William Whitaker's Words vs Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
William Whitaker's Words
This app provides a comprehensive Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary with a database of over 39,000 words. It assists students with defining, conjugating, and parsing Latin words, aiding in translation and improving reading comprehension. Users can star difficult words, share definitions, and easily switch translation directions.
- Latin-English & English-Latin dictionary
- 39,000+ word database
- Word definition, conjugation, and parsing
- Star difficult words for vocabulary building
- Copy and share definitions
- Switch translation directions
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Whitaker's Words is a Latin-English & English-Latin dictionary and parser, powered by a 39,000+ word database called William Whitaker's Words (http://archives.nd.edu/words.html). Great for students that need help defining, conjugating, and parsing Latin words in order to translate passages and strengthen their Latin reading ability. Additional features: - Star difficult words in order to improve vocabulary - Easily copy and share definitions with friends - Flip to landscape orientation for focused viewing - Quickly access previously searched words from search bar - Seamlessly switch from Latin-English and English-Latin translation directions As Latin students ourselves, we are very responsive to feedback and always looking for ways to improve the app. Please write us a review with feedback or feature requests and we will get back to you. Developed by Rehaan Furniturewala & Aariz Furniturewala.
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
This app provides comprehensive Latin language learning resources, including extensive dictionaries, grammar guides, and word parsing tools. It offers flashcards for vocabulary memorization and a document reader for in-context word lookups.
- Lewis and Short's Latin-English dictionary
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Declensions and conjugations
- Latin word parser
- Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar
- Flashcards for vocabulary
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Scriba is a great tool to learn Latin. It features : - Lewis and Short's Latin-English dictionary (50 000 entries) - Cassell's Latin Dictionary (clear and shorter explanations for about 20 000 entries) - declensions and conjugations for most of the entries - a Latin word parser - Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar - an English-Latin lexicon (free version) - Smith & Hall's English-Latin Dictionary (full version) - full text search in Lewis and Short's Latin dictionary - classical texts - a Document reader which allows you to look up words in the database - Flashcards to learn new words
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Scriba (Latin Dictionary) at none against William Whitaker's Words's shown. Scriba (Latin Dictionary) also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 54%). William Whitaker's Words's advantage is ratings volume (78 vs 13) and iOS requirement (11 vs 17.5). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. William Whitaker's Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scriba (Latin Dictionary) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scriba (Latin Dictionary) holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: William Whitaker's Words has 78 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of William Whitaker's Words's written reviews are positive against 76% of Scriba (Latin Dictionary)'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | William Whitaker's Words | Scriba (Latin Dictionary) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (78 ratings) | 4.4 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.3% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 78 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rehaan Furniturewala | Dominique CADIET |
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William Whitaker's Words
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
In-app purchases
William Whitaker's Words
- Remove Ads$1.99
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
- Full version$2.99
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