Comparison

Turkish Dictionary + vs Turkish Basic Phrases

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

Head to head
About

Turkish Dictionary +

This app provides a comprehensive bilingual dictionary and translator for English and Turkish. It offers offline access to over 350,000 words and phrases, along with pronunciation, text scanning, and vocabulary-building games. Ideal for students, travelers, and anyone looking to improve their language skills.

Highlights
  • Bilingual English-Turkish dictionary
  • Offline translation for words and phrases
  • Image text scanning for dictionary search
  • Thesaurus, synonyms, and antonyms
  • Vocabulary games and flashcards
  • Offline pronunciation
  • Phrasebook for common phrases
Features
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• Bilingual English to Turkish and Turkish to English dictionary • Turkish 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 Turkish 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

Turkish Basic Phrases

Learn essential Turkish phrases with audio pronunciation, drawing from military language modules. This app offers over 600 translations and a dictionary lookup for easy language acquisition.

Highlights
  • Over 600 Turkish phrases
  • Native speaker audio recordings
  • Dictionary lookup
  • Pronunciation help (Romanized text)
  • Military-themed content
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Military-related Turkish phrases for language learners. With Turkish text and audio. Using this app, you can select an English phrase and view its translation and how to pronounce it in Turkish. This app is based on the modules publicly available online from the U.S. Defense Language Institute. While this app's subject matter relates mainly to military topics, the app is broadly useful with content relating to a range of topics. • Easy to use • Contains over 600 phrases with native speaker audio recordings • Dictionary lookup: Type or say what you want to search • Pronunciation help: See the transliterated/Romanized text • Good for language learning, or as a reference

Screenshots

Turkish Dictionary +4 screens
Turkish Basic Phrases4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Turkish Dictionary + at Free against Turkish Basic Phrases's $6.99. Turkish Dictionary + also leads on ratings volume (465 vs 1). Turkish Basic Phrases's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Turkish Dictionary + is free to download; Turkish Basic Phrases costs $6.99 up front. Turkish Dictionary + sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Turkish Basic Phrases asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Turkish Basic Phrases holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Turkish Dictionary + has 465 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Turkish Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, Turkish Basic Phrases every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Turkish Dictionary + versus Turkish Basic Phrases: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurkish Dictionary +Turkish Basic Phrases
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating4.6 (465 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings465 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperiThinkdiffQvyshift LLC

Customer experience

Turkish Dictionary +

All ratings465 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative32.0%

Turkish Basic Phrases

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Turkish Dictionary +

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Ads still present after purchase
  • App repeatedly asks for upgrade
  • Translator feature blocked despite purchase
  • Scan feature does not work
  • Translation of a word is different than when search is used
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  • Music automatically stops playing when searching
  • App won't respond immediately when tapped
  • Copying word from another app doesn't appear automatically

Requested features

6 requests
  • Verb conjugations
  • Grammar section
  • Option to change font size
  • Different icon for clear text
  • Clearer indication for translation language
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  • Direct Arabic-Turkish dictionary

Turkish Basic Phrases

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Turkish Dictionary +

One-time6
  • Pronunciation$0.99
  • Online Translator$0.99
  • Flash Card$0.99
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  • Phrase Book$0.99
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99
  • Unlock Full Version$9.99
None

Turkish Basic Phrases

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Turkish Dictionary + free?
Turkish Dictionary + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Turkish Basic Phrases free?
Turkish Basic Phrases costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Turkish Dictionary + or Turkish Basic Phrases?
Turkish Basic Phrases is rated higher. Turkish Dictionary + averages 4.6 out of 5 from 465 ratings, while Turkish Basic Phrases averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Turkish Dictionary + or Turkish Basic Phrases have ads?
Turkish Dictionary + shows ads; Turkish Basic Phrases does not.
Which is updated more often, Turkish Dictionary + or Turkish Basic Phrases?
Turkish Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, and Turkish Basic Phrases every 3 months. Most recently, Turkish Dictionary + was updated on October 9, 2026 and Turkish Basic Phrases on October 1, 2026.

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