philolog.us vs Wiktionary Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
philolog.us
Access comprehensive Latin and Greek dictionaries with a user-friendly interface. Quickly switch between languages and customize dictionary entry highlighting. Ideal for students and scholars of classical languages.
- Lewis & Short Latin dictionary
- Liddell, Scott, & Jones Greek dictionary
- Fast and easy to use
- Automatic language switching
- Customizable highlighting
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Philolog.us offers Lewis & Short's Latin dictionary and Liddell, Scott, & Jones' Greek dictionary in a fast, easy to use format. It's a great resource for students and scholars of Latin and Greek. Quickly change between Latin and Greek by tapping the prompt; the keyboard changes automatically between the two languages. Colored highlighting of the dictionary entries can be customized in the Settings app.
Wiktionary Reader
Access a comprehensive, multilingual free dictionary. Search for keywords with full-text search and browse results. Explore random entries or manage your saved pages.
- Full-text search
- Multilingual dictionary access
- Browse random entries
- Bookmark and history management
- Language selection
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Wiktionary Reader is a fast, focused way to explore Wiktionary — the free, collaborative, multilingual dictionary — on iPhone and iPad. SEARCH 198 LANGUAGE EDITIONS Look up words in English, Japanese, French, German, Chinese, and nearly 200 other Wiktionary editions. Reorder the language list to keep your favorites on top, and hide the ones you don't need. QUICK LOOKUPS Matching entries appear as soon as you search, and recent results are cached so repeat lookups show up instantly. Tap the dice button to discover a random entry and pick up a new word. A BETTER READING VIEW • Search an entry's title again with a single tap • Translate an entry into your preferred language with the globe button (powered by Google Translate) • Follow links freely with Home, Back, and Forward buttons • Open an entry in Safari or share it • Dark Mode support • Save images from entries to Photos BOOKMARKS AND HISTORY Bookmark the words you want to come back to. Every entry you open is added to your history automatically. Search and reorder both lists, and set how many items each one keeps. Export your bookmarks to a file and import them on another device. TWO-COLUMN LAYOUT ON LARGER SCREENS On an unfolded iPhone Duo or on iPad, search results appear on the left and the entry on the right, so you can move from word to word without losing your place. Fold your iPhone Duo and the app switches to a single column automatically. You can turn the two-column layout off in Settings. AVAILABLE IN 50 LANGUAGES The app's interface is localized into 50 languages, including English and Japanese. Wiktionary Reader is not an official app of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiktionary content is written by its contributors and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and other licenses. An internet connection is required to search and read entries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wiktionary Reader at Free against philolog.us's $5.99. Wiktionary Reader also leads on ratings volume (63 vs 5). philolog.us's advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 51%) and rating (4.8 vs 3.9). On update cadence, ads, 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
Wiktionary Reader is free to download; philolog.us costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
philolog.us holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wiktionary Reader has 63 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of philolog.us's written reviews are positive against 51% of Wiktionary Reader's.
philolog.us ships an update every 5 weeks, Wiktionary Reader monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | philolog.us | Wiktionary Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 3.9 (63 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 51.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | philolog LLC | KAZUYUKI TAJIMA |
Customer experience
philolog.us
Wiktionary Reader
In-app purchases
philolog.us
No in-app purchases
Wiktionary Reader
No in-app purchases
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