Comparison

Megawords vs Wiktionary Reader

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Anagram search
  • Wildcard search (crossword solver)
  • Rhyme search
  • Offline word search
  • Online dictionary lookup
  • Thesaurus lookup
  • SOWPODS and TWL dictionary support
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Full-text search
  • Multilingual dictionary access
  • Browse random entries
  • Bookmark and history management
  • Language selection
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Megawords3 screens
Wiktionary Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Megawords ships an update every 8 months, Wiktionary Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Megawords versus Wiktionary Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMegawordsWiktionary Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better3.9 (62 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better51.4% of reviews
Number of ratings262 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperFrank O'DwyerKAZUYUKI TAJIMA

Customer experience

Megawords

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Wiktionary Reader

All ratings62 ratings
Positive69.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive51.4%
Neutral11.4%
Negative37.1%

In-app purchases

None

Megawords

No in-app purchases

None

Wiktionary Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Megawords free?
Megawords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wiktionary Reader free?
Wiktionary Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Megawords or Wiktionary Reader?
Megawords is rated higher. Megawords averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Wiktionary Reader averages 3.9 from 62 ratings.
Do Megawords or Wiktionary Reader have ads?
Neither Megawords nor Wiktionary Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Megawords or Wiktionary Reader?
Megawords ships an update every 8 months, and Wiktionary Reader monthly. Most recently, Megawords was updated on September 11, 2026 and Wiktionary Reader on September 29, 2026.

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