# Collins-Robert Concise

> French-English dictionary

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id292238137](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id292238137)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id292238137`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ultralingua, Inc.
- **Category:** Reference
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (638 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.12
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21
- **First published:** 2008-10-03
- **Size:** 18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/collins-robert-concise/id292238137)
- **Website:** [https://ultralingua.com/](https://ultralingua.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ultralingua.com/privacy](https://www.ultralingua.com/privacy)

## Description

Collins-Robert Concise combines 57,000 headwords with 190,000 translations and 90,000 phrases in an offline French-English dictionary. It blends Collins Pro data with Ultralingua's easy, smart search, delivering full verb conjugations for thousands of verbs, noun gender, idioms, usage notes, and cultural tips to improve accuracy and confidence.

Features include smart bilingual search, search-as-you-go, and tap-in-definition to look up, conjugate, or copy. Numerals translate to French or English, with a language swapper and a 50-item history plus favorites. Tap-and-hold to hear pronunciations via Apple's built-in text-to-speech, and enjoy offline access across supported devices.

## Rankings

- #65,841 — Overall

## Review summary

The Collins-Robert Concise app is valued for its depth—clear, detailed French-English dictionaries with abundant examples, idioms, and complete verb conjugations, plus easy language switching. Reviewers praise its usefulness for serious learners and overall readability. However, recurring drawbacks include high price, stability issues, gaps in word coverage, pronunciation audio usability problems, and a less intuitive navigation experience.

### Pros

- Comprehensive bilingual dictionary with extensive examples, idioms, and conjugations.
- Clear, easy-to-read entries and overall readability for learners.
- Complete verb conjugations and easy switching between French-English and English-French; good navigation between languages.
- Rich examples and phrases showing real usage that aid learning.
- Worth the investment for serious learners despite a high price.

### Cons

- High price / expensive for an app; value questioned by some users.
- Stability issues: crashes/bugs, especially when conjugating or during audio playback.
- Incomplete word coverage; missing common words and limited overall vocabulary.
- Pronunciation audio is hard to access and sometimes of poor quality (clips, extra clicks, or nonexistent audio).
- Navigation and UI can be unintuitive and cumbersome, with awkward search/browse flow.

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