Collins-Robert Concise App Reviews

when can we have an iphone 5 version?

This very good app has an issue since the latest update: simply doesnt work no more. A fix is required urgently. Lets see what kind of service they have.

Very satisfied with the product. It meets all my requirements. Joe

This app is really expensive and is not wirth the money. Collins dictionaries have always been highly recommended and I decided to buy this version. I have been using it quite alot and unfortunately I have been really disappointed. There are so many common words which are not included and I often find them in another French / English translation app which only cost a few euros.

Can you please optimize the dictionary for iOS, I have been using it for while on the iPhone 5. It is not bad, and it would be fantastic with optimization for iOS 6. Merci

This dictionary is everything it says it is and more. Although the price might seem a bit high, buying any high quality dictionary is going to be a similar price. One very useful feature is the verb congugation. It is acurate and has ever tense of the verbs. Overall a great choice

Pricy but it is worth it

This app is not worth the money. This one may satisfy unilingual users, but bilingual users ( Im thinking teachers) will find it below average - and, it does not feature predictive text as all of my other dictionaries do. Big drawback.

Aside from being expensive, these Collins/Ultralingua products are reasonable purchases. They seem to be essentially the old Franklin electronic dictionaries ported to the Iphone. One could certainly have hoped for a more comprehensive dictionary after all these years, but no doubt some improvements have been made (even if they are not very clear to me). Anyway, the obvious missing functionality from my point of view is the ability to build up word lists for revision/vocabulary building (the Larousse boasts of such an improvement). It is a little hard to know why Ultralingua have not done this too. Overall they seem a somewhat lazy company, just milking an old franchise. Hopefully competition will rouse them sooner rather than later.

While this is pricey for an iPhone app, it is definitely a good deal compared to a real dictionary. I dont regret the money Ive spent on it. Ive used this dictionary every day for the last month, in French class. I always beat classmates in looking up words, and so far it has only missed one word compared to the large classroom dictionary. It has all the pronunciation, word use and alternates you expect from a real dictionary, and is easy to read. Being able to quickly look up words or conjugations (and Google!) in the definitions themselves is also very handy. The verb conjugation tool is excellent, and completely replaces my Bescherelle. Changing tenses is very easy. The history list is very handy, particularly if you want to make up a vocabulary list later on. There is a number translation tool, but frankly Ive never used it. The only bug Ive found is when doing a search for a word. If you type in "rec" (in French » English), youll get a long list of possible words, but you cannot select any of the last few words. You can force the table to scroll upwards to see them, but the table snaps back with the words out of sight when you release. The only workaround is to narrow your search. I dont often have a problem with this, though. Finally, one change Id like to see is an option to erase the entry field automatically when you go back to look up a new word. Now it takes two steps before looking up a new word: go back to the search screen; erase last word. Not a big deal, but when you are looking up several words in a row, it gets annoying, and the erase button is rather small so I often miss it. There is a back-arrow at the bottom that could take you back to the previous word if need be. Overall, a great app that needs a few tweaks, and a lower price, to be fantastic.

This version compares pretty well to the abridged version of the Collins, but is a long ways from the unabridged version, whose price it more closely reflects. For those serious about French, the unabridged paper version is much better for your money, as is a cheap iPhone French-English dictionary. Also, an irritating bug makes it difficult to see any pronominal verbs, and although they informed me several months ago that this issue was to be rectified in a forthcoming version, there have been no changes. Altogether, it seems as if Ultralingua isnt going to update what is currently a mediocre, buggy dictionary.

Yes, its pricey, but this is a high-quality, comprehensive dictionary with a great interface. Quick, convenient, and portable. Perfect.

Would be nice to add audio pronunciation.

Looks terrible on iPad, when is the update coming?

I speak French fluently, but require help with unusual or technical words. Many of these words are not found, but are available on other sources. Good tool for beginners but not fir expert speakers or translators.

It does not work as advertised. Double tap on verbs do not show verb conjugation (iPad). Search produces a lot of clutter, the search becomes useless. I do not recommend this product.

It is $30 but absolutely worth it. It works fast, you can switch between the languages with a little button at the top and its easy to use. I also hate the idea of paying $30 for an app (I bought the Spanish and Portuguese ones too), but itll be worth it to brush up on my languages on the go, or to translate things I dont quite know the meaning of. You can try the other cheaper apps, but I just went straight to the brand I trust the best, rather than wasting money on lower-end dictionaries. I hate wasting money.

$30 is expensive. Especially for an app. However, I found this app indispensable during my last trip throughout Europe. It works perfectly and has useful verb conjugations as well. I bought this one and the German one and they both came quite in handy. Even the locals were impressed by the examples. A paper dictionary might be cheaper, but not as handy as this one. The one thing you might consider is whether you need the iPad version or could settle for the iPhone version.

Ok, but no more than just ok. Too Manu words are missing. Il manque trop de mots.

Only has 45000 entries! Vs the unabridged Collins which should have over 800,000. This is bad app dressed up with a premium price. By comparison, the Collins pocket dictionary has 80,000 real entries, not just translations! Collins should be ashamed of associating with this app. To top it all off, its extremely crash prone and even has the honour of being the first app to cause a kernel panic on my iPad. Avoid like the plague, there are better and cheaper dictionary apps.