I use this app absolutely every day! If I’m in a meeting, or even just having a conversation with someone, and they use a word I’m not familiar with, I’ll make a mental note of it, or jot it down, and as soon as I have a chance, I immediately pull up this app and look up any words I made a note of. I do the same thing when I’m watching TV and any new or unfamiliar words come up... I press pause, and pull up the word in my amazingly handy and convenient Dictionary app! 😁💁🏼‍♀️ This is one of the most substantial and most frequently used apps I have, and I ALWAYS go for any upgrade they offer, which I reallyyyy COULD NOT RECOMMEND MORE! One of my FAVORITE things about this app is the *Learners* tab, which you can click on, especially if the definition is somewhat vague or unclear, and I’d say a good 70-80% of the time, at least, they have a break down of the meaning of the word, how to use it, and how to incorporate it into a sentence, etc~ which is incredibly valuable when you’re just beginning to learn and understand a word and how to use it. I just love it!!! Inevitably, I will continue on to the *Example Sentences* tab to see how the word is further used in different ways and contexts, which is also extremely helpful. It’s always surprising to me how much use I get out of this app, but it has helped me immensely to expand my vocabulary, and for that, I’m extraordinarily grateful. I wish I could give this app 10 stars!!! ✨⭐️🌟

When it comes down to actually using the app, user interface is pretty bad. Non-English ads pop up and you have to guess which word will close the ad. There is no X to close it and a bunch of pop-ups open when you guess wrong. I mainly use this as a widget on my iPhone home screen, to see Word of the Day. For that purpose, it is great. However, if you want to dig deeper into the daily word, you open the app and the ad issue appears. Close the app, reopen, and try the action again. The same ad reappears. I am 24yo and have never wasted this much time on an app before. I might buy the ad-free version, depending on the cost. But if it’s a monthly deal that costs more than $1 then that is a bad deal. My advice to the developer: ads are annoying enough, but we understand the necessary funding they provide you; please use the language per user so we can waste as little time as possible. Leaving reviews like this is time consuming and not fun. I hope this report helps to improve user interface for all users.

This used to be a rare app that delivered for years: kept the user in control of what they wanted to do (instead of ads and irrelevant links popping in from everywhere), offered rich options (thesaurus, usage examples, powerful search engine) and a logical and streamlined interface. That is now all gone: it is dumbed down and filled with distractions. I am not even sure what this offers beyond a simple web search. Paid features are gone without refund. You can only recognize this to be the “same” app by its logo (though they inverted the colors - maybe to herald this inverted experience) a still I have doubts whether it is even the “same” app. When the old app stopped working, this abomination was offered for a download, but it actually created a new app on my phone instead of updating/replacing the old one. It does not even allow the user to log in to their paid service to turn off ads and access their favorites… In one word: terrible. I reported the scam to the App Store. I hope others will follow suit. (They boast 4.8 stars in the store for the old app, when what they offer today is more like 1.2 stars if you see the reviews, even though apparently many critical reviewers did not change their previous 4-5 star ratings)