Puffins: Multi Dictionary & AI

River Young

About this app

🐧 One app. Every dictionary. Any language.

Tired of switching between five different dictionary apps and bookmarks just to look up one word? Puffins puts every dictionary you'll ever need in one place, side by side, one tap apart, plus AI-powered definitions when a static dictionary just isn't enough.

Whether you're learning your first foreign language or your fifth, reading in a language you're still mastering, or translating professionally, Puffins adapts to how YOU look things up.

📚 THOUSANDS OF DICTIONARIES, YOUR CHOICE
Don't settle for one source. Puffins gives you instant access to:
• Trusted names like Wiktionary, Longman, Oxford Learner, Cambridge, Collins, and Urban Dictionary.
• Dedicated dictionaries for Swedish, Chinese, and more, with new languages added regularly.
• Bilingual lookup dictionaries across dozens of language pairs.
• Real usage examples pulled straight from YouTube captions, so you see a word in context.

Switch between sources for the same word in a single tap. No retyping, no re-searching.

🤖 AI LOOKUP: DEFINITIONS THAT GET NUANCE
Static dictionaries can't explain slang, tone, or "wait, why does this word mean something different here?" Puffins' built-in AI Lookup can. Ask a word in plain language, get a clear definition with examples, then keep asking follow-up questions right in the chat, powered by Google's AI.

🌍 EVERY LANGUAGE, YOUR WAY
Start with a growing set of built-in languages, or add any language you're learning that isn't listed yet. Puffins isn't built for one language community, it's built for anyone learning, reading, or working across languages, whether that's one language deeply or five at once.

➕ MISSING YOUR FAVORITE DICTIONARY? ADD IT.
Puffins isn't limited to what ships in the app. Add any dictionary website yourself, or import one already shared by the community. If it's on the web, it can be in your Puffins.

⚡ BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY LOOK THINGS UP
• Search from anywhere: select text in any app and tap "Search in Puffins" to look it up instantly, no need to open the app and retype
• Reorder your dictionaries by how often you actually use them
• Revisit anything you've looked up from your on-device search history
• Clean, fast, distraction-free search, built to get you an answer and get out of your way

🔒 YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS
Puffins doesn't send your data anywhere by default. Your searches, history, and dictionary preferences stay on your device unless you choose to use AI Lookup or sign in. No hidden analytics, no ad trackers, no selling your data. Ever.

Perfect for:
✓ Language learners building vocabulary in a new language
✓ Polyglots who need fast access to multiple language dictionaries
✓ Readers who hit unfamiliar words in books, articles, or the web
✓ Translators who need multiple sources to get nuance right
✓ Anyone who's tired of five different dictionary apps

Download Puffins and stop settling for one dictionary. Look up any word, your way.

What’s new

- Puffins now appears in the Android share menu, so apps that only offer "Share" for selected text (like Google Translate) can send it straight to Puffins.
- Text shared from a browser is cleaned up before searching — the page link and surrounding quotes are dropped.
- AI chat dictionaries (like Gemini) now translate a whole sentence instead of trying to define it as a word.
- Fixed the search text sometimes not being entered into AI chat dictionaries.