months. Most recently, English Usage Dictionary was updated on September 11, 2026 and English Prepositional Idioms on August 29, 2026.

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