Comparison

English Usage Dictionary vs Advanced Dictionary

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
Currently charting
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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

Advanced Dictionary

Enhance your English with a comprehensive vocabulary and grammar resource. Access over 150,000 examples, learn key word lists, and improve pronunciation with British and American English audio. Write and speak more fluently with integrated thesaurus and collocation tools.

Highlights
  • Complete vocabulary and grammar resource
  • 150,000+ corpus-based examples
  • Communication 9000 and top word lists
  • British and American English pronunciation
  • Integrated Thesaurus and Collocations Dictionary
  • Offline access after initial setup
Features
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Advanced Dictionary LDOCE 6th is the best Dictionary free app with complete vocabulary and grammar resource that will enhance your learning of English. ● Support for iPhone, iPod and iPad. ● Require iOS 13.0 above - Improve your English with the full content of the dictionary at your fingertips, with integrated Grammar, Thesaurus, and Collocations Dictionary. - Over 150,000 corpus-based examples of natural English show words in context and how English is really used. - The Communication 9000 – helps you learn them first. - Top 3000 spoken words. - Top 3000 written words. ● Write and speak fluently - Learn word combinations to use the correct words together. - Helps you improve your writing by using more precise and high level words. ● Improve your grammar - Avoid making common mistakes and get extra help with grammar patterns and using the correct tenses. ● Improve your pronunciation - All headwords pronounced in both British and American English Main Features: ● Support full content of word. ● Search engine very fast and suggested words ● Write your note on the word ● Creat new group for words ● Speech in search helps you with spelling as you look for words ● History to help you find recently viewed for words ● Bookmark your favorite words ● Word-of-the-Day update everyday ● Easy to use and easy to understand ● Can use offline after remove ads and has loaded content before.

Screenshots

English Usage Dictionary4 screens
Advanced Dictionary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Advanced Dictionary at 91% against English Usage Dictionary's 0%. Advanced Dictionary also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 39 months). English Usage Dictionary's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $14.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On monetization model 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 Advanced Dictionary $14.99 up front. Advanced Dictionary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. English Usage Dictionary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Advanced Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Dictionary has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of English Usage Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 91% of Advanced Dictionary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

English Usage Dictionary ships an update every 39 months, Advanced Dictionary every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
English Usage Dictionary versus Advanced Dictionary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnglish Usage DictionaryAdvanced Dictionary
Price$0.99 — better$14.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB379 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrung NguyenNguyen Thi Hoai Thu

Customer experience

English Usage Dictionary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Advanced Dictionary

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

English Usage Dictionary

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Advanced Dictionary

One-time1
  • Offline and Remove Ads$8.99

Questions

Is English Usage Dictionary free?
English Usage Dictionary costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advanced Dictionary free?
Advanced Dictionary costs $14.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, English Usage Dictionary or Advanced Dictionary?
Advanced Dictionary is rated higher. English Usage Dictionary averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Advanced Dictionary averages 4.9 from 25 ratings.
Do English Usage Dictionary or Advanced Dictionary have ads?
Advanced Dictionary shows ads; English Usage Dictionary does not.
Which is updated more often, English Usage Dictionary or Advanced Dictionary?
English Usage Dictionary ships an update every 39 months, and Advanced Dictionary every 6 months. Most recently, English Usage Dictionary was updated on September 26, 2026 and Advanced Dictionary on October 9, 2026.

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