Comparison

DictText vs Kabe

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

Head to head
About

DictText

This utility converts your text into clickable links, allowing instant access to your device's default dictionary for word definitions. Easily check sentence meanings and explore word details with a simple tap.

Highlights
  • Convert text to link texts
  • Easy access to default dictionary
  • Check sentence details
  • Adjust text area height
  • Tap words for definitions
Features
Read full description

This app can help you to check your sentences. If you want to know the detail of any word, just convert it! This is changing your sentences to be text with links, which means you can more easily access to default dictionary! *** Features *** - Easy to access to default dictionary! - Quick convert to link texts! *** How to use it *** 1. Write/paste texts to upper field! 2. Tap the button of bottom left on toolbar! 3. Instantly new texts will be made on lower field! 4. Just tap a word if you want to check! *** Tips *** You can change the height of text area and the link area if you drag the borderline. I hope this helps you!

About

Kabe

This app blocks unwanted calls and scam SMS messages globally. It uses intelligent filtering based on number prefixes and content analysis, ensuring your privacy by processing all data on your device. You can customize blocking rules and whitelist important numbers.

Highlights
  • Worldwide phone number blocking by prefix
  • Intelligent scam SMS detection
  • Privacy-first, on-device processing
  • Global enforcement list integration
  • Customizable exception list (whitelist)
  • Distinguishes from built-in iOS features
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Kabe one-stop blocks spam calls and scam SMS worldwide. Call matching and SMS filtering run on your iPhone; your calls, messages and contacts are never uploaded. ■ Worldwide phone number blocking Register the starting digits of prefixes you want to block, and every matching incoming call is blocked instantly. Whether: • United States (+1): 1-800 / 1-888 / 1-877 toll-free telemarketing, robocalls from spoofed area codes • China (+86): 95xxxx bank marketing, 400 corporate-spam • Japan (+81): 0120 / 0570 telemarketing • Or any other country, any prefix Smart country-code recognition. Register one prefix and every matching number is blocked, no need to add hundreds of individual numbers. ■ Intelligent scam SMS blocking Kabe automatically identifies SMS from unknown senders, detecting: • Phishing URLs (suspicious shorteners / domains) • Brand impersonation (USPS, UPS, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Chase, Wells Fargo, 150+ brand database) • Suspicious content patterns (IRS / Social Security scams, package delivery phishing, gift card scams, prize-winner fakes) Filtered messages go straight to the iPhone Junk folder, never interrupting you. ■ Privacy first All call matching and SMS filtering happens entirely on your iPhone via Apple's Call Directory and Message Filter extensions. Your call history, message content and contacts are never sent to any server. Zero analytics, zero tracking, zero advertising IDs. ■ Blocklist Kabe continuously collects spam numbers from the enforcement lists regulators publish (currently the US FTC and Germany's BNetzA), and pools the numbers and ranges users block. After verification these form a blocklist used to block spam calls. ■ Common use cases • Telemarketing robocalls from 1-800 / 1-888 / 1-877 toll-free prefixes • Spoofed-area-code spam from unknown +1 numbers • Scam SMS impersonating USPS / Amazon / Apple / major banks • "IRS" or "Social Security" phishing texts • Package "delivery failed" phishing with suspicious links • Gift card scams and prize-winner fakes ■ Exception list (whitelist) If a number you need (a support hotline, a known shop) gets caught by your block rules, just add it to the exception list. It will always be allowed through. Note: Numbers already in your iPhone Contacts are never blocked by Kabe, iPhone itself exempts contacts from third-party call blocking. ■ Completely free No ads, no subscriptions. If you find it useful, you can optionally support development via the in-app Tip Jar. ■ Difference from "Silence Unknown Callers" Unlike the built-in iPhone option that silences every unknown caller, Kabe only blocks calls matching the prefixes you register. Legitimate unknown calls (hospitals, delivery, etc.) still ring normally. SMS filtering complements your existing Messages app. Simple. Transparent. One-stop blocking of spam calls and scam SMS, worldwide.

Screenshots

DictText4 screens
Kabe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kabe at none against DictText's shown. Kabe also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). DictText's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. DictText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kabe sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DictText ships an update every 4 months, Kabe every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DictText versus Kabe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDictTextKabe
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperF-NET AppsBo SUN

Customer experience

DictText

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kabe

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DictText

One-time1
  • Display history for words you checked!$0.99
4 purchases

Kabe

One-time4
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Lunch$2.99
  • Thanks$5.99
Show 1 more
  • Special Thanks$19.99

Questions

Is DictText free?
DictText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kabe free?
Kabe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DictText or Kabe have ads?
DictText shows ads; Kabe does not.
Which is updated more often, DictText or Kabe?
DictText ships an update every 4 months, and Kabe every 2 days. Most recently, DictText was updated on October 20, 2026 and Kabe on October 25, 2026.

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