Dictionary Universal app for iPhone and iPad

4.0 ( 560 ratings )

Reference Education
Developer: Eldev

5.99 USD

Current version: 8.4, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 28 Apr 2009
App size: 4.09 Mb

Dictionary Universal is iPhone, iPod touch and iPad application for viewing StarDict dictionaries and dictionaries in Lingvo DSL format ¹. Many of these dictionaries are available on the Internet for free ².

Features:
* Very fast. After dictionary is indexed, minimal time is required to start before you can type text. List of matches appears without delay while you type.
* Supports morphology for English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
* Fuzzy search. This functionality will help you find words if they are misspelled or when you dont know how to type word correctly. Just type in the text and hit Search button on the keyboard.
* Pronunciation support.
* Searching text in currently displayed article.
* Profiles group dictionaries, pronunciation and morphology for quick switching. Useful if you work with several languages.
* Favorites and Search History.
* Ability to lookup word in clipboard when switching to the application. Copy word to clipboard and switch to Dictionary Universal to see translation.
* Most complete StarDict format support in the AppStore (including images, synonyms, and various dictionary formats).
* Color highlighting for better text readability (when supported by dictionary format).
* Arbitrary word lookup. Tap any word in article to lookup it in loaded dictionaries.
*Full screen mode support.
*Multitouch gestures support:
- swipe horizontally to switch between dictionaries;
- swipe with two fingers from left to right for navigating to previous article;
- tap with two fingers to toggle full screen mode.
* Compressed dictionaries and resources support.
* Embedded web browser for downloading dictionaries from the Internet.
* Multitasking and iTunes File Sharing.

¹ Lingvo DSL format is a text format with dictionary source code. Dictionary Universal does not support compiled Lingvo dictionaries (LSD format).

² No dictionaries are bundled with the application. You will need StarDict or Lingvo DSL dictionaries to use them with the application.

Pros and cons of Dictionary Universal app for iPhone and iPad

Dictionary Universal app good for

A very good dictionary, truly! You can download all the dics you want and not pay 20 euros for each like it is in others! Proposal: to make it possible to search for a word within articles, like it is in Lingvo on PCs thanks, once more: a very good dic!

-1 star because it has no support/feature on such cases, plural form word shall be auto revised to singular form, i.e. workers to worker, and verb conjugation, worked to work. PS, author shall hire a designer for a more appealing app icon.

I am happy with this application and waiting for the next release with a dictionary grouping functionality! Thank you

I highly recommend this application. Dictionary Universal is the best StarDict dictionary on the iPhone!

I bought this as a replacement for WeDict Pro and I am lucky I did! This app is simple and amazingly fast even with many dictionaries. Suggestions for improvement: - forbid scrolling up the word information if it is already at the top. It can be very annoying - make an option to place all dictionary translations on one page, so that it can be scrolled up/down instead of swiping left/right. Especially true if many dictionaries installed. - add synthetic pronounciation for International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). - built-in language pronounciation charts for common languages

Super grateful to developer for keeping this app awesome and shipping regular updates.

Some bad moments

When tabbing an entry, not the entry gets selected, but one of the rows above or below. Before the update the app worked fine.

In the very first version they startled me with Chinese-English Dictionary as their only available stuff. Nowadays they kindly download only A.D. 1913 Websters Dictionary (which is already in public domain). I just do not believe that anybody got other dictionaries with this greedy, cunning, and malingering Fake!

developer does not respond to requests. sorry I bought it. no navigation within app. have to close app every-time just to navigate. think before you buy.

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