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freeDictionaryApp vs Akkhara: catalog facts
freeDictionaryAppAkkhara
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Free

Free to use, with optional donations through a tip jar.

Android Windows, Linux, Android, iOS
  • Definitions and example sentences for English words
  • Wiktionary lookups from other languages into English
  • Fuzzy search tolerates misspellings
  • Searches inside definitions as well as headwords
  • Depends on external online dictionary APIs
  • Wiktionary lookups are case-sensitive
  • Licensed CC-BY-NC-ND, so not open source
  • Little detail published about which languages and dictionaries are included
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: GPL-3.0 License: CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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