Dictionary Alpha vs Useless Ideas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dictionary Alpha
This app provides a visually engaging way to explore the English language, helping users build vocabulary. It features offline access to saved words and suggests similar terms for enhanced learning.
- Visual learning tool
- Offline word saving
- Similar word suggestions
- Simple gesture navigation
- Haptic feedback
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Dictionary Alpha is an easy to use English dictionary app, featuring rich and vivid screens to display a range of information. Helping to build vocabulary, the app is a great visual learning tool for children, adults, new English speakers and anyone in between. The app presents the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in a fun and lively manner. - Users can save words to access them when necessary, or for offline reading - Simple app gestures, including double tap and swiping, allow users to easily navigate between pages - The app suggests relevant similar words, to help users who were unable to find the word they were searching for Small haptics are included when pressing various buttons, improving the overall experience; 3D Touch is available to help users launch the app, and users can easily share new found words with friends and family.
Useless Ideas
Generate random, often nonsensical, ideas to spark creativity. This unofficial client provides daily inspiration on the go.
- Generate useless ideas
- Daily inspiration
- Unofficial API client
- On-the-go inspiration
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An unofficial client for the Useless Ideas API (https://q24.io/useless) Generate useless ideas. Get inspired every day, everywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dictionary Alpha at 50% against Useless Ideas's 0%. Dictionary Alpha also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dictionary Alpha holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dictionary Alpha has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Dictionary Alpha's written reviews are positive against 0% of Useless Ideas's.
| Parameter | Dictionary Alpha | Useless Ideas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rihab Mehboob | 俊 林 |
Customer experience
Dictionary Alpha
Useless Ideas
In-app purchases
Dictionary Alpha
No in-app purchases
Useless Ideas
No in-app purchases
