Polis Inventory vs BHTA Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polis Inventory
Explore ancient Greek settlements from the Archaic and Classical periods. This interactive map visualizes and filters historical data based on physical and historical parameters, offering a digital companion to a seminal scholarly work.
- Interactive map of ancient Greek poleis
- Search and filter by physical/historical parameters
- Data based on scholarly inventory
- View parameter definitions in-app
- Export data in GeoJSON format
- No user data tracking
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Polis-Inventory maps the ancient Greek settlements from the Archaic and Classical periods (c. 650–325 BCE) as identified in the pioneering work published by the Copenhagen Polis Centre, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by M. H. Hansen and T. Nielsen (Oxford, 2005; here referred to as the “HN Inventory”). The digital dataset in Polis-Inventory, based on the HN Inventory, comes primarily from the website polis.stanford.edu, managed by Stanford University’s Department of Classics. The dataset reflects ongoing digitization and enhancement of the original print work by the Stanford team and subsequent classical scholars. We continue to advance the data, improving locations and correcting errors as they are encountered. Polis-Inventory is an informative, interactive companion to the HN Inventory, allowing visualization, search, and filtering of the poleis using a set of physical and historical parameters. Parameter definitions are available in context as you browse. Further detail and attribution can be found at odysseymaps.io, polis.stanford.edu, and in the HN Inventory itself. If you would like a copy of the data in this app, you can copy it to your clipboard in GeoJSON format from the About page. Privacy: No user data is tracked or stored by Polis-Inventory. Support: An optional Tip Jar is available to support ongoing development (tips are voluntary and don’t unlock features). Independence: Polis-Inventory is an independent companion and is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by Stanford University or Oxford University Press.
BHTA Dictionary
Access comprehensive offline dictionaries for Ancient Greek, including the Liddell, Scott and Jones lexicon. Features advanced search capabilities and morphological analysis for common words. Includes declension and conjugation tables for frequently used terms.
- Offline Ancient Greek dictionaries
- Liddell, Scott and Jones lexicon
- Advanced search options
- Automatic morphological form identifier
- Declension and conjugation tables
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The BHTA Dictionary app contains a number of offline Ancient Greek dictionaries including the well-known dictionary by Liddell, Scott and Jones. The app provides various search options: from the beginning, from the end, within the word, full-text search, as well as an automatic morphological form identifier. Additionally, tables with all declension and conjugation forms are available for the 500 most common words of the Ancient Greek Language.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BHTA Dictionary at none against Polis Inventory's 3. BHTA Dictionary also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Polis Inventory sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BHTA Dictionary asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Polis Inventory against 5.0 for BHTA Dictionary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.
Polis Inventory ships an update every 3 months, BHTA Dictionary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polis Inventory | BHTA Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jess Taylor | Iurii Shakhov |
Customer experience
Polis Inventory
BHTA Dictionary
In-app purchases
Polis Inventory
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
BHTA Dictionary
No in-app purchases
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