Ultralingua French-English Reviews – Page 4
5/5 rating based on 50 reviews. Read all reviews for Ultralingua French-English for iPhone.
Ultralingua French-English is paid iOS app published by Ultralingua, Inc.
Best current Fr-En offline app, needs improvement
Jennic9
As a fluent (non native) French speaker, I need a serious offline dictionary and I use the app daily. I like that it has expressions integrated into the search feature (though less than the online Word Reference app) the conjugations are extremely easy to use with all tenses listed. Things I would like to see in future versions: 1) MORE FREQUENT UPDATES, current version has become extremely SLOW and CRASHES when certain letter sequences are typed in, forcing you to type (ab) or (ad) and scroll when you wanted a word starting with (ac) 2) a way to ADD YOUR OWN words, definitions, and annotations since I often search online for words not in this app 3) MORE SLANG, older words one finds in literature and informal language 4) wider variety of specific words within everyday categories (food, garden tools, medical terms etc) 5) more compound words like "contact lens solution" 6) default to the keyboard in upon start up for faster searches 7) moving the "switch languages" (English to French vs French to English) button further away from the X out button which erases the search field There are also a lot of UK English definitions without the US equivalent - especially annoying when looking up a slang word. (I'm American)
Serious bug somewhere
Velodoccitane
Repeatedly crashes. Switching between the dictionary and the the Safari browser seems to do something to damage the dictionary app. Of course switching between the dictionary and other apps is something you do without, so I would not buy this app! A fresh reinstall seems to work OK until I start multasking again, which re-damages the app. It will immediately begin to crash and get progressively worse until it's virtually unusable. I see this app hasn't been updated for a year now. Is it still being supported even? Who knows?
My most used app
Jgfabulous
I usually don't write reviews but I had to write one for Ultralingua. I recently moved to a francophone country and this app helps me navigate my intermediate level French in an all-French environment. I would not be able to do my work without it. Terms are super easy to look up and conjugations are super easy to access. I wouldn't ask for anything else of this app!
Struggling student
1stedition
Absolutely marvelous. Extremely easy to use. I wish it could also pronounce the words.
Holding out for a new update
Bryt
ultralingua was probably my most used app, the dictionary was great and accurate and the verb conjugator an absolute god send; unfortunately an update (I'll admit some while ago) removed the conjugator and changed the format of the dictionary. The dictionary is still as accurate, but with an interface I still have trouble using after all this time. I'm hoping that they will update the app again and #1 bring back the conjugator (tho changing the dictionary would also be nice). Was definitely worth $20 when I purchased in 2009/10, probably wouldn't purchase for the same price now though.
Not Current With French In The News
editviz1
During the end of negotiations with the U.S. and Iran the word "Raprawshmahn" came up however it does not appear in your dictionary! Current events is the language needed. JECIII
rapprochement
Lagertha06
The word rapprochement appears in the app if you know how to spell it, it is the same word in English and is not a new word. Great app!
Very comprehensive
rtsphd
I've taken this app with me on several trips to France and fine it very handy. It has idioms, verb conjugations, common word combinations in both English and French.
Works for me!
Squeakalot
I use this mainly as a dictionary to aid me in my French lessons and so far it's been really helpful!
Extremely useful
Janglophone
Well worth the price! Much better than even a fairly comprehensive print dictionary and far easier to use. I love it!