Seems like every dictionary wants your first born personal data-wise.

What’s a good, non-chatty private dictionary app that I can buy across various platforms/devices?

  • bh64@lemm.ee
    6·
    1 year ago

    I just use the Collins dictionary which is the best one IMO through Tor. There’s no private (good) dictionary.

    Edit: Also, installing an app for everything is not great for privacy either. They have a greater access to your device than a web. And for something I can perform in a web search, that’s my preferred method.

      • bh64@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s just getting used to it. You can add the Collins (or any other dictionary search to Firefox) and it’s as easy as selecting the correct search engine and writing the word in the search box.

        there was an app for Wiktionary on fdroid. But I don’t like Wiktionary’s definitions as much as Collins’.

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          Friendly looks promising from things I’ve read and stuff but I don’t know whether that would be acceptable within the App vs Browser dichotomy as “browsers” are also technically apps and Friendly is really straddling that line

  • stifle867@programming.dev
    5·
    1 year ago

    You just brought back an old memory. I used to use WordWeb dictionary and apparently it’s still around. According to the app listing it doesn’t collect any data and my memory of it was fully offline anyway. I haven’t verified anything myself but may be worth checking out. AFAIK they have apps on every platform.

    Edit:
    WordWeb (every platform)

  • Vexz@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Does it have to be an app? I decided against an app because there are good websites like dict.cc with a mobile browser version which does its job very well. Another app less.