Docs vs Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Docs
This app allows you to view and edit various document types, including PDFs, Word, Excel, and PPT files. It offers features like text search, highlighting, cloud synchronization, and offline access, making document management convenient.
- View and edit PDFs, Word, Excel, PPT, TXT
- Text copy, search, and highlight
- Smart cloud sync with folders and tags
- Offline document access
- Duplicate file detection
- PDF annotation
- Text-to-speech and voice memos
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Docs is a versatile document viewer and light editor, supporting fast loading of PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, TXT and more. It offers text copy, search, highlight, smart cloud sync with folders, tags & offline access, plus duplicate file detection. Annotate PDFs, edit Word/Excel lightly, add PPT notes, and enjoy text-to-speech, voice memos & word count.
Dictionary
Access a professional multilingual dictionary for English, Japanese, and Korean. Get detailed definitions, pronunciations, and example sentences. Save your search history and favorites for offline language learning.
- Multilingual definitions
- Pronunciations and examples
- Auto-save history
- Favorites list
- Offline caching
- Efficient language learning
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Professional multilingual dictionary! Look up English, Japanese, and Korean words with detailed definitions, pronunciations, and examples. Auto-save history & favorites with offline caching for efficient language learning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Docs at 4.4 against Dictionary's 3.0. Docs also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). Dictionary's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Docs holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Docs has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Docs ships an update weekly, Dictionary every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Docs | Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 蜀雅 赵 | 天瑜 贾 |
Customer experience
Docs
Dictionary
In-app purchases
Docs
No in-app purchases
Dictionary
No in-app purchases
