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Dictionary Universal

by Dmitry Zhuk

  • Reference
  • Paid
  • Zombie
  • Small & simple · 100
View on the App Store
Rating
4.1
9 ratings
Top 56%among 114 Reference apps
Last update
Aug 19, 2025
Version 8.6.2
Size
3 MB
Category
Reference
Tracked since
Oct 9, 2026

Estimated revenue

A model estimate with a likely range, not a reported figure.

No estimate. Apps outside the grossing charts, and some countries, have no reliable rank-to-revenue curve, so we show nothing rather than a guess.

How this estimate is made

Rank: we take the app's best Top Grossing rank on the latest chart day. Category ranks are converted into an equivalent overall rank, because a #10 in Finance earns far less than a #10 overall.

Curve: that equivalent rank is read off a rank-to-revenue curve anchored on public company revenue and market-data reports for the US iPhone App Store.

Country: the curve is scaled per country (Japan is roughly a third of the US, Türkiye under 1%). Where we have no scale, such as China, there is no estimate.

Range: the likely range widens with country, category and chart depth. It is a plausible span, not a statistical confidence interval.

Not included: ads, payments outside the App Store, and any difference between gross sales and what the developer keeps. Low confidence means indirect data; medium means several independent sources agree.

Full method

Screenshots

As shown on the App Store listing.

About this app

Text from the App Store listing.

Dictionary Universal is iPhone, iPod touch and iPad application for viewing StarDict dictionaries and dictionaries in Lingvo DSL format ¹. Many of these dictionaries are available on the Internet for free ².

Features:

  • Very fast. After dictionary is indexed, minimal time is required to start before you can type text. List of matches appears without delay while you type.
  • Supports morphology for English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
  • Fuzzy search. This functionality will help you find words if they are misspelled or when you don't know how to type word correctly. Just type in the text and hit Search button on the keyboard.
  • Pronunciation support.
  • Searching text in currently displayed article.
  • Profiles group dictionaries, pronunciation and morphology for quick switching. Useful if you work with several languages.
  • Favorites and Search History.
  • Ability to lookup word in clipboard when switching to the application. Copy word to clipboard and switch to Dictionary Universal to see translation.
  • Most complete StarDict format support in the AppStore (including images, synonyms, and various dictionary formats).
  • Color highlighting for better text readability (when supported by dictionary format).
  • Arbitrary word lookup. Tap any word in article to lookup it in loaded dictionaries.
  • Full screen mode support.
  • Compressed dictionaries and resources support.
  • Embedded web browser for downloading dictionaries from the Internet.

¹ Lingvo DSL format is a text format with dictionary source code. Dictionary Universal does not support compiled Lingvo dictionaries (LSD format).

² No dictionaries are bundled with the application. You will need StarDict or Lingvo DSL dictionaries to use them with the application.

What’s new

Release notes for the latest version, as written by the developer.

v8.6.2

v8.6.2

  • Minor fixes

v8.6.1

  • Fixed issues with handling some types of archives

v8.6

  • Improved compatibility with some StarDict dictionaries
  • Added support for compressed synonyms (.syn.gz and .syn.dz files) in StarDict format.
  • Dictionaries can be exported and shared via AirDrop: open list of dictionaries in Settings and press ⓘ to open dictionary information page, where sharing option is available.

Rank history

Daily position in the South Korea charts. #1 is at the top.

Best rank
#22
Current rank
#24
Days charting
7 of 7

On the charts today

Small & simple score

How realistic it is for a small team to build something like this.

100/100

Small & simple

  • Developer size100% · 25

    Developer: 1 app on the charts

  • Audience size100% · 20

    Ratings: 9

  • App size100% · 10

    Size: 3 MB

  • Price model100% · 15

    Price model: paid

  • Demand proof100% · 30

    Best rank #4, 27 countries

An indicator, not a fact. We can't see team size. Calculated Oct 24, 2026 · method i2

How the score works

Version history

  • 8.6.2LatestReleased Aug 19, 2025