Forvo Pronunciation vs Wiktionary Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forvo Pronunciation
Access a vast library of native speaker pronunciations across over 450 languages. Listen to words, compare accents, and even record your own to help others learn. Improve your language skills with authentic audio from around the globe.
- Native speaker pronunciations
- Over 450 languages supported
- Compare different accents
- Record your own pronunciations
- Searchable word database
- Dark mode
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Improve your pronunciation with Forvo! Forvo Pronunciation App lets you listen, request and record pronunciations in more than 450 languages. With Forvo, you can search for words and listen to pronunciations recorded by authentic native speakers of the language you require. And it's not just the world's most spoken languages such as English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, French, German, Japa+nese, or Italian, you can also search for words in Kabyle, Bashkir, Tamil and many, many others. Features: * Search for words and listen to pronunciations from native speakers. * English pronunciations, French pronunciations, German pronunciations, Chinese pronunciations, Spanish pronunciations and hundreds more. * More than 7 million pronunciations available. * Compare different accents for the same word in the same language. * Listen to male or female voices. * Keep track of your recently listened pronunciations. * Works with your forvo.com account. * Record pronunciations in your native language and help fellow learners! * Learn to pronounce properly in more than 450 languages. * Dark mode so your eyes don't get tired. * Follow the pronunciations of those users whose voices you like the most. * French as a new interface language Forvo also allows you to compare the way a word is pronounced in different accents from the same language. Forvo guarantees that you are always listening to pronunciations by native speakers. You can listen to these pronunciations by both female and male speakers and you can also adapt Forvo to your own requirements. Join the biggest pronunciation network in the world.
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 Reader is a fast, focused way to explore Wiktionary — the free, collaborative, multilingual dictionary — on iPhone and iPad. SEARCH 198 LANGUAGE EDITIONS Look up words in English, Japanese, French, German, Chinese, and nearly 200 other Wiktionary editions. Reorder the language list to keep your favorites on top, and hide the ones you don't need. QUICK LOOKUPS Matching entries appear as soon as you search, and recent results are cached so repeat lookups show up instantly. Tap the dice button to discover a random entry and pick up a new word. A BETTER READING VIEW • Search an entry's title again with a single tap • Translate an entry into your preferred language with the globe button (powered by Google Translate) • Follow links freely with Home, Back, and Forward buttons • Open an entry in Safari or share it • Dark Mode support • Save images from entries to Photos BOOKMARKS AND HISTORY Bookmark the words you want to come back to. Every entry you open is added to your history automatically. Search and reorder both lists, and set how many items each one keeps. Export your bookmarks to a file and import them on another device. TWO-COLUMN LAYOUT ON LARGER SCREENS On an unfolded iPhone Duo or on iPad, search results appear on the left and the entry on the right, so you can move from word to word without losing your place. Fold your iPhone Duo and the app switches to a single column automatically. You can turn the two-column layout off in Settings. AVAILABLE IN 50 LANGUAGES The app's interface is localized into 50 languages, including English and Japanese. Wiktionary Reader is not an official app of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiktionary content is written by its contributors and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and other licenses. An internet connection is required to search and read entries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wiktionary Reader at Free against Forvo Pronunciation's $2.99. Wiktionary Reader also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (51% vs 41%). Forvo Pronunciation's advantage is chart position (#14 vs unranked) and ratings volume (508 vs 63). On update cadence, 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
Wiktionary Reader is free to download; Forvo Pronunciation costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wiktionary Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forvo Pronunciation has 508 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Forvo Pronunciation's written reviews are positive against 51% of Wiktionary Reader's.
Forvo Pronunciation ships an update every 2 months, Wiktionary Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forvo Pronunciation | Wiktionary Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (508 ratings) | 3.9 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | 51.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 508 — better | 63 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #14 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Forvo Media SL | KAZUYUKI TAJIMA |
Customer experience
Forvo Pronunciation
Wiktionary Reader
Bugs and requests
Forvo Pronunciation
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes when searching for words
- Unable to log in or create an account
- Pronunciations fail to play or load
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to download pronunciations for offline use
- Improve navigation and search functionality
- Implement a 'stay signed in' option
- Add support for landscape mode on tablets
- Expand vocabulary coverage for more languages
Wiktionary Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Forvo Pronunciation
No in-app purchases
Wiktionary Reader
No in-app purchases







