# Build Own Dictionary

> Create your own dictionaries

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1429484008](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1429484008)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1429484008`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Bita Sobhani
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (72 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.5
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-16
- **First published:** 2018-08-21
- **Size:** 3.36 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/build-own-dictionary/id1429484008)
- **Website:** [http://bitdeveloper.de](http://bitdeveloper.de/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://bitdeveloper.de/PolicyFiles/policy\_build\_own\_dictionary.html](http://bitdeveloper.de/PolicyFiles/policy_build_own_dictionary.html)

## Description

Build Own Dictionary helps language learners craft personalized vocabularies. Create or import dictionaries, add words with translations and optional descriptions, categorize and sort entries, search quickly, and translate sentences using your own lexicon. Personalize the UI with colors and font sizes, and store everything locally as an SQLite database.

The premium version unlocks import/export, enhanced word details, assigning categories, more customization options, a sentence translator, and an ad-free experience.

## Rankings

- #158,343 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Build Own Dictionary for easily creating and managing a personal dictionary with fast, all-field search and CSV import, and it’s especially valued by conlangers. The main drawbacks are translation unreliability and a lack of cross-device sync/login, plus premium gating of features.

### Pros

- Easy-to-use tool to create and manage your own dictionary/vocabulary with fast, all-field search.
- Especially useful for conlangs; conlanger-friendly features for language creation.
- CSV import capability makes it quick to populate the dictionary.

### Cons

- Translation tools are unreliable and brittle, with issues related to spaces, apostrophes, capitalization, and multiword phrases.
- No cross-device sync or login support (missing iCloud) to access dictionaries on multiple devices.
- Some features appear gated behind Premium, limiting free use.

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