Comparison

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus vs WordWeb Dictionary

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus

This comprehensive English dictionary and thesaurus offers precise definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and related words. It features intelligent search tools, offline audio, and customizable themes to enhance your language learning experience.

Highlights
  • 140,000+ definitions
  • Synonyms, antonyms, and related words
  • Offline audio pronunciation
  • Intelligent search with autocomplete
  • Camera and voice search
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Entirely revised and updated to include the most comprehensive and accurate picture of the English language today, the Advanced English Dictionary and Thesaurus represents the authority of dictionary apps. The intelligent search features, leading to a rich word list with special language notes, cross-curriculum words and the prompt navigation - all contribute to your unique user experience. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms, interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. In addition to the straightforward definitions the dictionary shows how each word is linked to other words in terms of synonyms, opposites and similar words, but also hyponyms and hyperlinks within the group. The WordNet concept had become the staple of quality language apps: * Straightforward and precise definitions of over 140,000 with more than 250,000 links and 1.4 million words * Synonyms, antonyms, similar and related words to help improve your writing and speech * Hypernyms (more generic words), hyponyms (subordinate words) and meronyms (part names) * Examples illustrate how words are used and show typical constructions and collocations * Offline audio support (internet connection is NOT required) This app is tailored to professionals, students, and academics, as well as anyone who needs a comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of current English at work or at home. LATEST APP UPDАТES:  • Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – The colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.  • Dive right into the intricacies of the language - With new and convenient Home page, sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches, you can get to the desired entry faster than ever.  • Translate and learn as you speak by using Talk & Translate – Use the speech recognition & text-to-speech app by downloading it for Free from the App Store. The great synergy between the two apps will be there to help you optimize your studies. SEARCH TOOLS - quickly find words with the clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface. Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience, the dictionary combines several search tools to match or predict what are you looking for, including:  • Search autocomplete helps you find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type.  • Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases.  • Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results in seconds.  • Voice search helps you find an entry when you don’t know how a word is spelled. Looking for a specific word but don't know how it's spelled? We've got you covered with our automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word. LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary. Designed to give you freedom to structure your studies, the dictionary combines several learning tools to help you be more organized, including:  • ‘Favorites’ that allow you to create custom folders with lists of words.  • Recent list which helps you to easily review looked-up words.  • Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.  • Word-of-the-day option to teach you a new word every day. Feel excited by the new word or definition you just learned? Share your discovery with friends on social media, email or any other option available on your device.

About

WordWeb Dictionary

This app provides a comprehensive offline English dictionary and thesaurus with fast searching, spelling suggestions, definitions, and usage examples. It offers extensive word data and advanced search filters without requiring an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Offline dictionary and thesaurus
  • Fast searching
  • Spelling suggestions
  • Definitions and usage examples
  • Synonyms and related words
  • Advanced search filters
  • Bookmark and history support
Features
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The WordWeb English dictionary and thesaurus: fast searching, spelling suggestions, definitions, usage examples, synonyms, related words - and no adverts. An offline audio version is available separately. The comprehensive WordWeb dictionary database includes: - 285,000 words, phrases and derived forms - 225,000 word sense definitions - 70,000 usage examples - 85,000 text pronunciations - Synonyms, similar and related words - N. American, British, Australian and international English A version with 70,000 professionally recorded audio pronunciations is available as a separate product. The intelligent word entry suggests possible correct spellings as you type, as well as listing words that sound the same or are often confused. Additional features include the ability to drill down on any word in a definition, full bookmark support and history. Search features include: - Alphabetical listing - Spelling suggestions - Sounds-like and often-confused - Fast pattern-matching search (*, ?, vowel and consonant) - Filter search results by noun, verb, adjective, adverbs - Customize search options (case, derived forms, etc) No Internet connection is required to use WordWeb, and it's free. Chambers dictionary and thesaurus are also available, and you can cross-reference to both Chambers and old Oxford dictionary apps from WordWeb.

Screenshots

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus4 screens
WordWeb Dictionary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WordWeb Dictionary at none against Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus's 2. Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 268) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WordWeb Dictionary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus against 4.6 for WordWeb Dictionary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus has 4.6K ratings behind it against 268, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus's written reviews are positive against 90% of WordWeb Dictionary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus ships an update every 2 months, WordWeb Dictionary every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus versus WordWeb Dictionary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdvanced Dictionary&ThesaurusWordWeb Dictionary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.6K ratings) — better4.6 (268 ratings)
Positive reviews82.3% of reviews90.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better268
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobiSystems, Inc.Antony Lewis

Customer experience

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus

All ratings4,563 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews560 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative13.2%

WordWeb Dictionary

All ratings268 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews625 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.4%

User reviews

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick and easy to use
  • 👍 Comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus
  • 📚 Helpful for expanding vocabulary
  • 🔍 Useful for writing and research
  • 🔊 Clear pronunciation feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some words not recognized
  • 🔍 Limited advanced vocabulary
  • 💤 Boring or overly simple 'Word of the Day'
  • 📢 Intrusive ads (in free version)
  • 🔌 Requires internet connection (in recent update)

WordWeb Dictionary

From 268 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Simple and user-friendly
  • 🔒 No ads or data tracking
  • 💡 Offline functionality
  • 👍 Comprehensive definitions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔍 Limited word suggestions
  • 📏 Needs adjustable text size
  • 🔀 Difficulty clearing search history

Bugs and requests

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Pronunciation feature not working

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode
  • More advanced word suggestions
  • Customizable 'Word of the Day' difficulty
  • Improved thesaurus functionality

WordWeb Dictionary

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Text input field not working on some devices
  • Definitions not updating with latest changes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add audio pronunciation
  • Expand thesaurus and etymology features
  • Implement a random word generator
  • Allow customizing word list display

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus

One-time2
  • Advanced English Dictionary and Thesaurus$0.99
  • Advanced English Dictionary and Thesaurus - Voice Search$0.99
None

WordWeb Dictionary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus free?
Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WordWeb Dictionary free?
WordWeb Dictionary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus or WordWeb Dictionary?
Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus is rated higher. Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while WordWeb Dictionary averages 4.6 from 268 ratings.
Do Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus or WordWeb Dictionary have ads?
Neither Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus nor WordWeb Dictionary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus or WordWeb Dictionary?
Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus ships an update every 2 months, and WordWeb Dictionary every 5 months. Most recently, Advanced Dictionary&Thesaurus was updated on October 16, 2026 and WordWeb Dictionary on October 16, 2026.

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