SkyDict vs Lingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SkyDict
This app allows users to simultaneously search for word definitions across numerous online English dictionaries. It offers a seamless browsing experience with swipe gestures and includes a dark theme. Users can also look up words directly from other applications.
- Simultaneous multi-dictionary lookups
- Swipe to switch dictionaries
- Dark theme support
- In-app word lookup via share menu
- No ads or account required
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SkyDict is an english dictionary that lets you look up words in multiple online english dictionaries at a time. Swipe left or right to switch different dictionaries. These online free dictionaries are included: Dictionary.com, Longman, Webster's, Collins, Urban Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, Bing Dictionary, etc. Designed exclusively for iOS, SkyDict takes full advantage of the latest iOS features and technologies, giving you innovative, fast, and powerful tools. Features: - Look up words in multiple sources at a time. - Swipe left or right to switch dictionaries. - Dark theme for any dictionary. - Look up words within any app (Select the text, choose Share from the context menu, then select SkyDict to get its definition). - No Ads. No account needed. No in-app tracking. Designed for iOS 26 SkyDict is meticulously thought through and created from the ground up for iOS 26. Designed to take full advantage of powerful iOS features and technologies. SkyDict requires Internet Connectivity to search for a word.
Lingo
This is a fast, multilingual, and knowledgeable tool for looking up definitions. It provides quick access to information across multiple languages.
- Fast lookups
- Multilingual support
- Knowledgeable information
- Sensible interface
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Lingo is a fast, sensible, multilingual, and knowledgeable tool for looking up anything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SkyDict at none against Lingo's 1. SkyDict also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (35 vs 6). Lingo's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lingo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SkyDict asks for nothing beyond the download.
SkyDict holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SkyDict has 35 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of SkyDict's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lingo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | SkyDict | Lingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (35 ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Chunxia Li | Tongfan Dai |
Customer experience
SkyDict
Lingo
In-app purchases
SkyDict
No in-app purchases
Lingo
- Lingo Unlimited$2.99
