Purple Dictionary AlternativesDictionaries and other similar apps like Purple Dictionary

Purple Dictionary has been discontinued. Similar apps include Wikipedia, which is free and open source. Other options are Google Translate, GoldenDict, Wiktionary and Encyclopædia Britannica. You're spoiled for choice with Dictionaries like Purple Dictionary: we list more than 50 alternatives for the web, Android, Windows, iPhone and Mac.

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  1. Wikipedia icon
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    Free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through a model of open collaboration, using a wiki-based editing system.

    70 Wikipedia alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • OpenAPK
    • MediaWiki
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • visionOS
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  2. Google Translate icon
     705 likes

    Instantly translate text in real-time across over 100 languages using Google Translate. Features include voice input on mobile, offline translations, and integration with Google services. Available for free with no registration, it offers transliteration, pronunciation guidance, and more.

    139 Google Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Docs
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  3. GoldenDict icon
     215 likes

    GoldenDict is an open-source dictionary program for PC computers that gives translations of words and phrases for different languages. It allows use of several popular dictionary file formats simultaneously.

    64 GoldenDict alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  4. Wiktionary icon
     90 likes

    Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in 158 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
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  5. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately-held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and...

    27 Encyclopædia Britannica alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  6. WordReference icon
     65 likes

    WordReference is a free online Oxford dictionaries for Spanish, French, Italian, German and more.

    54 WordReference alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Alfred
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  7. Tatoeba icon
     56 likes

    At its core, Tatoeba is a large database of example sentences translated into several languages. Search example sentences translated into many languages. Add and translate your own sentences. It's collaborative, open, free, and even addictive.

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    • Online
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  8. Wikiless icon
     17 likes

    Wikiless is a free open source alternative Wikipedia front-end focused on privacy.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Dictionary.com icon
     86 likes

    The free Dictionary.com app delivers content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, including nearly a million words and definitions and 90,000 synonyms and antonyms. No internet required!

    110 Dictionary.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  10. GoldenDict-ng icon
     16 likes

    The Next Generation GoldenDict.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. WikiSpooks.com icon
     29 likes

    WikiSpooks is a global alternative encyclopedia on politics, spy craft, deep state intelligence, and conspiracies, free of corporate influence, partisan politics, or government propaganda for historians and truth-seekers to read, edit, and share.

    80 WikiSpooks.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  12. dict.cc icon
     46 likes

    dict.cc is not only an online dictionary translating from English and German to 21 languages. Its an attempt to create a platform where users from all over the world can share their knowledge in the field of translations.

    108 dict.cc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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