Мy Dictionary vs Build Own Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Мy Dictionary
This app acts as an electronic notebook dictionary to help you learn foreign words. It offers features like pronunciation, translation, dictation, and flashcards. You can create your own multilingual dictionaries and sync them across devices.
- Create custom dictionaries
- Listen to pronunciation
- Word translation
- Dictation practice
- Flashcards
- Multilingual support
- iCloud sync
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My Dictionary – an electronic notebook dictionary. This is an amazing assistant for studying foreign words. It helps you to learn the words which you have typed, giving you the opportunity to hear their pronunciation, translation in both sides and dictation. My Dictionary is multilingual – you can use several languages at once. FEATURES: • Create own dictionary ( add words to the dictionary ) • Listening • Pronouncing • Translation • Dictation • Flashcards • Multilingual dictionary ( includes all supported languages and accents (voice) ) • iCloud support ( sync your words with different iOS devices - iPad, iPhone, iPod ) • Easy to use interface • Easy switch the languages • Share on Facebook, Twitter and via Email Which are the advantages and why should you own the Notebook Dictionary? - It is always at hand – in the street, in the park, in the underground… - You can listen the pronunciation of the foreign words when you are walking, fall asleep… - Periodically and tactfully it reminds you that you should make an effort to learn the new words. - It shows you objectively your mistakes during your practice. - It gives you an objective assessment of the degree of your preparation. - Ability to use several languages if you have the ambition to learn more than one foreign language at once. Supported languages: Russian, Bulgarian, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, etc. Try Мy Dictionary - Notebook Dictionary Today!
Build Own Dictionary
Create and manage personalized dictionaries for language learning. Add words with translations and descriptions, organize them by category, and search your entries. Translate sentences word-by-word using your custom dictionaries.
- Create and import dictionaries
- Add, edit, and delete words
- Categorize words
- Sort words alphabetically or by time
- Search dictionary entries
- Translate sentences word-by-word
- Customize appearance
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Using this app you can create your own dictionaries during learning a foreign language. The key features are: - Create a dictionary or import it from your device into the app. - Delete or rename the dictionary. - Export the dictionary from the app to your device. - Add quickly a word with its translation and optionally its description to the dictionary. - Delete or edit words in the dictionary. - Assign a category name to the words. - Sort the words alphabetically, by time added, or by category. - Search a word, translation, or description in the dictionary. - Translate a sentence, word by word, using your created dictionaries. - Customize the colors and the font sizes of the dictionary. - Save all of your created dictionaries as an SQLite database in a DB file. The premium version enables the export/import feature, adding description, assigning category, customizing colors and font sizes, and sentence translator. It also removes all ads from the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Мy Dictionary at none against Build Own Dictionary's shown. Мy Dictionary also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 69%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). Build Own Dictionary's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 21). On price, rating, 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. Мy Dictionary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Build Own Dictionary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Мy Dictionary against 4.2 for Build Own Dictionary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 72 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Мy Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 69% of Build Own Dictionary's.
Мy Dictionary ships an update every 6 weeks, Build Own Dictionary every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Мy Dictionary | Build Own Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21 ratings) — better | 4.2 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews — better | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivelin Nikolov | Bita Sobhani |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Мy Dictionary
- 'Premium' Version$2.99
Build Own Dictionary
- Premium$3.99
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