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 is a simple dictionary viewer for searching Wiktionary across multiple languages. Enter a word, choose a language, and view matching Wiktionary results in a clean list. Open the detail page to read the original article, then bookmark useful pages for later. Your selected language and search term are saved, so the app can start from where you left off. You can also search bookmarks and history to quickly return to words and pages you viewed before. Main features: • Multilingual Wiktionary search • Language switching • Saved search term and language • Search on app launch • Random page browsing • Bookmarks • Searchable bookmarks and history • iPhone and iPad support Useful for language learning, translation checks, reading support, and exploring vocabulary across languages.
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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 (62 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 62 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 October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | philolog.us | Wiktionary Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 3.9 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 51.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 3 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
