Dict Box - The Free Dictionary App for your iPhone/iPad/iPod

Android versions are coming on Google Play!
Check them out: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:Xung%20Le
"With me, If Lingoes is the best free dictionary on PC, this is the best on smartphone.
I wish i knew it earlier to avoid wasting time and money to find another.
Secondly, the feature allows user looking up words with multiple dictionary simultaneously is great. That's point ! Very different to others."
---By Kenstea on 20/8/2011---


"I rarely write a comment for any app. This is an exception. 
The best dictionary app for iOS which I've used." 
---By Shiro203 on Jul 05, 2012---




+ Lots of offline/online dictionaries included
+ High quality database/sounds of multiple languages
+ Offline (need internet for some advanced features)
+ Fast and accurate
+ Looking up all dictionaries at the same time
+ Simply convenient design, very different to others
+ Persistent history and bookmarks (v4.6)
+ Second window for quick looking up
+ Excellent "Word Suggestion" feature (v4.6)
+ Dictionary activation/rearrangement


Now Available in 20 languages on App Store

Spanish
Portuguese
French
German
Italian
Russian
Polish
Romanian
Turkish
Greek
Dutch


Hebrew
Arabic
Persian/Farsi

Korean
Japanese
Chinese
Vietnamese
Thai
Indonesian



Check them out


After downloading the app, You should rearrange dictionaries to the order you like.
Tell me your thoughts. I love to hear from you. (suggestions, bugs, ...)
Please leave a comment here or send an email to xunglv@gmail.com.

If Dict Box is useful to you, please help me to spread it out:

 * If you are good in writing, please help me to write something for Dict Box in your mother language.
 * Write a review for Dict Box on your Blog/Facebook/Google Plus/Twitter,...
 * Introduce it to your friends :)
...

I promise to keep Dict Box FREE with AD-Supported forever (No features-limited)

Thanks a lot
Xung Le
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133 comments:

  1. Amazing English Arabic Dictionary Thank You so much ... No need to use any other dictionary

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  3. How I can download English-Thai version ?

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  4. @Luzif3r: I already removed it from Appstore because of copyright problem. New version will be live on appstore next week. Please wait!

    Thanks!

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  5. Hi !
    Is it possible to find older version that fits ios 3.1.3 ?
    i have ipod touch 1st gen and cannot install latest one.
    Thanks

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    1. @1715: I could not support 3.1.3 for now. Why dont you upgrade your iPod to 4.3? :-)

      Xung

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    2. just because there is no possibility to do it for 1st generation of iPod touch :)

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    3. oh, its pretty old, guy! buy new one :-)

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  6. that is great dictionary its working on iphone but i want to use on Samsung galaxy s2 i can't what shall i do
    please
    thanks

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    1. This is vietnamese version of Dict Box on Android.

      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grandsons.dictbox

      I will submit more languages soon

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  7. Hi Arash

    I will make it works on android for you. Please wait for me :-)

    Thanks
    Xung

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  8. Hello,

    I must say that your application is very good. It integrates most of the necessary functions of a superb dictionary, says,Thesaurus Dictionary, English-English dictionary, combination of EV and VE, all of them into just one dictionary. Users dont need to switch among of them while looking up for a word. It is indeed so great. However, a dictionary that I am still looking for on iPhone is collocation dictionary of Oxford publisher. As far as I know, there is second version of this dictionary and babylon data for it as well. The collocation is essential to any serious learner who wants to use correctly English words. If you can add the dictionary into this application, it will be virtually perfect! I would could not be satisfied more! In addition, I suggest you create a paid version not including any advertisement for serious user like me. I am willing to pay for this application since it is indispensable to me.

    Thank you, and look forward to seeing your new updates.

    Thang,

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    1. My problem is license of dictionaries! :-)
      We will have a paid version soon.

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    2. I couldnt agree more with what shuyin has jus been said.
      Actually,nearly 5 - 6 months ago,i managed to access the oxford advanced american dictionary and some other useful ones,but they dont exist there any longer.
      can u tell me why this happened?(were them trial?)and whats the solution?

      thank you

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  9. Thank you so much Xung Le. You are a genius. Since I started to use Dict Box, I've forgotten all other purchased dictionaries. There are the depth of the original dictionaries multiplied by your creative flexibility. Perhaps, that's all users want.
    I have some suggestions to contribute:
    1- Could you add a button to clear the search box faster? The default one is hidden and sometimes not responsive.
    2- Do you have a Dict Box for Italian? If yes or if you just plan to make it, I would suggest a website which has an amazing store of entries as well as its capacity of verb conjugation.

    Joseph Phat

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  10. Which os version are you using?
    My dict format is StartDict. In the future, user will be able to add new dictionaries into the app soon. (through iTunes, Dropbox)

    Xung

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  11. i just happen to delete its not on purpose but now i cant reinstall it request ..like os4???what should i do?i use iphone3s

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    1. did you ever sync with iTunes? if yes, Try to restore by iTunes.
      I will try to support iOS 4.0 in next version

      Thanks
      Xung

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  12. any other way?i have no account on itunes although i try,its so hard comple to create account there .When you lunch next version

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  13. I'm very happy to be able to download your perfect English-Russian and English-Korean dictionaries. Is it possible to prepare English-French-English (Robert&Collins, Harrap's, etc.) and French-French (Le Petit Robert, Antidote, Hachette, Larousse). I'm ready to buy them.
    Good luck in your business and personal life.

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    1. Not now, Alex.
      I will consider this feature in future version.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  14. I want to thanks you, this app is wonderful!!!!
    what is the old version can run on ipod touch using iOS 4.2.x??? I need it. Xung Le, please help me!

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    1. Dung, I will make it work on iOS 4.0 in next version
      Thanks
      Xung

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  15. Hi, my name is Thanh, i look for someone can build me an app for my company website. Please let me know how to contact you, please contact me at email thanh702@gmail.com

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    1. Not me, Thanh. I'm very busy with my job now.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  16. Thanks for your nice dictionary. I use English almost everyday but I'm not a native speaker so I really need good and quick dictionary. Just one thing that annoys me that ever since I upgrade my IPod, and of course this application, I am not be able to find the defining of Longman! Can you tell me why? Did you subtract Longman dictionary without changing you advertisement on ITunes Store? Because I still see Longman in the ad.

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    1. Sorry Giang,

      I have no license to keep Longman dictionary inside Dict Box anymore.
      I forgot to update the words. will update soon!

      Thanks
      Xung

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  17. Oh I'm so sorry to know that! If I had known that, I would't have doone the update! Hic hic. Anyway, thanks for your reply. Hope that you will have the license to put it back soon. You know, Longman dictionary is so suitable for English learners because they define a word basing on very common words. That's why I specifically love it, much more than Oxford or any other English dictionary. Wish you well, Xung.

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    1. Thanks Giang,
      In the future, I will allow users to add stardicts from internet to Dict box. it's similar to that you install custom dicts to your dictionary app (e.g: stardict, babylon) on windows PC.
      So you will be able to add any dictionaries you have.

      Xung

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  18. Thank for producing such a great dictionary. I am using English Arabic dict. recently I updated the app. then I can't use anymore, it is appeared and then suddenly switch off. I'll appreciate if you can solve this problem.

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    1. Did you try to delete the app then install again?
      Could you show me your iOS version and device info ?

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  19. Hi, can you make Indonesian - Chinese - Indonesian for iphone please, i need this app. Thank You

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    1. Hi Tony,

      I will support adding new dictionaries into Dict box app soon. Then you can use indo-chinese dictionary.

      Thanks
      Xung

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    2. Ok. I hope it will be release soon. Thanks

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    1. Wait me for a few weeks. Too much work here, Tony!
      Xung

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    2. sorry, but it almost a month, please i need this app. Thanks

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    3. Tony, I tried to find an Indonesian - Chinese database but I'm failed.

      Please combine English-Indo and English Chinese for now. I don't think I can have that database soon.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  21. Thanks for the great app DICT BOX Xung Lee.
    i was wondering if you can do a dictionary of Spanish definition with this DICT file: http://code.google.com/p/tokland/downloads/list

    i will support you with the description in spanish language

    please let me know. gzalomoscoso [at] gmail [dot] com

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    1. Yes, I can. But I need a bit time to research about converting this to StarDict format

      Thanks for your support!
      Xung

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  23. ok, please let me know when you do to test it

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  24. The Description:

    El Diccionario Básico de Español [Dic Box Spanish], contiene más de 8000 definiciones precisas de las palabras más usadas del idioma español.
    Permite buscar de manera rápida y sencilla a través de una interfaz amigable, la cual inclusive muestra las palabras a medida que escribe.

    Características:
    * Su uso es totalmente Offline, no necesita conexión a Internet.
    * Definiciones Completas
    * Interfaz de Búsqueda Rápida
    * Aplicación compatible con iPhone y iPod Touch
    * Soporte del mismo desarrolador Xung lee http://dictboxapps.blogspot.com

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  26. Thanks a lot for the free dictionary. nice work.

    But could you please support iOS 3.1.3 and above? (I have an iPhone 3G and it is painfully slow with iOS 4 and I'm planning to downgrade but not until I find a reliable dictionary)

    can you convert an SQL db to DictBox format?

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    1. Dear UnameIt,

      I don't think I can support iOS 3.1.3, It's just too old. Why don't you try iOS 5. Someone told me that It's faster than iOS 4.

      Yes, I can convert SQL database to Dict Box but It will take my time to research about it. I just cannot promise with you that I could help you soon.

      Thanks
      Xung

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    2. 4.2.1 is the latest that can be installed on iPhone 3G, but 3.1.3 was the best for this phone.

      could you maybe tell me some programs that I could try for doing the conversion?

      Thanks

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    3. Hi,

      I am using StarDict format for Dict Box
      You can take a look at this to learn how to create your own Stardict database

      http://jalasthana.de/?p=828#toc-converting-to-stardict-format

      Thanks
      Xung

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  27. Thanks a lot for the great dictionary!
    I am using the Arabic-English dict, but my mother language is Chinese. In the old version there's Youdao online dict, I can use it for translating English to Chinese, but in the new version, the dict has been removed, could you please add it again and let us add costom dicts in the next version, it will help non-English users a lot! Thank you!

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    1. Dear Kha,

      I see what you mean.
      I will allow to disable/enable online dicts in next version.
      For now, You should install Chinese version of Dict Box to look up "English<->Chinese"

      Thanks.

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    2. Thanks a lot!But switch from one app to another is inconvenient. Hope that you can solve it.

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  28. At the first I would like to say Thank you for this amazing Dictionary,
    I'm from Persia and Persian is my mother Language,
    So,if I would be able to help plz let me know,
    Other thing which I want to mention is after the latest update, we can't open this app on new iPad 5.1.1,

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    1. I'm very sorry, Milad,

      This is the problem of App Store recently. Hope they can fix it soon.
      Could you keep trying download the app again after a few hours?

      You can take a look:
      http://www.marco.org/2012/07/04/app-store-corrupt-binaries

      Thanks
      Xung

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  29. The sounds for some of the words are wrong. Can you fix the sounds so it's right? Thanks

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    1. Which one? please give me an example.

      Thank you, Thuy
      Xung

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  30. Thanks for the this app, you did a great job. An option to delete the history ("Latest Words") all at once would be great.
    Again, nice app!

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    1. Thanks a lot, W-wall2001. I will add that feature in next version.
      Xung Le

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  31. Hi ^_^
    just wanna say that the icon for the Korean - English dictionary is wrong! (it says "Arabic - English")...

    //bea

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    1. Got it :)
      I submitted new version to fix this problem!
      Thanks
      Xung

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  33. Hi,
    Does DictBox support URL scheme?
    Thanks

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    1. Currently not. But I can make it in next version

      Thanks
      Xung

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    2. If you want to support URL scheme, it is better to have round trip feature.
      You can refer to www.monokakido.jp/iphone/search.html
      Thanks

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    3. I don't understand Japanese :(

      Xung

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  34. I just have updated my app on iphone but the new version does not include Oxford Dic ?!!!!
    What happened??

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    1. The Oxford dictionary has been removed because of copyright problem. But We can use the built-in English Dictionary as an alternative. (iOS5 or later). Just tap on the book icon on the top right of screen.

      Hope this helps

      Thanks
      Xung

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  35. To be a perfect app
    Plz add a pictorial dictionary

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    1. Hi

      Currently I have no picture dictionary to add to Dict Box. I will try to build one later soon.

      Thanks for your suggestion
      Xung

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  36. hi, i got a problem while downloading your application. its been saying loading for more than two weeks and still couldn't download it on my iphone 3gs. i couldn't delete neither uninstall the application from my phone. it says to download from computer or through wi-fi. since i downloaded over computer but i can't install it on my phone. can u help me in solving this problems since i was excited to try your application for my korean language studies.

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    1. Hi Jharna

      Because Dict Box App is bigger than 50MB. You need to connect to WIFI to download it from App Store. 3G connection won't work. Just connect to wifi network and try again.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  37. You support this application for Android phones I need this application is its strongly

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    1. This is Vietnamese version of Dict Box for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grandsons.dictbox

      I will submit more languages soon

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  38. I need this application for Android phone quickly please

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  39. When will be available on the play store thanks

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    1. We are woking hard on Android version. We expect to have it in early next month.

      Thanks for loving Dict Box
      Xung

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  40. No problem I'm waiting for you to become available for Android thanks xung i love you

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  41. Thank you for your interest in Android phones

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  43. I came here hoping for some news on an Android version and see that youare hard at work on it. I serially can't wait. :) I have been using your app on a daily basis with work and recently decided to upgrade to a new Android have it replace my old Android phone and my ipod touch. I have tried to use a few other offline dictionaries, but they all fail in comparison to your app. Thanks for your interest in Android and I'm looking forward to it. :)

    Will you release an Arabic-English app among your first batch of dictionaries?

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    1. Dear Sir,
      We are making it, but the progress is a bit slow because We are pretty busy these days.
      And We will try our best to have it done ASAP

      Yes, The Arabic version should be in the first batch, We have numerous users using it

      Thanks a lot and please wait for us
      Xung

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    2. Thanks for the quick response. Looking forward to it when it's released.

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  44. What happened I'm sad because iam waiting more than a month to become available for Android and you said would be available this month its early????

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    1. Hi Sultan,

      Because we don't have much experience with Android Development. So the progress is a bit slow.

      We will try to release it soon, but It may miss some minor features for the first version

      Thanks for your understanding
      Xung

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    2. I'm sorry for some words written in yesterday and I know Android programming difficult, but will be waiting for fix this problem

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    2. This is the android version of Dict Box (vietnamese)
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grandsons.dictbox

      I will submit more languages soon

      Thanks
      Xung

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  46. Finally available for Android, please add the English Arabic dictionary thanks a lot xung

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    1. Hi Sultan,

      Arabic version for Android submitted. It will be available in a couple of hours.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  47. Thanks for the quick response I'm now delete all other dictionaries great hop thanks a lot xung le

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  49. Hi, can I use this app (v4.8.9) for my iPhone? my iPhone is 3G model with iOS v4.2.1 Thanks.

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    1. Hello Ronny,

      With the latest SDK from Apple, We just can support the iOS 4.3 as the minimum os version.
      You have to upgrade your iPhone to 4.3 to use Dict Box then.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  50. I have some suggestions:
    Why not add Oxford dicts because I was used it in colordict and flexidict if you can't add it how I can add it I have files Oxford dicts thank you for your exertion

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    1. I will try to support adding it in later version

      Thanks
      Xung

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  51. Thank you so much for the android version. I am downloading it now. I can finally quit carrying my ipod touch with me everywhere. :D

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    1. Thanks, I will keep improving it. :)
      Xung

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  52. Hi Xung
    many thanks for your efforts
    plz make the picture dict available for downloading. to be used offline

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    1. Hell Khaled,

      The number of pictures are very large, the total size could be 3GB or even more. I don't think downloading that big data is a good idea. What do you think?

      Thanks
      Xung

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  53. I depend mainly on dict box and I always use it offline
    I want it to be complete with me so I bought the pronounciation package
    It will be great if I got the pics offline too
    If you can ,make it available for downloading and it's up to users
    thanks

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    1. Ok, Sir
      I think of this solution:

      Downloading all pictures is impossible because the number of words is too big, downloading could be never done.
      Instead, I will introduce the most common english words (maybe 10,000 words or more) in Dict Box. Then If users want to have pictures offline, I will allow them to download the pictures of those words.

      btw, I will support picture for any word in any language, not just English

      I hope this is fine and clear to you,

      Thanks a lot
      Xung

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  55. thanx for ur wonderful dicitionary.
    Actually,nearly 5 - 6 months ago,i managed to access the oxford advanced american dictionary and some other useful ones,but they dont exist there any longer.
    can u tell me why this happened?(were them trial?)and whats the solution?

    After reading comments,i realized that i have never had longman dicitionary,which i strongly consider as the best one.did u succeed to license?
    thank you

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    1. The Longman dictionary is huge and expensive. I did not try to have its license. If you really need it, it would be better to buy the official one from App Store.

      For the Oxford dict, You could download "English Dictionary with Examples" as a replacement, it's currently available in Dict Box. There are a lot more free dictionaries available for you to download.

      In the future, I could add Wiktionary as a offline dictionary into Dict Box.

      Thanks
      Xung

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    3. thanks for your reply.

      good luck

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  56. The android version needs some improvement, for example, the sound does not work in sometimes and is not high comparing with iphone the iphone is too hight and the font in iphone is better than android i hope to fix it soon

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    1. Sure, The android version still need a lot of works. I will keep improving it.
      Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

      btw, the I just use the standard font on Android. I will allow to change the font size in next version.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  57. dear, thank you for your app. your new Arabic Dic logo is wrong, the logo will say your app is bad as it is shown in the logo,, repair your arabic logo to looks correct arabic
    hop the best for you
    my regards

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    1. Thanks a lot, I got it. Will submit right one soon!

      Xung

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  58. Dear, I love it. No need other dictionary. I used both iPAD and Android version. I prefer iOS version. I wish Android version had same UI as iOS (My favorite part is the feature of speaking word both in English and in Korean so that I can easily notice the accent difference, and picture dictionary).
    Could you come up with a PC version also?
    Thank you.

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    1. Thanks ejon69,

      We will keep improving it.
      About Android version, We are working on it so It will be as good as iOS version in future.
      About PC version, We have no plan to work on it version yet. You could try free PC apps like: StarDict or GoldenDict.

      Thanks
      Xung

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  59. Perfect look and more options in version 1.4.0 thanks for new version

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    1. Thanks a lot, Sultan
      We will keep it up!

      Xung

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  60. The program was amazing, but I own an iphone 3g and there is no way for me anymore to use it since it require a newer firmware. Is it possible to have and install the previous version (italian-english)? can you provide the old file version??? Many thanks

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    1. Hi Vink,

      I am sorry but I don't think I can support iPhone 3G for now.
      The latest Apple developer toolkit for iPhone 5/iOS6 doesn't allow developer to support iOS4.2 or below.

      If it's possible, I would recommend you to upgrade to a newer device which allows to run iOS 4.3 or higher. (3gs, 4, 4s,...)

      Thanks
      Xung

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  61. Please add dictionary Picture same as those in ios version for android

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    1. Ok Sultan,

      I will try to add it soon!

      Thanks
      Xung

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  62. Great Dictionary…DICT has already become a friendly stuff to most emotional users. Most visitors would be unaware of the mini tool and would be glad to know the major world-wide languages are embedded to show a crystal path to the web of communications.
    Offline Translator

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    1. Thanks a lot Patricia,
      I will keep it up.

      Xung

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  63. Dict box is good dictionary but the flexidict still the best dictionary for me because I can add any dictionary from my choice such as picture dictionary and more and I can use pronounced in offline mode and I can change settings By my desire I hope to improve dict box app To make users can add other dictionaries and make it like flexidict dictionary

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    1. Sure, I was thinking about what you said.
      I have a lot of things to do with android version.

      Xung

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  64. I wanna thank you for the great app and I wanna know how to remove the ads on Android software?

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  65. Hello Abdullah,

    Currently, I can't support removing ADs for Android version because Google doesn't support that in my country.

    Please tell me the language of Dict Box you are using. I will try to update an AD-Less version in next release.

    Thanks
    Xung

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    1. I am using the English to Arabic version. I want to install more dictionaries like those in IOS6.

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    2. Got it, Abdullah.

      I will try my best to release a better android version soon!

      Thanks
      Xung

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  66. U did something too good my friend, i use this app a lot. I really admire your work. U r such a great person to doing that for free. Keep it up

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    2. Thanks My Friend :-)

      I love making useful things for our life and It's great to know that my app is helping you and my users.

      I will keep this App free with AD-supported forever.

      Xung

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  67. Dear Xung Le,

    I used have DictBox Chinese in my iPhone and I love it. Now I am using android and I can not find any app as good as yours. Could you please make chinese-English version available in android as well?

    Thank you so much,

    -E

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    1. Sorry for late reply,
      I will try to make Chinese version on Android as soon as possible
      Thanks
      Xung

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