OSS-Dict vs WWWJDIC for Android
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
OSS-Dict
OSS-Dict is an offline dictionary reader. It is fork of Aard 2 with new Material design and updated features Features Lookup queries are punctuation, diacritics and case insensitive. Bookmarks and History Dictionary Management Article Appearance: add your custom style sheets Math: Mathematical formuals are scalable, styleable, beautiful on any screen Random Article Volume Buttons Navigation Fullscreen Mode Clipboard Auto-Paste External Link Sharing Network Access Requirement This app requires the INTERNET permission to function properly. However, this is NOT for accessing the internet. The app is an offline dictionary that works without an internet connection. The INTERNET permission is required because the app uses a local embedded web server (localhost/socket communication) to display dictionary content. On Android, socket communication requires the INTERNET permission even when only communicating locally. Please do not disable network access for this app in your device settings, as this will prevent the app from working correctly.
WWWJDIC for Android
Frontend for WWWJDIC. For more details, see the FAQ. Dictionary search supports romaji lookup, but you need a Japanese IME to use all features. * Full tablet support * Japanese pronunciation (via a separate, non-free app) * Text to speech for kanji and dictionary entry translations * Multi-radical kanji search * Kanji of the day widget * Japanese sentence translation * Example search with approximately 150,000 examples (Japanese/English pairs) * Example word breakdown/translation * Animated stroke order diagrams for over 6000 kanji * History and favorites with backup and restore * Favorites export to CSV and Anki * Handwriting recognition (via a separate, non-free app) * Optical Character Recognition (WeOCR; author's server) * OCR-based handwritten kanji recognition, does not require correct stroke order A proprietary analytics library was removed before building, so the analytics switch in the preferences isn't relevant. Anti-feature: Tracking. Crash reports are sent by default, though that can be disabled.
| Feature | OSS-Dict | WWWJDIC for Android |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | OfficeNotesProductivityTranslator | ProductivityTranslator |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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