What's New

- Performance improvements and bug fixes.

App Description

* The Best Translation App *
• Secured a spot among the Top 10 apps in the Reference/Business categories in 109 countries
• Winner of the Taiwan Excellence Award 2012
• Winner of the Outstanding IT Products Award 2011
• Over one million users worldwide

* Product Overview *
Point the iPhone’s or the new iPad’s camera at any word and Worldictionary will instantly define and translate it. No need to manually type words or take pictures. This app will be your indispensable travel tool primed to give you translation on-the-go.

* Demo Videos *
http://worldcard.penpowerinc.com/demo/worldcard/worditionary_demo.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa6OYajfomA

* Product Details *
- Instant View & Translate
• The instant 'View and Translate' feature allows you to get instant translation simply by pointing your iPhone’s camera at a word you want to look up.
• Worldictionary recognizes and translates amongst multiple languages, ranging from Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Czech, Slovak and Romanian. No need to type a word to look it up!
• You can also select an image from your iPhone to get the translation immediately without typing words in.

- Detailed & Full Sentence Translation
• To proceed with looking up additional words or knowing more about the usage of particular words, you can first take a snap of the text and then focus on the words one by one and look them up.
• Provides full sentence translation and pronunciation.
• The 'Advance Search' function lets you search through Google, Wikipedia and YouTube to expand your search.
• Works with the world's leading dictionary( Collins, Dr.eye and Transtar dictionary), lets you get the most authoritative word explanations.

- Smart & Helpful Functions
• Save your search records automatically. You can even build your own word database to increase translation efficiency.
• You can also manually enter and translate words.
• Provides an anti-shake function for better image quality.
• Provides in app purchase offline dictionary.

* Customers’ Reviews *
• Brilliant app! - Thanks for developing such a handy tool. I have already used it to translate menu items and will definitely use it on my first trip abroad. Well worth the price. (Apr 22, 2012 by lht61ha)
• Amazing app for a phone! - Very easy to use translator app that works brilliantly with text. All the various functions, including recognizing words and translating from text, are very useful. 5 star. (Apr 22, 2012 by Simon Medlicott)
• Worldictionary, one of the most revolutionary iPhone app ideas. (Mar 20, 2012 by Sven Luiv)

iPhone Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 10, 2011 New version 2.1.0
  • May 10, 2011 New version 2.0.0
  • July 04, 2011 Initial release
  • July 15, 2011 Price increase: $4.99 -> $5.99
  • July 27, 2011 New version 2.2.1
  • August 13, 2011 New version 2.3.0
  • September 08, 2011 New version 2.3.5
  • October 18, 2011 Price increase: $5.99 -> $7.99
  • October 18, 2011 New version 3.0.0
  • December 02, 2011 New version 3.1.0
  • March 16, 2012 New version 3.2.0
  • April 18, 2012 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $3.99
  • June 27, 2012 New version 3.3.0
  • August 24, 2012 New version 3.5.0
  • September 07, 2012 New version 3.5.1
  • October 07, 2012 New version 3.6.0
  • January 05, 2013 New version 3.7.0
  • March 19, 2013 New version 4.0.0
  • April 05, 2013 New version 4.1.0
  • April 24, 2013 New version 4.2.0
  • May 09, 2013 New version 4.3.0
  • May 21, 2013 New version 4.3.1
  • May 27, 2013 Price decrease: $3.99 -> FREE!
  • May 30, 2013 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99
  • June 06, 2013 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
  • July 17, 2013 New version 4.3.2
  • August 25, 2013 New version 4.3.3
  • October 18, 2013 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • March 11, 2014 New version 4.3.5
  • March 13, 2014 New version 4.3.6
  • March 30, 2014 New version 4.3.7
  • April 27, 2014 New version 4.3.8
  • September 21, 2014 New version 4.5.0
  • January 30, 2015 New version 4.6.0
  • April 14, 2015 New version 4.7.1
  • June 16, 2015 New version 4.7.2
  • August 01, 2015 New version 4.7.3
  • September 22, 2015 New version 4.7.4
  • October 24, 2015 New version 4.7.5
  • June 21, 2016 New version 5.0.0
  • July 17, 2016 New version 5.0.1
  • August 15, 2016 New version 5.0.2
  • November 09, 2016 New version 5.0.3
  • June 14, 2019 New version 5.2.0
  • October 21, 2019 New version 5.2.1
  • July 14, 2020 New version 5.3.0
  • December 09, 2020 New version 5.3.1