Notification Dictionary

Karthikeyan Singaravelan

About this app

An app to access meaning of selected word as a notification. It works across all apps that support text selection. The apps shows the meaning as a notification for quick reference. Clicking on the notification user can see all the meanings for the given word. The user can also search for meaning of other words.

* Easy access from all apps that have text selection.
* Enabled for offline usage.
* Click to copy meaning to clipboard.
* Long press to share meanings with others.
* Wide variety of meanings from Wikitionary.
* Open source and MIT License.

Ratings and reviews

I see a great potential for this app, a hidden gem I found on f-droid. I suggest that their should be an option that aside from notification, the word meaning can be a pop-up (chathead like) , because pulling notification down can sometimes be a hassle not everytime but on some cases. Example, when reading, the whole notification menu will block what I am reading.

This app is convenient, but not always. While it does show the word meaning in notification, several times it just cuts off mid-sentence or shows a part of the sentence from which you can't understand the meaning. I use another dictionary app that provides the same meaning (both the apps get the meanings from Wiktionary) so I know it's not showing the full sentence. Also, it gets complicated when a word has multiple meanings and I have to search further to know the exact meaning I'm looking for.

I like this app, it makes searching for meanings of words less like a search and more like a quick check. In other words, it's really convenient. My only complaint is that the word database is a bit too small right now, but that will hopefully be fixed with updates. This app is a "must install" on any Android phone.

What’s new

Add initial support for Android 14.
Skip punctuation on selecting the word.