Comparison

Thai Dictionary + vs ThaiCards

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

Head to head
About

Thai Dictionary +

This bilingual dictionary and translator supports English-Thai and Thai-English, offering offline translation for over 350,000 words and phrases. It includes features like text scanning, pronunciation, flashcards, and vocabulary games to aid language learners.

Highlights
  • Bilingual English-Thai dictionary
  • Offline translation for words and phrases
  • Text scanning via camera
  • Pronunciation and vocabulary games
  • Flashcards and word of the day
  • Phrasebook for common phrases
Features
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• Bilingual English to Thai and Thai to English dictionary • Thai 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 Thai 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

ThaiCards

Features
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ThaiCards is a Thai flashcard app built on spaced repetition. It shows you each word right before you would forget it, and keeps bringing it back until it sticks. Every card carries Thai script, romanization, English and audio, so you can start before you can read Thai. Most of them carry a picture of the moment you would use the word in, which is what makes them stay put. Free to start. A beginner deck, the street food phrases and the coached practice tracks are open before you pay for anything, and you do not need an account to try them. Flashcards - Spaced repetition shows each word right before you would forget it. - Tap to flip between Thai and English. Swipe right or up when you know it, left or down to keep studying it. - Thai script, romanization and English on every card, with audio and tone information. - A daily queue sized to about ten minutes. Word Explorer - Browse thousands of common Thai words by category: basics, food, drinks, travel and more. - Ordered by how often Thai people actually say them, not by dictionary order. - Mark words known to clear them, or keep them in your deck. Situations - Whole phrases for the moments you are actually in: a food stall, a taxi, a market, a family meal, the bank counter. - Fourteen cards work the other way round. They show what somebody says to YOU, with the answer to give back, because asking a question is only half of it. - Tap any word in a phrase to see what it means, hear it on its own, and add it to your own deck. - Written for people who spend real time in Thailand, including a section for Isan and family life rather than tourism. Watch - A hands-off mode for the times you do not want to answer anything. Words play one after another with the audio and an illustration. - Choose one, two, three or four seconds a card and it keeps going on its own. - Slide anywhere in the deck: back to the most common words, forward into rarer ones, or to the point your studying has reached. - Over 2,500 Thai words, each with its own illustration. Coached practice - Work through guided tracks step by step, with a teacher panel that reads each line aloud. - Practice introductions and everyday conversation, one prompt at a time. - Choose your mix of Thai and English: mostly Thai, mostly English, or both. - Speak your answer and check it, or reveal the meaning and move on. Made for beginners - No prior Thai needed. Romanization sits beside the script from the first card. - An optional free account syncs your progress across devices. ThaiCards is an independent project, built by someone who splits time between the US and Thailand and married into a Thai family. It is updated often. If something is broken or confusing, email the developer and a human will answer. An internet connection is required. Subscription ThaiCards Premium is 1.99 USD per month and renews automatically until you cancel. The free tier includes a beginner deck, the street food situations and the coached practice. Premium opens the full deck catalogue, the rest of Watch and every Situations set, keeping words from Word Explorer, and custom vocabulary. You can cancel any time in Settings on your iPhone under your Apple Account, then Subscriptions. Cancelling stops the next renewal, and your access continues through the end of the period you have paid for. Terms of Service: https://flashcards.alexsears.org/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://flashcards.alexsears.org/privacy.html

Screenshots

Thai Dictionary +4 screens
ThaiCards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ThaiCards at none against Thai Dictionary +'s shown. ThaiCards also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Thai Dictionary + sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and ThaiCards sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thai Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, ThaiCards every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Thai Dictionary + versus ThaiCards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThai Dictionary +ThaiCards
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (424 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings424 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiThinkdiffAlex Sears CPA LLC

Bugs and requests

Thai Dictionary +

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Speaking feature not working
  • App crashes on launch
  • Camera not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline pronunciation support
  • Improved romanized Thai translations
  • More comprehensive dictionary
  • Customizable settings

ThaiCards

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Thai Dictionary +

One-time5
  • Pronunciation$0.99
  • Online Translator$0.99
  • Flash Card$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Phrase Book$0.99
  • Unlock Full Version$9.99
1 purchases

ThaiCards

Subscriptions1
  • Thai Tutor Premium$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Thai Dictionary + free?
Thai Dictionary + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThaiCards free?
ThaiCards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thai Dictionary + or ThaiCards have ads?
Thai Dictionary + shows ads; ThaiCards does not.
Which is updated more often, Thai Dictionary + or ThaiCards?
Thai Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, and ThaiCards every 4 days. Most recently, Thai Dictionary + was updated on October 8, 2026 and ThaiCards on October 10, 2026.

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