Android app
The same dictionaries as on the site — the whole set inside your phone. The database ships with the app, so search works on a plane, underground, anywhere with no signal.
Download the full version273 MBWhat's new in version 0.3.49
- In articles, the source is now shown by a button with a journal icon, as on the website; the full stop no longer gets separated from the last word before the icon.
- Going back through history or the chain of clarifications now reopens the dictionary article that was expanded, not just the list of results.
- Switched-off dictionaries no longer appear in the results of search by meaning; the results update right away when you switch a dictionary on or off.
- The full version now includes the Admin dictionary in German; it also arrives after updating the app for those who already have the full version installed.
Earlier versions
Version 0.3.43
- Select a word in any app and choose “Slovary” in the selection menu — the app opens straight on a search for that word.
- Voice input recognizes the terms of your installed dictionaries better.
- The first screen has a field for a link: paste it and tap “Install”. While it downloads, the time left is shown.
- A link to dictionaries no longer installs anything by itself: it first shows what is in it, and installing is up to your tap. A download started from a link is not lost if you leave the screen and come back.
Version 0.3.42
- Nothing changes for the full version in this release: every dictionary is still inside, and updating is optional.
Version 0.3.41
- If the connection drops while dictionaries or a new version are downloading, the download continues where it stopped instead of starting over, and retries by itself after an error.
- In the full version the order of dictionaries in search results is correct again after an update.
- On the first screen the phone's language and English are ticked from the start.
Version 0.3.40
- The app now includes the English dictionary GCIDE (Webster 1913).
- References like "(Снт 0-8, стр. 83)" now collapse before a picture or the next meaning, so they no longer clutter the entry.
- Once a week the app checks by itself whether a new version is out and offers to install it; you can switch this off on the first screen and in Settings.
- The installation file is now downloaded from GitHub.
Version 0.3.39
- The screen no longer freezes while the app checks downloaded files: Continue works even while the meaning-search module is downloading.
- The full version now updates its dictionaries by itself once a week; history, favourites and added dictionaries are kept.
Version 0.3.38
- The microphone button is now on the start screen too, between History and Search.
- When nothing is found, History, the microphone and Search sit under the message; a search field with text shows the microphone next to the clear button.
- The meaning-search card no longer promises a download of about 130 MB once the module is installed.
Version 0.3.36
- Dictionaries installed from a set show their entries with paragraphs, examples and labels again, instead of one solid block of text.
- Entries open and close smoothly: an open entry above no longer vanishes with a jump, and the heading you tapped stays in place.
Version 0.3.34
- The app no longer closes on search on some new phones — the Xiaomi 17, for example.
- You can dictate a word: the search field now has a microphone button.
- Add your own dictionaries from a file or a link — and pick which ones from a set to install.
- A removed dictionary no longer shows its entries in the results.
Version 0.3.27
- Typing no longer stutters while the search by meaning is running.
What it looks like
What is inside
- 358,000 entries
- Scientology, explanatory and etymological dictionaries — 24 sources
- Fully offline
- The database lives on the device: your queries are not sent anywhere
- 4 languages
- Russian, English, German, French — one tap to switch
- Search by meaning
- Describe a concept in your own words — the module finds it by sense, also without a network
How to install
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Download the file
On your phone, tap the button above — the browser saves the APK to Downloads.
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Allow the install
The app is not from Google Play, so Android asks your browser for permission once. That prompt is normal.
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Wait for the unpacking
On first launch the dictionaries unpack for about a minute. After that the app opens instantly.
About safety
The app is not on Google Play yet — publication is being prepared, and until then the file is served straight from this site.
Every build is signed with the same key. Certificate fingerprint (SHA-256):
29:B2:B6:91:8D:82:E1:7B:39:04:16:9F:BE:E9:E0:78:92:F6:A8:80:B6:47:CA:1C:58:66:E1:C8:F4:E4:97:59
The app shows no ads and does not track you. What it stores is described in the privacy policy.
What about iPhone?
An iOS version is in progress — stay tuned.