Wiktionary Reader

Name: Wiktionary Reader
Rating: 3.9 (55 reviews)
Author: KAZUYUKI TAJIMA

by KAZUYUKI TAJIMA

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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At a glance: Free to download

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Reference
Education

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Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published

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Free

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

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3.9 55 ratings · App Store

4/5Functional but dated interface
When it comes to defining words, it’s hard to beat this. It’s just like using the Wiktionary website from 15 years ago. Love the etymology references. But the interface needs to be updated and designed to fit mobile devices of varying sizes. I would be willing to pay for that.

Csh4games · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Does exactly what it says. Easy to use / no tech problems. Ideal privacy policy.
For users looking for a dictionary app, this is a little different from some household names, because it simply returns what is on the Wiktionary website to the user query. Wiktionary is a constant work in progress, like Wikipedia. Often, the definitions are unhelpful - for example, resplendence (noun) is defined as being resplendent. But that has nothing to do with the app. It does what it says, I use this on an iPhone 11, iOS 17.7.2, and it’s never crashed or caused headaches. The interface is super-simple, and I appreciate there aren’t a lot of bells and whistles that detract from the core purpose and create noise. There are Bookmarks and History features that could be useful to students, but I don’t use those for day-to-day dictionary lookups. If you don’t mind Wiktionary’s drawbacks, this is a perfectly good app to do quick lookups. Worth calling out the developer’s privacy policy is much appreciated.

mtstatusquo · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Does what it says on the tin
I never review apps, but I'm so happy somebody made an app for this! Perfect for etymology rabbit holes. One nit: would be great if swiping right took me to the previous page instead of to the top-level search bar. Because of aforementioned rabbit holes, I go "back" a lot, and it's annoying that swiping right not only doesn't have the expected (imo at least) behavior, but also makes me lose my history (to go back to previous page you have to press the little back button at top of screen). Relatedly, would be cool if swiping left took you forward in history! Otherwise love it; it's simple but exactly what I needed. Thank you!

Snjdjdjeioqlkqkn · 31 Jul 2026
5/5AMAZING app
I love it to death. It is the thing I most frequent when i’m searching for definitions or even translations of those definitions. The only complaint I have is that the app crashes INSTANTLY whenever I attempt to access my bookmarks. Don’t know if others have had this problem. Other than that it’s fantastic :).

Knifesikes · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Exactly what I was looking for
I always wondered why there wasn't a Wiktionary client available on the App Store (Especially since the lack of a dictionary app is one of the stranger things about iOS). Finally, someone has made one. Not fancy but it does what it’s supposed do. Keep up the good work, and thank you!

ericusj · 31 Jul 2026

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5.10
I changed the arrangement of buttons when bookmarking. The notation has been revised in English, German, and Japanese,.
5.11
The notation has been revised in French, Chinese, and Swedish. As of February 5, 2020, the language selection menu at the time of app installation has been changed in the order of the number of downloads for the first 40 items in the past six months, and in the order of the number of articles after that.
5.12
The notation has been revised in Turkish, Vietnamese, and Russian. As of February 18, 2020, the language selection menu at the time of app installation has been changed in the order of the number of downloads for the first 40 items in the past six months, and in the order of the number of articles after that.
5.13
The notation has been revised in Finnish, Italian, and Korean.
5.14
I reviewed Polish, Dutch and Hindi notation. As of March 7, 2020, the language selection menu at the time of application installation has been changed in the order of the number of downloads for the top 40 items in the past six months, and in the order of the number of articles after that.
5.15
This app has supported iOS 13.4. I reviewed the notation in Portuguese, Thai, and Spanish.
5.16
I reviewed the Norwegian, Czech and Indonesian notation.
5.17
This app supports iOS 13.5. I reviewed the Greek, Ukrainian and Arabic notations. Lao is picked up as the 10th item in the language selection menu. As of May 24, 2020, I changed the language selection menu when installing the application, in the order of the largest number of downloads other than Lao, which is the first 45 languages, and from the largest number of articles after that.
5.18
I have added Goan Konkani to the language selection menu. Malagasy is picked up as the 10th item in the language selection menu. As of June 27, 2020, I changed the language selection menu when installing the application, in the order of the largest number of downloads other than Malagasy, which is the first 50 languages, and from the largest number of articles after that.
5.19
I have supported iOS13.6. I reviewed the notation in Hungarian, Malay and Danish.
5.20
I support iOS 13.7. I added Shan to the language selection menu. I changed the language selection menu at the time of application installation as of September 4, 2020 for the top 50 languages in the order of the largest number of downloads in the last half a year, and in the order of the largest number of articles after that.
5.21
I have iOS 14 support. I reviewed the notation in Romanian, Croatian and Catalan. As of September 14, 2020, I changed the language selection menu when installing the app for the first 50 languages in descending order of downloads in the past six months, and thereafter in descending order of article numbers.
5.22
I have iOS 14.1 support. Bengali has been added to the supported languages. Bengali was picked up 10th in the language selection menu. As of October 26, 2020, the language selection menu when installing the app has been changed in descending order of the number of downloads, except for Bengali, among the top 55 languages, and in descending order of the number of articles thereafter.
5.23
I Fixed a bug on iPhone 12.
5.24
I Fixed a bug on iPhone 12 Pro Max.
5.25
I added support for iOS 14.4.
5.26
I added support for iOS 15.6.
5.6
The language selection menu at the time of application installation as of December 27, 2019 has been changed in the order of the number of articles since the first 40 downloads in the past six months.
5.7
The language selection menu at the time of application installation as of January 5, 2020 has been changed in the order of the number of articles since the first 40 downloads in the past six months.
5.9
The language selection menu at the time of application installation as of January 16, 2020 has been changed in the order of the number of articles since the first 40 downloads in the past six months.
6.0
Bug fixes. Supported versions are now iOS 17 and above. Since this is a major version upgrade, bookmarks, history, and language selection order will not be carried over.
6.01
I fixed a bug that caused the program to crash when using the language selection list.
6.02
I fixed an issue where some buttons could not be multilingualized.
6.3
I fixed a problem in which the language display on the search screen sometimes did not switch when the language was changed.
6.4 · 16 Oct 2024
iOS 18 is supported. I fixed Bugs.

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Last verified: 31 Jul 2026
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