Collins-Robert Concise App Reviews

The more I use it, the more I love it. This has become my go to dictionary. Thanks.

I have 3 different Collins-Robert dictionaries and have never found a better dictionary!

Love this dictionary! Thanks.

I bought this application. It is fairly nice to have the verb conjugation feature. However, it runs slowly on iphone 3G. Perhaps, it will be faster on 3Gs. Another thing, $24.99 is a bit pricey. Had I known another cheaper dicitonary, I would not have paid so much.

My intentions in buying this app was to have an aid in my study of French, as I am presently taking French in school. What I got was an excellent, albeit cumbersome and somewhat lacking resource. First of all, this is a powerful app and I look forward to using it when I forget a conjugation or some vocabulary, but where this app is majorly lacking is the absence of a translator or something to help in basic sentence structure. Sentences are formed slightly differenly in Fench than they are in English and it would be nice to have something to display the proper way to form a sentance. I wouldnt even mind if it was simply a tool where you could write (and have it correct you) in French and then spits it back out in English or correct French. For a $25 app, I wouldve hoped it would had something to actually form sentences. So, would I recommend this? Yes, but only if you know how Fench is structured already or you just need a powerful reference tool; dont buy it If youre starting w/ the language.

An terrific resource for quick consultations. Wonderful for an high intermediate reader like me who often needs a clarification buy doesnt want to haul around a heavy dictionary. The interface is great because it anticipates the word as you type and if your French spelling is weak - like mine is - is saves a lot of time.

I am a college level French teacher and have been using this dictionary for about four months. This dictionary needs more definitions and to fix the "No Entries Found" for reflexive verbs that you do have. This app. was expensive. Please continue to improve it as a resource.

This was a great app until they updated it. They changed everything that made it awesome and easy to use. Tasks in the previous version, which were repetitive for you, now zero themselves out and you have to start from the beginning and go through each step every time you want to conjugate a verb or some other task. I wish I had known how bad they ruined this once truly awesome program, I would have never updated it. BEWARE, this 4 1/2 star rating you see, it is for the old version, not this junk. Do not waste your money.

The best out there!

This dictionary app has a good intermediate vocabulary but it is yet another dead silent app. It needs the important features Audio Collins Mini-Gem French-English (beginners vocabulary) app has. It needs 1. audio pronunciations in French and in English that do not require internet connection, and 2. a Random Word button.

I am very impressed with this app. I had been using a French-English bilingual dictionary on my Blackberry (I have forgotten the publisher) and thought that was nice. But this app totally blows the BB app away! One really cool feature is that it will recognize conjugated verbs - what a time saver!!! Add to that the fact that it has full conjugations for every verb, and you have a really useful app. $25 seems like a steep price, but I am happy with my purchase. Navigation is taking me a little bit of time to get used to, but I am new to the iPhone, so I suspect the difficulty is with me, not the app.

This dictionary is a necessity for any native English-speaker studying the French language or visiting a francophone country. While in France this summer, I enjoyed the fact that I didnt need to be online to use it. Also, in my French courses at Texas A&M, using this app is so much more convenient than flipping through a paper dictionary. Love it!

In the 30 years that I have been studying and using French I have yet to find a better French-English dictionary, whether in-print, online or an app. This app is totally worth the price. You will throw away all other dictionaries once you have this app.

Used Collins and ultralingua for a few years. Great dictionary. Great software. Please update it to universal app so I can use it on my iPad as well

The history function is great - you can go back and study words youve looked up. The only words I have been unable to find are fairly obscure. A random word feature would be a great addition. Highly recommended.

Expensive, but excellent product I thought would last me for many years. Little did I know I would have to change computers and Collins would not let me transfer the program to my new one. I cannot ever recommend a product that the publisher will not support. Totally wasted $25...

I tried a bunch, and this one was by far the best and most expensive French dictionary for the iPhone. I wish I would have just spent the money on this one first, and not wasted it on the the cheaper ones that had such a limited selection of words....

Im really happy that this app has been updated for the iPad! Ive been using it for the past month or two on my iPhone and its quickly become essential for me while taking French class. Now on the iPad Ill look forward to being even more productive with it. Thank you. The dictionary is very complete, and the ability to look up verbs regardless of conjugation is absolutely essential and marvelous. Definitely a highly recommended app!

Good dictionary with many usage examples. HOWEVER, limited scrolling, which is disappointing if you like to read dictionaries. e.g. : Enter the letters "ab" and you will get the first ten or so entries beginning with "ab". You cannot scroll further.

Works well for verb conjugations. Vocabulary is too limited. If you need a dictionary for the less-common words in French literature -- even modern literature -- this may not be it. For more common words, its fine, but it doesnt compare with my old, heavy Collins Robert French Dictionary.