WordBook English Dictionary and Thesaurus App Reviews

Word Book would be the dictionary I always wanted but for one thing. You cant copy and paste a found word into any writing application. Just now I misspelled insubordination, I looked it up in Word Book and found the correct spelling. Now, how to get it back into my writing app. Do I want to have to slide the screen over so I can look at the word and then retype it correctly into my document? NO! I want to keep writing, so I click on the word and can I highlight it? No! Can I copy and paste it? No! So I have to slide the screen over and carefully type the word correctly back into the document, like its 1974 and like I used to have to do with an good old paper dictionary. FIX THIS FEATURE. I mean, really, you cant copy and paste a word? In 2013?! Cant recommend this until this really stupid issue is fixed. What good is a computerized dictionary that cant copy and paste corrected words?

I was dissatisfied with Apples dictionary, I tried a couple of others but they wrent too good either. I decided to give this one a try and wow! What a great app! It actually seems to have inteligence! It seems to know what you are trying to spell and gives you suggestions and you can choose from the list of the words and one of the choices is almost everytime the one you want. The best dictionary I have owned!

I’ve been using this app for more than a year now and it has proven itself to be the perfect electronic ‘dictionary’… nice work!

Downloaded the newest app and it looks very good, but I can get any sound. I am using a MAC with 10.10 software which is the newest. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for the update. CONTENT: WordBook is based on WordNet database from the Princeton University. The content is concise and very easy to read. This app does a good job in choosing text color and style, far better than other WordNet based dictionaries available in this store. It also provides brief word history information at the end of definitions. Like many WordNet implementations, the dictionary provide semantic relations of words (they call it Links). This is unique and not available in any other branded dictionary like AHD, M-W or Oxford. Pronunciation guide is in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), not popular in the US. Audio pronunciation is provided online (a human voice not a synthesized voice). This is a great design. I appreciate not having to carry big sound files . USER INTERFACE : WordBook shines when it comes to user interface. Everything makes sense and is at the right place.

The app works flawlessly with a clean and beautiful interface. Love the real voice recorded in every word. This is one of my most used application.

For the price it’s OK. Not much more. Not being able to copy/paste is a drag, the ‘voice’ doesn’t work no matter what we try and support is non-existent. I have Wordbook for the phone and it was a great app … simple, effective … I expected more with this, or at least to be a bit more robust. It gets the job done—whether that’s a recommendation or not will vary.

I noted two complaints in reviews from a year or more ago and thought the developer had likely addressed those shortcomings since they were relatively simple to correct. While OS x’s installed dictionary is ok, I wanted audio pronunciation and I assumed since copy and paste works in the OS X dictionary, it would also be a feature in WordBook. Wrong on both counts. Clicking on the speaker icon following the word does nothing even though the developer claims,”Fixed issue with audio not playing in latest Mac OS update.” And paraphrasing another reviewer, “Copy and paste isn’t included in an app in 2015?!” Another reviewer complained more than two years ago that WordBook dictionary did not include the commonly used conjunction, “whether” as in “whether or not” and it’s still absent. Unhappy to say I wasted $4.99.

Being a graduate student, a (good) dictionary is more the than just a needed resource but imperative. The available Thesaurus is almost worthless. I would like to see a current version of the American Heritage Dictionary as I use this regularly on my iPad.

I just got this app and the word “Everybody” isn’t in it. Seriously? What else is it missing if it doesn’t have such a basic word?

This app was off to a good start in the beginning, but it’s been over two years (!) since the developers last updated it. The age is starting to really show - iCloud syncing to iOS devices doesn’t work, which is why I originally bought this app in the first place. The UI is also very dated looking and doesn’t mesh with OS X’s new design. Finally, the icon could be better and simpler. I hope this app gets a serious update soon, otherwise I’ll just be looking for something else.