Italian Essentials vs Italian Dictionary +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Italian Essentials
Master Italian vocabulary and pronunciation with this award-winning language learning app. It uses spaced repetition and native speaker audio to help you learn quickly and permanently. Sync your progress across devices and study offline.
- Native speaker audio for pronunciation
- Spaced repetition for memorization
- Cloud sync across devices
- Offline study capability
- Searchable dictionary
- Flashcards and quizzes
- Hands-free study mode
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AccelaStudy is the award-winning language education software for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad that helps you understand and pronounce words in the shortest possible time. Learn new Italian words quickly, easily, and permanently with AccelaStudy. If you like Learn Italian FREE by AccelaStudy, learn even more by purchasing Learn Italian - AccelaStudy. Join over 6,000,000 people worldwide who have used AccelaStudy to master a language. Perfect for students, travelers, executives, and anyone who wants to quickly increase their fluency. AccelaStudy is even more powerful in the cloud! With a free AccelaStudy Cloud account you can: • Sync all of your study sets and progress to all of your devices. • Add new devices at any time. Install AccelaStudy on your new device, sign into your AccelaStudy Cloud account, and your data will automatically be restored to that new device! • Study online or offline. AccelaStudy syncs immediately while online and any offline data is synced automatically when you go online again. • Share AccelaStudy with family members and classmates. Signing out of AccelaStudy allows another user to sign in with their account while preserving all data in the cloud. FEATURES: • PRONOUNCE each word perfectly after listening to NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words. • Fully functional version of AccelaStudy with a useful subset of its 2,400 professional translations • The vocabulary includes commonly used VERBS • SPACED REPETITION feature helps you quickly memorize new words • Automatic STATISTICS help you track your learning progress • Searchable DICTIONARY of all vocabulary • Flashcards • Multiple Choice Quiz • Audio Quiz • Completely HANDS-FREE mode allows you to study vocabulary while driving or jogging Please refrain from sending your bug reports or feature requests using the App Store. Instead, to ensure a direct response from us send them to support@renkara.com. You can also tweet us at http://twitter.com/renkaramedia. We’re always happy to help our users and receive their comments! Use of the AccelaStudy Cloud service is subject to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. These are available in the app or on our website.
Italian Dictionary +
This app provides a comprehensive bilingual dictionary and translator for English and Italian. It offers offline access to over 350,000 words and phrases, including pronunciation, translation, and a thesaurus. Features like word games, flashcards, and a phrasebook aid language learning for students, teachers, and travelers.
- Bilingual English-Italian dictionary
- Offline translation for words and phrases
- Text scanning via camera
- Thesaurus, synonyms, and antonyms
- Vocabulary building games
- Offline pronunciation
- Phrasebook and phrase of the day
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• Bilingual English to Italian and Italian to English dictionary • Italian to English word and phrase translator and translation • Over 350K words and phrase can be used in offline • Offline pronunciation and translate any sentences • Scan text in image by pointing camera to search in dictionary • Designed for student, teacher, tourist and language learners • Having thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms • Translate individual words, phrases, or whole sentences • Tap a word for cross searching • Bookmark and Recent history for instant recall • Word of the day to learn IELTS, TOEFL and SAT words • Multiple games help to improve English and Italian vocabulary • Offline Pronunciation helps to learn words properly • Flash card and Word of the Day helps to improve vocabulary • Phrase book, Phrase of the day and Phrase Card helps to speak common phrases • Quote of the Day improves wisdom and motivation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Italian Essentials at none against Italian Dictionary +'s 5. Italian Essentials also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Italian Dictionary +'s advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (77 vs 4). On price, monetization model and device support 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. Italian Dictionary + sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Italian Essentials asks for nothing beyond the download.
Italian Dictionary + holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Italian Dictionary + has 77 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Italian Essentials's written reviews are positive against 71% of Italian Dictionary +'s.
Italian Essentials ships an update every 5 months, Italian Dictionary + every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Italian Essentials | Italian Dictionary + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Renkara Media Group, Inc. | iThinkdiff |
Customer experience
Italian Essentials
Italian Dictionary +
User reviews
Italian Essentials
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for beginners
- 👍 Useful for study
- 👍 Variety of flashcard methods
- 👍 Clear voice overs
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 👎 Limited free content (155 words)
- 👎 Expensive upgrade
- 👎 Translator feature removed
- 👎 Lacks structure
- 👎 Missing basic words
Italian Dictionary +
From 77 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 📚 Comprehensive dictionary with multiple word meanings
- 🎮 Fun games and learning features
- ⭐ Word of the day feature for vocabulary building
- 🔊 Pronunciation audio available
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 📱 UI glitches and word selection issues
- 💸 Intrusive and excessive advertisements
- ❌ Limited vocabulary coverage
- 🔄 Word of the day repeats or is too obscure
Bugs and requests
Italian Essentials
Reported bugs
5 issues- App keeps crashing
- App boots out
- No audio on iPhone 4
- No audio on iPod Touch
- Translator function removed after update
Requested features
7 requests- Add own word lists
- Add words to special categories
- Translator function
- Audio pronunciation for translator
- Numerical study option
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- Select study categories
- Language name visible in device
Italian Dictionary +
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes when exporting flashcards
- Crashes every few minutes during use
- Word selection auto-switches to incorrect words
- Typing input takes multiple reboots to work
- Incorrect number translations (20 and 100 reversed)
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- Pronunciation feature still requires payment despite free claims
- App remains on device after deletion
- Stops working after looking up 3 words
- Slow performance and responsiveness issues
- Buttons too close together causing accidental clicks
Requested features
12 requests- Italian to English translation capability
- Improved pronunciation audio for Italian words
- Gender notation for nouns ending in 'e'
- More comprehensive vocabulary database
- Better word of the day algorithm with most-used words
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- Compound words and phrases (e.g., tablecloth, flatmate)
- More word games and interactive features
- Contextual sentence examples for word usage
- Spanish language version
- Better contact/support options for bug reporting
- Offline pronunciation guide
- Improved UI with better button placement
In-app purchases
Italian Essentials
No in-app purchases
Italian Dictionary +
- Pronunciation$0.99
- Online Translator$0.99
- Flash Card$0.99
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- Phrase Book$0.99
- Unlock Full Version$9.99
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