Ridmik Dictionary vs WWWJDIC for Android
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Ridmik Dictionary
Based on ankur.org's database. More info here.
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 | Ridmik Dictionary | WWWJDIC for Android |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-2.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesProductivityTranslator | ProductivityTranslator |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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