Portuguese Essentials vs Portuguese Dictionary +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Portuguese Essentials
Master Portuguese pronunciation and vocabulary quickly with this award-winning language learning app. Features native speaker audio, spaced repetition, and hands-free study modes. Sync progress across devices via the cloud.
- Native speaker audio for perfect pronunciation
- Spaced repetition for quick memorization
- Hands-free study mode
- Cloud sync for progress across devices
- Searchable dictionary
- Flashcards and quizzes
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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 Portuguese words quickly, easily, and permanently with AccelaStudy. If you like Learn Portuguese FREE by AccelaStudy, learn even more by purchasing Learn Portuguese - 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 2,100 professional translations • 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.
Portuguese Dictionary +
This app provides a comprehensive bilingual dictionary and translator for English and Portuguese. It offers offline access to over 350,000 words and phrases, including pronunciation, translation, and learning tools like flashcards and word games.
- Bilingual English-Portuguese dictionary
- Offline translation for words and phrases
- Image text scanning for dictionary search
- Thesaurus, synonyms, and antonyms
- Vocabulary building games and flashcards
- Offline pronunciation
- Phrasebook with common phrases
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• Bilingual English to Portuguese and Portuguese to English dictionary • Portuguese 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 Portuguese 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 rating: Portuguese Dictionary + at 4.2 against Portuguese Essentials's 3.0. Portuguese Dictionary + also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 36%) and ratings volume (52 vs 3). Portuguese Essentials's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Portuguese Dictionary + sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Portuguese Essentials asks for nothing beyond the download.
Portuguese Dictionary + holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Portuguese Dictionary + has 52 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Portuguese Essentials's written reviews are positive against 72% of Portuguese Dictionary +'s.
Portuguese Essentials ships an update every 5 months, Portuguese Dictionary + every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Portuguese Essentials | Portuguese Dictionary + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 71.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 52 — 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 | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Renkara Media Group, Inc. | iThinkdiff |
Customer experience
Portuguese Essentials
Portuguese Dictionary +
Bugs and requests
Portuguese Essentials
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Portuguese Dictionary +
Reported bugs
8 issues- Word-of-the-day feature frequently malfunctions
- Bookmarks and saved words disappear
- App gets stuck on ads or activation screens
- Buttons positioned too close together causing accidental deletions
- Translation feature stops working after purchase
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- Pronunciation feature charges for unsupported languages
- Inflected word forms not recognized in search
- Occasional app crashes and freezing
Requested features
14 requests- Verb conjugation tool
- Noun gender indicators (masculine/feminine)
- Example sentences for context
- Portuguese pronunciation support
- Bidirectional translation (Portuguese to English)
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- Continental Portuguese language variant
- Spanish to Portuguese translation
- Undo button for accidental deletions
- Better word selection algorithm for word-of-the-day
- More common everyday words in daily feature
- Larger word selection and vocabulary database
- Ad removal option without premium cost
- Ability to save and bookmark words
- Improved user interface and navigation
In-app purchases
Portuguese Essentials
No in-app purchases
Portuguese 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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