Scriba (Latin Dictionary) vs GSWL Drills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
GSWL Drills
Practice vocabulary, noun forms, verb forms, and grammar concepts from a specific Latin textbook. This official companion app enhances learning by providing interactive drills based on the book's content.
- Vocabulary practice
- Noun form drills
- Verb form drills
- Grammar concept practice
- Companion to textbook
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This is the official app for the book "Getting Started with Latin" by William E. Linney. This app allows you to practice the vocabulary, noun forms, verb forms, and grammar concepts introduced in the book.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GSWL Drills at none against Scriba (Latin Dictionary)'s 1. GSWL Drills also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). Scriba (Latin Dictionary)'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 27 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Scriba (Latin Dictionary) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GSWL Drills asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Scriba (Latin Dictionary) against 4.5 for GSWL Drills. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Scriba (Latin Dictionary)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of GSWL Drills's.
Scriba (Latin Dictionary) ships an update every 5 months, GSWL Drills every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scriba (Latin Dictionary) | GSWL Drills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominique CADIET | William E. Linney |
Customer experience
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
GSWL Drills
In-app purchases
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
- Full version$2.99
GSWL Drills
No in-app purchases
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