Olam vs DC Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Olam
This is a free, open-source English-Malayalam dictionary with over 200,000 entries. It provides Malayalam definitions and part of speech tags for English words, sourced through crowd contributions.
- Offline English-Malayalam dictionary
- Over 200,000 entries
- Malayalam definitions
- Part of speech tags
- Crowdsourced data
- Free and open-source
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Offline Olam English-Malayalam Dictionary for iOS Olam English-Malayalam dataset is a growing, free and open, crowd sourced English-Malayalam dictionary with over 200,000 entries. The dataset consists of English words, their Malayalam definitions, and part / figure of speech tags. More details: http://olam.in/open/enml/
DC Books
Access and read your purchased eBooks on your iOS device. This application allows registered users to conveniently manage and enjoy their digital book collection.
- Read eBooks
- Access purchased collection
- iOS device compatibility
- Manage digital library
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DC Books Reader enables the DC Books registered users to read their collection of eBooks on their IOS devices(). For any customer queries please mail to ebooksupport@dcbooks.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Olam at 81% against DC Books's 11%. Olam also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 36). DC Books's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 45 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. DC Books sells 36 one-off in-app purchases. Olam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Olam holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Olam's written reviews are positive against 11% of DC Books's.
Olam ships an update every 45 months, DC Books every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olam | DC Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better | 1.9 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 45 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeesmon Jacob | DC BOOKS |
Customer experience
Olam
DC Books
In-app purchases
Olam
No in-app purchases
DC Books
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