Comparison

Italian Dictionary + vs Nextlingua

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Nextlingua

This app offers a fun and engaging way to learn multiple languages through interactive exercises and a comprehensive visual dictionary. It covers basic to advanced levels with detailed grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation guides. Progress through lessons at your own pace, making language acquisition effortless.

Highlights
  • Interactive exercises
  • Visual dictionary with 5,000+ pictures
  • Alphabet and pronunciation guides
  • Vocabulary and phrase building
  • Grammar explanations
  • Review lessons and dialogues
  • Basic, intermediate, and advanced levels
Features
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Right now we offer the following languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Learning a language with Nextlingua is both fun and useful. The great diversity of interactive exercises, the informative visual dictionary, which is a part of the application, and other didactic resources, will gradually build up your knowledge without much effort on your side and will keep your motivation high. You'll start with the basics: alphabet (through simple words, accompanied by pronunciation rules), essential vocabulary, simple phrases, etc. Nextlingua has a visual dictionary containing over 5,000 pictures, examples of each word’s usage, declensions (depending on the language), conjugations of all verbs, basic and advanced grammar, and much more information on each word or expression. In addition, there are review lessons and dialogues that will help you consolidate what you have learned. The lessons cover basic, intermediate and advanced levels. Learn Russian because it is the fifth most widely spoken language in the world. Our lessons will help you learn Russian step by step: Cyrillic alphabet, declensions of nouns and adjectives, perfect and imperfect verbs, etc. Despite being a complicated language, our progressive didactics will make it seem very easy. Learn English, the most international language. While doing the course you will see all the rules you need, conjugations of each verb, examples, uses of words and expressions with different meanings. Learning English has never been easier. Learn French to boost your professional skills and to make travelling even more enjoyable. Learn its grammar, its different accent marks: acute, grave, circumflex..., rules of pronunciation, etc... There´s no doubt that you will like learning French with our method. Learn Spanish, one of the fastest growing languages in recent years. The hard part of Spanish is made easy through our fun games and dialogues. The subjunctive will no longer be a challenge for you. Learning Spanish will make it easier for you to travel to a multitude of Spanish-speaking countries. A few minutes a day will be enough to consolidate your knowledge. Take advantage of your free time to learn. Without a doubt, the best application for the time being, 100% free and of high quality. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and download it! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Italian Dictionary +4 screens
Nextlingua4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nextlingua at 4.9 against Italian Dictionary +'s 4.4. Nextlingua also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 71%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Italian Dictionary +'s advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 19). 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. Italian Dictionary + sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Nextlingua sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nextlingua holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Italian Dictionary +'s written reviews are positive against 93% of Nextlingua's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Italian Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, Nextlingua fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Italian Dictionary + versus Nextlingua: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterItalian Dictionary +Nextlingua
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (77 ratings)4.9 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews93.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings77 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiThinkdiffVerial Soft S.L.

Customer experience

Italian Dictionary +

All ratings75 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral18.9%
Negative10.5%

Nextlingua

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.1%

Bugs and requests

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

Nextlingua

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Italian Dictionary +

One-time5
  • Pronunciation$0.99
  • Online Translator$0.99
  • Flash Card$0.99
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  • Phrase Book$0.99
  • Unlock Full Version$9.99
6 purchases

Nextlingua

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • 3 Months$6.993 Months
  • 6 Months$10.996 Months
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  • 1 year$20.491 Year
One-time2
  • Premium forever. 50%$19.99
  • Premium forever$39.99

Questions

Is Italian Dictionary + free?
Italian Dictionary + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nextlingua free?
Nextlingua is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Italian Dictionary + or Nextlingua?
Nextlingua is rated higher. Italian Dictionary + averages 4.4 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Nextlingua averages 4.9 from 19 ratings.
Do Italian Dictionary + or Nextlingua have ads?
Both Italian Dictionary + and Nextlingua show ads.
Which is updated more often, Italian Dictionary + or Nextlingua?
Italian Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, and Nextlingua fortnightly. Most recently, Italian Dictionary + was updated on October 23, 2026 and Nextlingua on October 24, 2026.

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