Best A Shakespeare Glossary Apps

4.8😊(3.5K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Access the complete works of Shakespeare, including plays, sonnets, and poems. Features include a powerful search, integrated glossary, note-taking, and customization options for a rich reading experience.

What We Love

🚀 Best app out there
👍 Excellent app
👍 Terrific app for Shakespeare lovers
👍 Remarkable level of detail and care
👍 Invaluable for actors and students
👍 Versatile study of Shakespeare
👍 One of the best-designed apps
👍 Fantastic resource for Shakespeare lovers
👍 Wonderful and responsive
👍 Brilliant app, labor of love
👍 Bravo, amazing generosity

Room to Improve

🐛 Crashes, buggy, unstable
💰 Nickel-and-diming for features
💰 Upgrade to pro is misleading
💰 Constant nagging to upgrade
🤔 Abbreviated character names
🤔 Lack of line numbers
🤔 Typos and errors in texts
🤔 Awful modern translations
🤔 Difficult to navigate and use

Shakespeare Pro by PlayShakespeare.com

The #1 Shakespeare App

Strong Contender

4.8😊(1.6K ratings)

$12.99In-App Purchases

Access the complete works of Shakespeare, including plays, sonnets, and poems. Features include a searchable concordance, integrated glossary, note-taking and sharing capabilities, and customizable reading options. Explore character details, historical context, and original spellings.

What We Love

🚀 Comprehensive Shakespeare collection
📚 Helpful features like glossary, character summaries, and search
💻 Convenient to have all works in one app
🎨 Well-designed and easy to use
🤓 Invaluable resource for students and Shakespeare enthusiasts

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
🔍 Difficulty searching Folio texts
📝 Lack of note-taking functionality
🔔 Persistent requests for reviews can be annoying
🔤 Some inaccuracies in modern language translations

Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary by Trang Hoai

Worth Considering

Shakespeare - Complete Works

4.3(4 ratings)

$2.99

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Access a comprehensive glossary of Shakespearean words and an extensive collection of quotations offline. Learn new vocabulary daily with "Words of the Day" and explore random words. Features include over 20,000 words, search functionality, and bookmarking.

More A Shakespeare Glossary apps to explore

Macbeth,Hamlet,Tempest,Othello

Complete collection of Shakespeare's playsSimple English translationsOffline reading capability

Access all of Shakespeare's plays translated into simple, modern English. This app offers a user-friendly interface, offline reading, and customizable themes to make the Bard's works accessible and enjoyable for students, educators, and enthusiasts.

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Shakespeare lexicon, quotation

and Shakespeare glossary

$1.99

General Glossary and Plays

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A Shakespearean Grammar

$0.99

Access an offline reference for Shakespearean language, including grammar, a comprehensive glossary of over 6000 words, and analysis of Roman plays. Features include search and bookmarking.

Offline Shakespearean grammarGeneral glossary of over 6000 wordsAnalysis of Roman plays

Shakespeare SwipeSpeare

by BookCaps

Modern English translationsInteractive swipe to toggle textSearchable Shakespeare Dictionary

Easily understand Shakespeare's works with this app that translates classic texts into modern English. Swipe to toggle between original and translated versions, access a built-in dictionary, biography, and study guides. Order print or ePub versions of plays.

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Read. Memorize. Adapt. Publish

The Shakespeare App

Full text of all Shakespeare plays and sonnetsProgressive word removal for memorizationEdit and reorder dialogue

This app provides the complete works of Shakespeare for reading and memorization. Users can edit plays, adapt dialogue, and share their versions with others. It's designed for actors, directors, and students to engage with Shakespeare's text.

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Shakespeare Pronunciation

by Shane Ann Younts

$5.99

This app offers an audio pronunciation dictionary for all words in Shakespeare's plays, including Latin phrases. It provides respelled words with simple pronunciation guides, and explores how verse structure and dialects influence speech. It's an invaluable resource for actors, directors, teachers, students, and readers of Shakespeare.

Audio pronunciation dictionaryPronunciation guide for over 5,000 wordsIncludes Latin words and phrases

Memorize your Shakespeare

Three learning levelsProgressive recall promptsFirst letter of each word

This app helps you memorize Shakespearean lines through a progressive learning system. It offers three levels of difficulty, starting with full text and progressing to prompts using only the first letter of each word or line.

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Shakespeare WordClouds

Shakespeare in 25 words

🌟 Lifestyle

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Shakespeare: The Tempest

Auto-scrolling readerClassic Shakespearean dramaExplores themes of freedom and forgiveness

Experience Shakespeare's "The Tempest" with an auto-scrolling reader designed for a comfortable reading experience. This classic comedy explores themes of freedom, repentance, and forgiveness through a magical island adventure.

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The Bard's World: Shakespeare

Plays, Sonnets & AI Characters

Complete works of Shakespeare (38 plays, 154 sonnets)AI character conversationsConcordance search

Explore Shakespeare's complete works, chat with AI-powered characters, and utilize study tools like a concordance and glossary. This app offers a comprehensive Shakespearean experience for students, teachers, and enthusiasts.

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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Auto-scroller with adjustable speedsClassic Shakespearean tragedyExplores themes of love and hate

Experience Shakespeare's classic tragedy with adjustable auto-scrolling speeds for a comfortable reading journey. This drama explores themes of love, hatred, and prejudice through the story of young lovers from feuding families.

Adjustable auto-scroller speedsClassic Shakespearean tragedyThemes of revenge and deception

Experience a classic tragedy with adjustable scrolling speeds for comfortable reading. This drama explores themes of revenge, deception, and fate as Prince Hamlet seeks retribution for his father's murder.

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Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

Auto-scrolling readerAdjustable scroll speedsClassic Shakespearean tragedy

Experience Shakespeare's classic tragedy with adjustable auto-scrolling speeds for a comfortable reading experience. Explore themes of ambition, fate, deception, and treachery.

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Shakespeare Audio Library

by WGQM Partners, LLC

Complete works of ShakespeareAudio versions of playsShakespearean poetry

Access the complete audio works of William Shakespeare, including plays and poetry. Stream content for free with samples, or upgrade for unlimited access to the entire library without taking up device storage. Works on both iPhone and iPad.

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ShakesQuiz: Shakespeare quiz & complete works

by William Possidento

Challenging Shakespearean quizComplete texts of plays and poemsHints for quiz questions

Test your knowledge of Shakespeare with a challenging quiz and access the complete texts of his plays, sonnets, and poems. Hints are available for quiz questions, and the complete works include detailed overviews and character introductions.

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