Word A Day Apps
Learning Words Has Never Been This Easy
Overview
Who doesn’t want to have a better vocabulary? What better way than by learning a word each day? Now with the iPhone you can take advantage of apps that make it easy to learn a word a day. We compare our favorites in this AppGuide.
Essential Apps
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$1.99
Word A Day Visuals and Audios by VocabAhead
by Lafazi, Inc
The essential word a day app is “Word A Day Visuals and Audios by VocabAhead.” What makes this a winner is the great words, fun images and audio that go along with each word. There are two additional versions available: one is free and the other provides more advanced words (scroll down for links to these apps). The app incorporates local notifications to ensure you never forget a day. You’ll also have access to past days. If you are a big fan of a certain word you can favorite it. Word A Day Visuals and Audios is a fun and fast way to expand your vocabulary every day.
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$0.99
Word of the Day (All-in-One)
by Code Driven
Word of the Day (All-in-One) is the other essential app. The app succeeds because of its great daily data and nice interface. The app pulls words in from Merriam-Webster.com, Dictionary.com, Education.Yahoo.com, TheFreeDictionary.com, Wordsmith.org, UrbanDictionary.com, Braingle.com, Scrabble-Assoc.com, and MedicineNet.com. The content is good, the presentation is good. This app is a keeper.
Notable Apps
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Free
Weird Word of the Day (iAd Supported) : augment your vocabulary with amazing new words
by PBJ Studios
Weird Word of the Day is an iAd supported free app. This is a fantastic companion app to either of the essential apps. This app shares a daily weird word that you can then add to your own writing or conversations. The words are top notch and many of them you have probably never heard before. You can share those words on Facebook or Twitter from within the app. This is a must have app for anyone wanting to make their conversations or writing even better.
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Free
Vocabology
by ThatWith.Me, LLC
Vocabology provides a wonderful interface to the word a days provided by dictionary.com, wiktionary.com, and Merriam Webster. Also included are word a days in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and French. The design makes it feel like you are almost reading from a digital scroll. A great buy for only $0.99.
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$0.99
Word of the Day
by Ethan Productions
Word of the Day is as simple as they come. Open the app and view the word and its meaning. There are no additional features. Those that crave simplicity will love this app. A nice addition to any word lover’s iPhone.
Decent Apps
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$3.99
Elegant Word of the Day
by Elegant Technologies, LLC
Elegant Word of the Day is over-priced at $3.99. It has not been updated since it was released in October 2008. The app feels old because it is. The font used is sometimes hard to read. We would gladly pay $0.99 for an app of this calibre, but $3.99 is a bit of a stretch. The collection of words is good, but whether it is worth the price is up to you.
Other Versions Of Mentioned Apps
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Free
Word A Day Visuals and Audios
by Lafazi, Inc
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$1.99
Word A Day (Advanced Vocab) Visuals & Audios
by Lafazi, Inc
Other Apps
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Word a Day
by Malcolm Hall
Released: almost 3 years ago -
VocabDaily Free - Word of the Day
by Brandon Schlenker
Released: almost 3 years ago -
The F-ing Word of the Day
by lab101
Released: 10 months ago -
Word-a-Day
by Planet39
Released: 8 months ago -
Dictionary.com - Dictionary & Thesaurus - Free
by Dictionary.com, LLC
Released: almost 3 years ago -
Hawaiian Word of the Day
by Logic High Software
Released: over 2 years ago -
Japanese Word of the Day
by Declan Software
Released: almost 3 years ago -
Spanish Word of the Day
by PROMETOYS LIMITED
Released: over 2 years ago -
French Word of the Day
by Declan Software
Released: almost 3 years ago -
Latin Word of the Day! (FREE)
by Ronald Bell
Released: about 2 years ago