Hymnly vs Hymn Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hymnly
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Hymnly is a thoughtfully crafted app designed to help churches access hymnals and worship programs with ease. The interface is simple to use and friendly to navigate. Features: Access hymns from your church’s specific hymnals, always kept up to date Instantly search by hymn number or title View your church’s worship programs / booklets directly in the app Location-aware updates ensure you always have the latest content Offline access to all downloaded hymns Customize font, size, and line height for comfortable reading Full support for dark mode
Hymn Dictionary
This app provides definitions for difficult words found in hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It offers pronunciation guides, grammar notes, and lists of hymns where each word appears. The app works offline and includes study tools like flashcards and curated collections.
- Hymn word definitions
- Pronunciation guides
- Grammar notes
- Offline functionality
- Daily flashcards
- Curated word collections
- AI-powered fallback definitions
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What is a bulwark? Why do we sing "here I raise my Ebenezer"? Hymn Dictionary explains every difficult word in the hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, built from the LDS Hymn Dictionary by David D. Byrd and M. Ryan Byrd (2007). BUILT FOR SUNDAY Open any hymn before you sing it and see its difficult words up front. Public-domain hymn texts appear verse by verse with tappable definitions right inside the lines. THE COMPLETE DICTIONARY All 251 entries from the published book: plain definitions, real pronunciations (BUL-wark), grammar notes, and every hymn each word appears in. Tap the speaker to hear any word said aloud. WORKS OFFLINE The entire dictionary and hymnbook index are on your phone. No account, no ads, nothing to set up. In a chapel with no signal, everything still works. STUDY TOOLS A daily flashcard deck, curated collections (Sacrament, Christmas, rarest words), and saved words help you actually learn the language of the hymnal. AI FALLBACK Type a word the book does not cover and the app writes a definition for you. Hymn text and music © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Copyrighted hymn texts are not reproduced in the app; they link to the official site.
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Verdict
Hymnly and Hymn Dictionary are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Hymnly | Hymn Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enyi Tan | Michael Byrd |
In-app purchases
Hymnly
No in-app purchases
Hymn Dictionary
No in-app purchases
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