Dictionaries 4+
物書堂
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
“Dictionaries” is an electronic dictionary viewer app made to allow you to efficiently use various dictionaries. As with the popular iOS app, you can search multiple dictionaries at once.
You can purchase and use a variety of dictionaries, including English, Japanese, French or other language dictionaries, from the “Dictionary Store” which can be accessed from within the app. Purchased dictionaries can be used on both iOS and macOS with the Universal Purchase. You can also share your dictionaries with your family through Family Sharing.
Searches
• Batch Search (Consolidated Search) allows searching multiple dictionaries at once.
• The display order of dictionaries used in the batch search can be customized.
• Using Pattern Search, you can search for words even if a part of the spelling is unknown.
Trace and Jump
• You can easily jump to not only other words in the same dictionary but other dictionaries as well simply by ⌘ + dragging words in a definition, allowing you to go on a journey of intellectual curiosity through the dictionary as their hearts desire.
Collection
• Purchased dictionaries are shown as icons on the Collection screen.
• By opening a dictionary from the Collection screen, you can also carefully go through a single dictionary. Even in this case, you can use the “Trace and Jump” function to easily jump to another dictionary.
• The display order of dictionary icons on the Collection screen can be changed to the user's preference.
Bookmarks
• You can bookmark their favorite words. In addition, you can also efficiently categorize these bookmarks using the Bookmark Folder.
• By turning on Quick Bookmark, you can quickly add/remove bookmarks simply by tapping the Bookmark icon.
Search History
• In History, display frequency is automatically recorded so that you can immediately recognize words they search for repeatedly.
iCloud
• You can synchronize Bookmark and History data among all devices by turning on iCloud.
Dark Background Colors
• Automatically Switch to a dark background color according to the dark mode in macOS. Dark background colors improve concentration abilities.
Multiple windows and tabs
• You can open multiple windows or tabs. You can view multiple dictionaries at the same time to search and compare explanations.
Substantial Lineup
• The Dictionary Store carries a large number of full-scale dictionaries, and we plan to further improve this selection in the future as well.
• The following English dictionaries are available as of July 2021. Check in the Dictionary Store, which can be accessed from within the app, for more information on each of these items.
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 10th edition (OALD)
- Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English
- Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus
- Oxford Collocations Dictionary
- Practical English Usage
- Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 10th edition
- Collins COBUILD Advanced American English Dictionary 3rd edition
- Collins COBUILD Intermediate Learner’s Dictionary 4th edition
- Collins English Dictionary with Thesaurus
An internet connection is required to purchase content.Usage fees and terms of use may apply.
What’s New
Version 1.2.56
New dictionary content is now supported.
Ratings and Reviews
Great for Japanese, but Missing a Crucial Feature
First off, I love that this app combines multiple dictionaries in one.
For me this is useful because I first look in the 三省堂 dictionary since it is a bit easier to understand and has shorter definitions. However I often have to look in a more complete dictionary like 大辞林 for more complicated things. This app lets me do that with a single search!
One feature that I feel is crucial, but this app is lacking, is the option to export your bookmarks. This could help users e.g. to make digital flash cards from bookmarked entries.
Perfect
Monokakido’s app spoils me. It’s perfect. It’s beautiful, easy to use, and full of pleasant surprises. I’ve purchased many dictionaries from them and have never regretted any. Compared to quality printed dictionaries, they are very affordable and there is simply no downside to buying digital. Only upside - it’s with you on all devices, you can look at your history to learn better, and the pattern based search makes finding things far easier than paper.
And Monokakido doesn’t stand still. New dictionaries are released often. Just as one example, I looked today to see that my favorite grammar dictionary was just added and is on sale. It’s almost as if the company is reading my mind.
I hope Monokakido considers publishing more of the world’s dictionaries over time. Their style, attention to detail, and love for dictionaries make this app a true gem.
WARNING about this developer
Some users have reported here that dictionaries they've purchased have become unavailable to reinstall. I bought a Collins Spanish Dictionary from Cole Zhu Inc that had exactly the same interface as these ones from Monokakido. When I replaced my iPad and tried to access the app on my new iPad I got an error saying the app was "currently unavailable in your App Store." This is totally unacceptable for a dictionary app. I don't know if Monokakido changed its name from Cole Zhu Inc or bought the dictionary interface, but they should have given some thought to existing users. And SHAME on Apple for not standing by us and making sure that apps remain available to users who buy them. I'm totally disgusted after this experience. No wonder people don't want to pay for dictionary apps. It's really the worst kind of customer service, and it's about more than the money when it would be so easy for Apple to provide the app to people who paid for it.
In-App Purchases
App Privacy
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Information
- Seller
- MONOKAKIDO Co. Ltd.
- Size
- 36.4 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.3 or later.
- Languages
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English, Japanese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 MONOKAKIDO Co. Ltd.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- DAIJIRIN $0.00
- WISDOM English-Japanese 2 $0.00
- WISDOM English-Japanese $0.00
- COBUILD American 2nd edition $0.00
- NHK Japanese Pronunciation $43.99
- 柯林斯 COBUILD 高级英汉双解词典 $0.00
- COBUILD Advanced 9th edition $0.00
- WISDOM English-Japanese 3 $31.99
- OALD 10 $38.99
- DAIJIRIN 4 $33.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.