MDict vs Rose
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MDict
This open platform dictionary app supports multiple languages and allows users to download various pre-built dictionary data. It offers fast lookups, rich text content, pronunciation, search history, and in-page search capabilities.
- Multi-language support
- Downloadable dictionary data
- Fast lookup and loading
- Rich text content
- Pronunciation support
- Favorites and search history
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MDict is a dictionary that support multi-language. It dosen't bundle with dictionary data. But it's a open platform that you can download many pre-built dictionary datas by others. Key features include: 1. Very fast lookup speed and dictionary loading speed. You can switch dictionary instantly. 2. Support rich text formated content 3. Pronunciation support. Currently with English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese.(Chinese/Japanese pronunciation support are limited) 4. Favorites and Search history 5. Supports in page search
Rose
An AI assistant that operates entirely on your device, offering features like chat, translation, and image analysis without needing an internet connection. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data local. Supports a wide range of languages and tasks with different AI personas.
- On-device AI processing
- Offline chat and brainstorming
- Multilingual text translation
- Image translation and analysis
- Live camera translation
- Hands-free spoken translation
- Multiple AI personas
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Rose is private, on-device intelligence for iPhone and iPad. Chat, brainstorm, draft, explain, and translate between English and 54 more languages, entirely offline. No cloud. No account. No subscriptions. Nothing ever leaves your device. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an iPad with M1 or newer. One-time ~4.9 GB model download over Wi-Fi, then fully offline. ASSISTANT Ask anything, draft messages, plan trips, explain ideas, write code, or analyze what your camera sees. Switch personas (Rose, Writer, Code, Brainstorm, Explain, Analyst, Vision) to fit the task. TRANSLATE, FOUR WAYS - Text: type or paste, language auto-detected - Image: translate photos with on-device OCR - Live: point your camera and capture a frame - Talk: hands-free conversations, spoken aloud in their language 55 LANGUAGES Including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, and French, with pronunciation guides, text-to-speech, phrasebook, history, and Home Screen widgets. PRIVATE BY DESIGN All the intelligence lives on your device. Your conversations and translations never leave it. No account, no logging, no training on your data. Download once, then think and translate anywhere. Free, with no subscriptions and no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rose at 5.0 against MDict's 4.1. Rose also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). MDict's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1) and device support (4 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.
Rose holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MDict has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MDict ships an update every 3 months, Rose every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MDict | Rose |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文伟 张 | Redmill Digital LLC |
Customer experience
MDict
Rose
Bugs and requests
MDict
Reported bugs
34 issues- Appearance settings reset on macOS
- UI misalignment in appearance settings
- Full-text search missing on mobile
- Daylight mode not working at night
- Cannot add custom fonts to iOS version
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- App crashes frequently on Mac
- App crashes on launch (older reviews)
- Audio not working after iOS updates
- Clipboard not working in floating mode
- Search bar behavior requires back button
- Auto-lookup clipboard not working in floating window
- Group function invalid format on iPhone
- Sharing section not working
- MDict floating window blank when looking up words in Instapaper
- Cannot search from right sidebar on iPad
- Sound not working
- Sound not working after upgrading to new version on iOS 9.1
- Multi-dictionaries lookup not working
- Auto lookup clipboard not working in floating window
- Group function does not work on iPhone
- Sharing section not working
- MDict's pop out window is always blank and cannot provide any definition when looking up words in Instapaper
- Cannot search a word from right sidebar on iPad
- Sound not working
- Sound wasn't work after upgrading to new version on IOS 9.1
- Multi-dictionaries lookup cannot work
- Audio problems solved (older review, implies it was an issue)
- Cannot search clipboard content on iOS 5
- Dictionary sorting gets messed up after upgrades
- Shows 'pirated' status despite payment
- Clicking on dictionary name triggers unwanted search
- Russian Wikipedia search not recognizing Russian input
- Font corruption when loading some dictionaries
- App crashes when using notification bar shortcut
Requested features
22 requests- Full-text search on mobile
- Custom font support for dictionary entries
- Add fonts to iOS version
- Dark mode
- Add collection folders
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- Login and sync function
- Fix clipboard auto-lookup in floating window
- Fix search bar behavior
- Support more extensions (.BGL, .LD2)
- Improve Mac version shortcut functionality
- Add test function
- Add support for .mdd downloads on iPhone
- Add scroll bar
- Add dict shortcut button in main window
- Improve file reader support
- Add simplified/traditional Chinese conversion for search
- Allow full screen on iPhone
- Font selection memory
- Improve configuration for dictionary grouping backup
- Support for iPhone 6/6 Plus
- Allow scrolling down precedents near a keyword
- Multi-dictionary lookup convenience
Rose
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MDict
No in-app purchases
Rose
No in-app purchases
