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ReSearch vs Akkhara: catalog facts
ReSearch	Akkhara
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to use, with optional donations through a tip jar.
Android	Windows, Linux, Android, iOS
Searches several dictionaries simultaneously DictZip random access for quick article loading	Fuzzy search tolerates misspellings Searches inside definitions as well as headwords
Supports DSL-format dictionaries only Young project with a small user base	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: MIT	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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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