American Heritage Dictionary 5

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.5 410 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5App developers are on the ball—thanks Enfour!

   I was on the 17 beta, but dropped back to the regular iOS17 to see if maybe it was 17 beta breaking it. AHeD was still broken. Maybe my resetting my iOS to non-beta didn’t really take. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway, I got a reply from the developer today (blaming my problems for being on the beta iOS)… 🙄 But I discovered that they actually fixed it for both iOS17 and iOS17beta!! Yay!! 👍 Good job, Enfour! Thanks! ———————————————————— Old review: As usual, Apple made 10,000 changes to iOS, undoubtedly for more twattokbook crap, that broke everything else; and the developer of the best dictionary software ever made can’t be bothered to download the developer preview iOS, and recompile its software so that it Just Works. The program still runs, it lets you type in a word, but then the screen goes blank. No definitions. Also, all my bookmarks are invisible too. At least they’re not *gone*! But come on enfour! Recompile this program, so it works properly under iOS 17!!😩

   captain AppleBoy · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5This is the gold standard

   I thoroughly enjoy and use this dictionary almost daily. I prefer off-line dictionaries for the specific reason that they are off-line. It’s available to me all the time. This dictionary is the best one that is available and provides me with all the details that I want. When I look up the word, I don’t want to just know the meaning I want to know a bit about it. This dictionary goes above and beyond. The company is strongly supporting it, which makes me very happy. Recently, there was a problem that turned out to be a bug in the operating system. The company and Apple fix it very quickly and so now I have my Dictionary back. As I want to be writer, this is one of the best tools I have.

   kcwookie · 31 Jul 2026

3. 1/5No help from developer

   New Apple update rendered this app inoperable. As requested, I sent full purchase details & history, so they could "get me up & running" again. Then they just stopped responding. Don't waste your money on an app that will stop working, from a developer who just doesn't care enough to support it. Update, August 2021 So now several months later, the developer responds that the app works fine, that support always answers emails, that I must have purchased a different version (??), and that maybe I didn't use the right email address. In other words, somehow it's my fault that, after working fine for years, the Apple iOS update was incompatible with the app. All my info was sent, twice, but somehow it's not enough, or not the right info, or sent to the wrong place. I have deleted the app & purchased the version from MobiSystems, which works just fine. Life is too short to waste time on a company that just doesn't care very much.

   Jim from LIC · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5use it daily

   I have had this for years. I prefer having a separate app as a dictionary rather than google searching. Along with great list of dictionary specific features that you would see in the printed 2000 page printed version, there are a number of features the app gives that enhances the dictionary’s use: wildcard lookup, save favorites, bookmarks & notation, usable without an internet connection, audio pronunciation, internal hyperlinks, it connects to outside meanings of esoteric and archaic words and current slang. The more I use this the more I enjoy it.

   xylemphloem · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Good dictionary, Critically Flawed app

   I bought AHD5 & LDOCE+(both apps are released by Enfour.) and have used them a couple of days. Both dictionaries are good for contents, of course, but there is an issue about Link function the apps are providing. Say that I search a word on AHD5 and touch the word to use the Link function and I touch LDOCE menu to jump LDOCE+ app. The LDOCE+ app is launched and the word I touched on AHD5 is displayed. Everything’s fine so far. But the problem occurs after I switch back to AHD5 using app switching function Apple provides which is located upper left corner of LDOCE+ app. After I get back to AHD5, I cannot search any word on AHD5. Say that I search a basic word like ‘gain’, No entries found. My iOS version on my iPhone is 15.4.1. I use only one link menu on both apps - On AHD5 app, I only use LDOCE Link Menu and on LDOCE+ app, I only use LDOCE Link Menu. What is the problem? This is very critical problem. Fix the problem and release a new version ASAP!!!

   piontoto · 31 Jul 2026

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