References and Translations

Online Translators & Dictionaries

2023-05-26

LibreTranslator (5@5) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg; uses LibreTranslate
DeepL Translate (4.8@106,766) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Concise Oxford Thesaurus (4.6@2,199) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2020-06-15
Easy Language Translator (4.5@223,392) Ǥ 8 3
Talking translator/Traductor (4.5@154,785) Ǥ 15 8 LastUpdate: 2021-10-16
Power Thesaurus (4.5@4,395) Ǥ 9 8
English Hindi Dictionary App (4.4@187) Ǥ 10 5 incl. camera translate (take photo, OCR+translate) & more
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster (4.3@531,423) Ǥ 15 7 / Dictionary - M-W Premium (4.6@9,700; ~EUR 8.00) Ǥ 9 3
LEO dictionary (4.3@37,470) Ǥ 6 1 Datenschutz-Test 5/2021
Longman Dictionary English (4.3@14,366) Ǥ 10 4
Word Hippo (4.3@4,992) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2021-02-27 Thesaurus and Word Reference
Translator (4.3@2,414) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2021-11-03
PONS Translate (4.2@58,874) Ǥ 14 8 Vorstellung 10/2022
ASL Translator (4.2@139; ~EUR 5.50) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Demo 4/2014; Sign Language (Gebärdensprache)
Speak to Voice Translator (4.1@18,429) Ǥ 15 6 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Free Dictionary Org (4.1@17,045) Ǥ 7 2
European Translator Free (4.1@192) Ǥ 16 8 LastUpdate: 2021-10-28 many more translation apps available from this dev
Translate Box - multiple trans (4@6,927) Ǥ 15 6 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Oxford Dictionary (3.9@473,433) Ǥ 17 6 / Webster’s College Dictionary (4.6@3,824) 9 5 LastUpdate: 2021-06-14
Day Translations (3.9@233) Ǥ 14 4
Translate Intent (3.8@436) 3 3 LastUpdate: 2020-08-03 Google Translate
Urban Dictionary (Official) (3.6@51,080) Ǥ 9 11 LastUpdate: 2019-10-29
Smart Translator (3.6@6,203) Ǥ 11 4 Google Translate
iTranslate Translator (3.4@395,949) Ǥ 15 23 Vorstellung 3/2017
EverTranslator ScreenTranslate (3.2@2,368) Ǥ 7 5 Github; translates what is on your screen
Traductor de Softcatalà (3@922) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2021-06-30 Github; Catalan to Spanish/English/French/Portuguese
TS Translator (2.8@1,995) 11 3 / TS Translator [2 Languages] (3.6@56; ~EUR 6.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-21 / TS Translator [10 Languages] (5@171; ~EUR 9.00) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-21
Super Translate (1@13) 2 3 LastUpdate: 2017-08-27
German Pocket Dictionary (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Translate (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; privacy friendly (proxying) front-end to Google Translate
Translate You (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Translate You (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github / Github
InstaLate (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; doesn't require you to switch apps by hand
DeepL (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Synaera (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sign language to text translation in real time
DeepL Translator (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NuSimi (0@0) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; native american languages
Camera Translator - Translate (0@0) Ǥ 10 7
JADA (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-09-16 Github; get words explained in their own language
SimplyTranslate Mobile (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; uses SimplyTranslate
monocles translator (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
Lentil Translate (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Jiten Japanese Dictionary [Onl (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-08-08 Github
Owl (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; client for OwlBot dictionary
CollinsDictionary (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Adapt It Mobile (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; translate between related languages
Toadua (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; collaborative Toaq dictionary

Offline Translators & Dictionaries

2023-05-26

OpenWort (5@3) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-16 Github; Offline thesaurus Deutsch
Russian-English dictionary (4.9@10,067) Ǥ 17 24 several more languages available
QuickDic Dictionary (4.9@713) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
English Dictionary - Offline (4.8@412,661) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dictionary - WordWeb (4.8@138,855) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ English Dictionary & Thesaurus
Define (4.8@1,120) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 Github
Pocket Thesaurus (4.7@6,015) Ǥ 15 5
Poet Assistant (English) (4.7@2,682) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Galnet Dictionary (4.7@37) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Dict Box: Universal Dictionary (4.6@41,347) Ǥ 16 10 many languages available, integrates with other apps
dict.cc dictionary (4.6@23,453) Ǥ 5 1
Offline English Dictionary (4.6@8,258) 3 3
Dictionary.com: English Words (4.5@971,839) Ǥ 18 4
Notification Dictionary (4.5@14) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-10-22 Github
onTouch English Dictionary (4.4@4,281) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2019-12-24 / onTouch English Dict - Premium (4@222; ~EUR 2.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-11 Intro 1/2017
Greek Reference: Ancient Greek (4.4@743) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-31 Github
Aard Dictionary (4.3@389) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-07-16 / Aard 2 (4.8@405) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
SinGal Dictionary (4.3@6) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-16 Github; Galician synonyms
English dictionary - offline (4.2@1,737) Ǥ 17 24 several more languages available
Kaku Japanese Dictionary (OCR) (4.2@469) Ǥ 7 3 Github; Japanese OCR Dictionary
Floating Dictionary (4.2@300) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-08 English terms; (note: Internet-permission was dropped in recent version)
HoverDict Floating Dictionary (4.2@142) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26 Wordnet; Internet permission for IAP plugins to access additional sources (Urban, Google)
Kalimaty - Your Own Dictionary (4.2@96) Ǥ 9 4 Intro 7/2020
Dictionary : Word Definitions (4.1@22,637) Ǥ 13 10 dictionaries, flashcards, and more, many languages available – good for learning!
Esperanto Dictionary: Senreta (4@19) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-10-19 Github; English/Esperanto
Arcus Dictionary (4@6) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-02-05 / Arcus Dictionary Pro (4.6@1,932) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-01-31
DictionaryForMIDs (3.8@385) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-14
GoldenDict Lite (3.7@4,324) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2018-12-03 / GoldenDict (3.7@3,647; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-24 Wikipedia (EN)
Offline Translator: German (3.4@348) Ǥ 13 2
Offline dictionaries (3.2@89,804) Ǥ 7 15 LastUpdate: 2020-11-19 / Offline dictionaries pro (3.4@900; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 6 1
Dictionary Offline (3@13,235) 4 2 LastUpdate: 2014-04-29
QDict (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-05-02 Github; uses dictionaries in StarDict format
Dictionnaire français hors-lig (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
EnglishWhiz (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; more than 177k words, fully offline
WTF‽ (The MirOS Project) (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-08 Github; wtf acronyms database
Jiten Japanese Dictionary (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-31 Github
Nani? (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Japanese/English
Fujiten (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Japanese dictionary
words.hk 粵典 (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Sumatora Japanese Dictionary (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-07 Github
Nheengaré (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Waylan - A dictionary concept (0@0) Ǥ 8 4 LastUpdate: 2021-02-21 Github
Collocations Thesaurus Offline (0@0) Ǥ 10 3

Translators & Dictionaries with Online & Offline mode

2023-05-26

Dictionary (4.8@294,872) Ǥ 9 10 / Dictionary Pro (4.6@8,594; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 6 3
U Dictionary Translator (4.3@1,254,649) Ǥ 22 16
English Dictionary & Thesaurus (4.1@29,685) Ǥ 11 6 LastUpdate: 2020-01-09
Mitzuli (3.8@321) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-14 Github
Google Translate (3.7@8,704,101) Ǥ 21 1 with live translation of e.g. street signs / Live-Übersetzung
Fora Dictionary (3.7@2,669) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ StarDict, XDXF, DSL, DICTD and Plain (TSV) formats
ColorDict Dictionary (3.6@43,485) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2021-07-10 StarDict format

Lookup: Wikipedia & Co.

2023-05-26

EveryWiki: Wikipedia++ (4.6@2,861) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-09-30 Kurzvorstellung 1/2015
LoboWiki Reader for Wikipedia (4.5@711) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-15
Wikipedia (4.4@686,802) Ǥ 15 2 / Wikipedia Beta (4.4@35,425) Ǥ 11 1 Github
Aard Dictionary (4.3@389) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-07-16 / Aard 2 (4.8@405) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
wikiHow: how to do anything (4.2@51,880) Ǥ 5 5 Learn how to do anything
Kiwix offline (4.2@33,306) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Wikipedia DE | EN; Video Howto 6/2016; Anleitung 12/2015 - 2/2021
Voice Wiki (4.1@856) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
Wiktionary (4@4,093) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-17
Speakipedia— audio wikipedia (3.4@545) Ǥ 9 3
XOWA - Wikipedia Offline (1@101) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-11-03
WikipOff (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-23 Github; Download and read Wikipedia offline

Translators for various languages

French Translators

2023-05-26

French German Dictionary (3.3@1,298) 6 2 / French German Dictionary (4@5; ~EUR 5.50) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Offline French German Wordbook (3.2@1,114) Ǥ 7 16 / French German Dictionary (3@10; ~EUR 2.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-03

Latin Translators

2023-05-26

Latein-Deutsch Schulwörterbuch (4.5@132; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-09
AuxLat Demo (4.5@16) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AuxLat: Der Lateinübersetzer (5@4; ~EUR 2.00) 0
Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.1@485) Ǥ 8 3

Russian Translators

2023-05-23

German-Russian Dictionary (4.5@933) Ǥ 8 1 / Russian-English Dictionary (4.8@4,190) Ǥ 10 1
Russian German Translator (4.4@4,761) Ǥ 7 3
German Russian Dictionary (4@175) Ǥ 7 9

Spanish Translators

2023-05-26

Free Dict Spanish English (4.7@583) Ǥ 5 5 LastUpdate: 2017-07-08
Spanish English Dictionary & T (4@21,814) Ǥ 11 6
Spanish German Dictionary (2.8@38) 6 2 / Spanish German Dictionary (1@1; ~EUR 5.50) 5 1

Translators for various languages topics

Jura Translators

2023-05-26

Deine Rechte (5@5) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-31 Deine Rechte im Kanton Bern
gesetze.io - Jura digital (4.8@625) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ DE + EU & more
JLaw Gesetze (4.7@894) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-07-05 Vorstellung 1/2017
Lawdroid – Deutsche/EU-Gesetze (4.4@1,009) Ǥ 11 3 / Lawdroid AT – Österreich + EU (5@70) Ǥ 11 3
Law Dictionary (4@1,142) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2020-09-04
juris DAV (3.7@129) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Gesetze (3.3@1,939) Ǥ 5 4 LastUpdate: 2020-05-18
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (3.2@437) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2017-11-15

Also see: AppsFürJuristen

Medical Translators

2023-05-26

Medical Terms Dictionary (5@421) Ǥ 6 3
Medical Terminology Dictionary | Free & Offline (5@118) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2020-07-05
WikiMed - Offline Encyclopedia (4.7@24,631) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 10/2017
Dorland’s Medical Dictionary (4.7@2,187) Ǥ 10 5 LastUpdate: 2020-01-16
Diseases Treatments Dictionary (4.6@20,109) Ǥ 7 3
Health & Medical Dictionary Of (4.6@66) Ǥ 8 5 LastUpdate: 2020-04-05
Diseasepedia (4.6@11) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-06-08
Medical Terminology Dictionary (4.4@20,328) Ǥ 10 5
Medical Dictionary by Farlex (4.4@7,694) Ǥ 6 3
MAG Medical Abbreviations DE (4.4@941) Ǥ 7 8 LastUpdate: 2020-02-24 / MAG Medical Abbreviations (4.2@2,046) Ǥ 7 8 LastUpdate: 2020-02-28 / MAG Medical Abbreviations ES (4.3@334) Ǥ 7 8 LastUpdate: 2020-08-12 / MAG Medical Abbreviations FR (5@752) Ǥ 7 8 LastUpdate: 2019-06-10 / Medical Abbreviations RU (4.3@396) Ǥ 5 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17
Medical Dictionary (4.4@29) 4 2
Oxford Medical Dictionary (4.3@9,591) Ǥ 10 5 LastUpdate: 2019-12-03
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@138) 4 1
Diseases Dictionary Medical (4.2@28,423) Ǥ 6 2
Medical Abbreviations (4.2@64) 6 2
Medical terminology - Offline (4@5,458) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2018-10-06 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary (4.8@2,345) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2018-10-02
Offline Medical Dictionary (4@4,551) Ǥ 4 4 LastUpdate: 2019-08-23
Medical Abbreviations English (4@137) Ǥ 4 3 LastUpdate: 2019-06-05
Taber’s Medical Dictionary... (3.8@1,319) Ǥ 12 3
Medical Psychiatric Dictionary (3.7@900) Ǥ 6 2
Mediplus Dictionary (0@0) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

Also see: Medical References

Fun dictionaries

2023-05-26

WTF Technology Terms (4.8@12) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-03
The Devil’s Dictionary (4.5@31) Ǥ 7 3 a satirical „reference“ book

Various dictionaries and translators

2023-05-26

PReVo - Vortaro de Esperanto (4.9@480) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Esperanto dictionary
Kamus Bahasa Inggris (Offline) (4.4@49,243) Ǥ 7 5 LastUpdate: 2018-07-14 Indonesian
Hebrew/English Translator (4.2@2,100) 4 5 LastUpdate: 2021-05-06
boQwI’ (Klingon language) (4.1@722) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
LexinProject (4@423) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-09 Swedish dictionary for learners
Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus (3.8@379) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-20 Vorstellung 12/2015; English; 100 entries free, in-app upgrade ~EUR 30

Providers of multiple apps on this topic:

BitKnights
GreenLife Apps (various translators/dictionaries)
Bede Products
CJKI
Study Center

Further Readings:

Category Language Guides
Category Vocabulary & Flash Cards
The 5 Best Thesaurus Apps for Android and iOS (11/2022)
Expand Your Vocabulary With These 6 Dictionary Apps for Android and iPhone (10/2022)
Best Dictionary Apps for Android (4/2021 - 12/2021)
Top 10 Dictionary Apps for Android (7/2020)
The 20 Best Medical Dictionary Apps For Android Device (4/2019 - 4/2022)

2023-05-30

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