Megawords vs Orðabók
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Megawords
This app helps word enthusiasts solve puzzles, find rhymes, and explore word meanings. It offers offline anagram, wildcard, and rhyme searches, with online dictionary and thesaurus lookups for deeper exploration.
- Anagram search
- Wildcard search (crossword solver)
- Rhyme search
- Offline word search
- Online dictionary lookup
- Thesaurus lookup
- SOWPODS and TWL dictionary support
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Megawords is for people who love words. It can be used to help solve crossword puzzles and other word games, to find rhymes, or just to play around with anagrams and find out the meanings of unusual words. It includes a dictionary of over 400,000 words with wildcard, anagram, and rhymes, plus support for SOWPODS and TWL dictionaries. The basic word search features can be used without an internet connection. If you have an internet connection, Megawords can also look up word definitions for the search results in online dictionaries. Thesaurus results will also be shown if found. FEATURES: - anagram search (works offline) - wildcard search (crossword solver mode, works offline) - rhyme search (works offline) - dictionary lookup of word meanings (multiple dictionaries, online only) - thesaurus lookup (online only) - search SOWPODS or TWL or both If you find any bugs or have any feature requests, contact me on twitter (@fodwyer), and I'll do my best to help.
Orðabók
This application provides English to Icelandic word translations. It utilizes an open-source dictionary and is built entirely with SwiftUI for a seamless user experience.
- English to Icelandic translation
- Open-source dictionary data
- SwiftUI interface
- Offline dictionary access (implied by dictionary app nature)
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English to Icelandic dictionary, that allows looking up english words and get the Icelandic translations. The dictionary used is an open source dictionary. The app is entirely done in SwiftUI. Ensk - Íslensk Orðabók.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Orðabók at 5.0 against Megawords's 4.5. Orðabók also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Megawords's advantage is iOS requirement (14.5 vs 27.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Orðabók holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Megawords ships an update every 8 months, Orðabók every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Megawords | Orðabók |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 27.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Frank O'Dwyer | Hannes Sverrisson |
Customer experience
Megawords
Orðabók
In-app purchases
Megawords
No in-app purchases
Orðabók
No in-app purchases
