Comparison

Slang Dictionary vs Abbreviations.com

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

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About

Slang Dictionary

Discover the meanings of thousands of slang terms, acronyms, and abbreviations. This free app provides definitions, examples of use, and popularity ratings, helping you understand and use modern language effectively. It's fully functional offline and updates daily.

Highlights
  • Thousands of slang terms
  • Definitions and examples
  • Popularity ratings
  • Daily updated content
  • Offline functionality
  • Save to favorites
Features
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The Slang Dictionary is a free app for iPhone and iPad that allows you to look up thousands of slang terms. Search for the meanings of acronyms, abbreviations, and slang terms. Each term includes a description, an example, and information about how it is used. Features ------------------------------- • Easy-to-use interface • Thousands of slang terms • Popularity ratings for slang terms • Examples uses of each slang term • Full database search and browsing • Daily slang content updated each day • Fully functional when offline • Save to favorites option Benefits ------------------------------- • Quickly look up unknown slang terms • Impress your friends by enhancing your slang vocabulary • Type messages faster using chat slang abbreviations • Copy and paste data from the app into text messages • Remember your favorites Uses ------------------------------- • Text Messaging • Email Messages • Social Media • Online Chat • Online Gaming • Online Forums About ------------------------------- The Slang Dictionary is brought to you from Slang.net, where you can find meanings of today's slang.

About

Abbreviations.com

This app serves as a vast directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. It organizes hundreds of thousands of entries across diverse categories, constantly expanding its database.

Highlights
  • Extensive directory of acronyms
  • Search engine for abbreviations
  • Categorized entries
  • Daily expansion of database
  • Covers computing, web, government, medicine, business
Features
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Abbreviations.com is the world's largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily.

Screenshots

Slang Dictionary4 screens
Abbreviations.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slang Dictionary at 4.1 against Abbreviations.com's 1.8. Slang Dictionary also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 33%) and ratings volume (41 vs 5). Abbreviations.com's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slang Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slang Dictionary has 41 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Slang Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 33% of Abbreviations.com's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slang Dictionary versus Abbreviations.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlang DictionaryAbbreviations.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (41 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings41 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB16 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSharpened ProductionsSTANDS4 LTD

Customer experience

Slang Dictionary

All ratings41 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral12.1%
Negative12.1%

Abbreviations.com

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Slang Dictionary

No in-app purchases

None

Abbreviations.com

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slang Dictionary free?
Slang Dictionary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Abbreviations.com free?
Abbreviations.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slang Dictionary or Abbreviations.com?
Slang Dictionary is rated higher. Slang Dictionary averages 4.1 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Abbreviations.com averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Slang Dictionary or Abbreviations.com have ads?
Neither Slang Dictionary nor Abbreviations.com shows ads.

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