Megawords vs Wiktionary Reader
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.
Wiktionary Reader
Access a comprehensive, multilingual free dictionary. Search for keywords with full-text search and browse results. Explore random entries or manage your saved pages.
- Full-text search
- Multilingual dictionary access
- Browse random entries
- Bookmark and history management
- Language selection
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Wiktionary is a simple dictionary viewer for searching Wiktionary across multiple languages. Enter a word, choose a language, and view matching Wiktionary results in a clean list. Open the detail page to read the original article, then bookmark useful pages for later. Your selected language and search term are saved, so the app can start from where you left off. You can also search bookmarks and history to quickly return to words and pages you viewed before. Main features: • Multilingual Wiktionary search • Language switching • Saved search term and language • Search on app launch • Random page browsing • Bookmarks • Searchable bookmarks and history • iPhone and iPad support Useful for language learning, translation checks, reading support, and exploring vocabulary across languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Megawords at 4.5 against Wiktionary Reader's 3.9. Megawords also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 51%). Wiktionary Reader's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 2). 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.
Megawords holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wiktionary Reader has 62 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Megawords's written reviews are positive against 51% of Wiktionary Reader's.
Megawords ships an update every 8 months, Wiktionary Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Megawords | Wiktionary Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 3.9 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better | 51.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Frank O'Dwyer | KAZUYUKI TAJIMA |
Customer experience
Megawords
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In-app purchases
Megawords
No in-app purchases
Wiktionary Reader
No in-app purchases
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