Wiktionary Reader vs Thesaurus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Thesaurus
Easily look up synonyms for German words. This app utilizes the open-source OpenThesaurus.de database, a collaborative German dictionary for synonyms.
- Synonym lookup
- German language support
- OpenThesaurus.de database
- Collaborative dictionary
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Einfach Synonyme nachschlagen. Basiert auf openthesaurus.de OpenThesaurus ist ein freies deutsches Wörterbuch für Synonyme, bei dem jeder mitmachen kann.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thesaurus at 100% against Wiktionary Reader's 51%. Thesaurus also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Wiktionary Reader's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (62 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wiktionary Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wiktionary Reader has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of Wiktionary Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of Thesaurus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wiktionary Reader ships an update monthly, Thesaurus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wiktionary Reader | Thesaurus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (62 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUYUKI TAJIMA | Christian Meindl |
Customer experience
Wiktionary Reader
Thesaurus
In-app purchases
Wiktionary Reader
No in-app purchases
Thesaurus
No in-app purchases
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