LexicEN English Dictionary & Thesaurus app review: a fast, offline dictionary for when you need help

LexicEN English Dictionary & Thesaurus by www.gogonavi.net is an app that allows you to perform fast, offline searches of words for their meanings and alternate words. 

Introduction

LexicEN English Dictionary & Thesaurus by www.gogonavi.net is an app that allows you to perform fast, offline searches of words for their meanings and alternate words. It was updated on February 26, 2013, and requires 17.3MB of storage space. It is available in English, French, German, and Japanese.

User Experience

The app is super easy to use. All you have to do is type in the word you want defined and a list of potential words will pop up. Select the one that is most similar to the one you want, and you will see all of the possible definitions as well as alternate words. You’ll see similar words, opposite words, definition, pronunciation, and example sentences.

The user interface is simple, clean, and easy to use.

Features

Some of the features of the app include super-fast search capabilities, interactive text, pronunciation examples, iCloud sync, customizable favorites, incremental search, and a large database of more than 150,000 words. 

In-App Purchases

There are no in-app purchases.

Update Info

LexicEN English Dictionary & Thesaurus is running on Version 3.0. The update added iCloud sync and optimized the app for iPhone 5. 

Customer Ratings and Feedback Comments

The current version has a total of 17 customer ratings with an average of four out of five stars. Feedback comments are all positive. The only requests people make are that a notes section and voice pronunciation are added. 

Personal Comments by Reviewer

This is a simple, straightforward app. It’s easy to use, has a huge database, and shows the last 50 words you’ve searched. 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Tons of features
• Simple to use
• Fast
• Don’t need an Internet connection

 

Cons

• Needs an audio pronunciation key
• The ability to add notes to words would be helpful for some people

For: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad with iOS 5.0 or later. LexicEN English Dictionary & Thesaurus is optimized for iPhone 5.