Ten Best IPhone Apps To Improve Vocabulary

Vocabulary plays a very important role in enhancing English skills. Even if you are good at the grammar portion of language but your vocabulary is poor, you won’t be able to speak English fluently. Though it’s very difficult to memorize all synonyms, antonyms, and meanings of so many words, you can always take help of some supporting gadgets.

Nowadays, technology is so advanced that anyone can find the meaning of any word in any language in seconds. So, what are some apps which can facilitate you to improve your English vocabulary? Here is the list of some of those apps available on iOS (iPhone).

Elevate

It’s a fun and entertaining platform for all age groups to learn and improve their vocabulary. It has also been nominated for the best app of 2014 by Apple.

Elevate is a brainstorming application through which user can improve their speaking power, process time, calculation skills and much more. This program is designed in such a way that it shows progress in the long-term process. As the name speaks for this app, the more you will train with this application program the earlier you will acquire progressive results in your comprehension. It’s suitable for all age groups and all professions.

Features

• Educational games
• Puzzles and quizzes
• Memory processing exercises
• Daily performance calendar and much more
• For all age groups
• Brain activities

Dictionary

It’s a pocket size dictionary which is also an encyclopedia. The best feature of this app is its offline availability. Yes! You don’t need an internet connection to access the meanings, synonyms and antonyms of different words. This is also the only app which gives approximately 14 million words meaning. And this stack of information is stored in isolated storage. Besides this, you can also translate different words in different languages through this, app.

Features

• Pocket dictionary
• Offline Dictionary
• Translation into more than 50 languages
• Also provides the word of the day through which you can learn a new word every new day.

Grammar Dragon

This app is actually a fun learning program for enhancing vocabulary skills. It is a gaming app in which you have to rescue your friends from a castle by reading a paragraph and rectifying different parts of speech. On each correct answer, you move to another level. This app is great for engaging children in practicing kinesthetic education. It is specially designed for the students of grade 1 to 7.

Features

• Puzzle game
• Educational app
• For students ( ages 7 to 11 )
• Learning game
• Brain activity

PCS

PCS stands for “Picture Communication Symbol”. As the name suggests, this app actually focuses on memory processing area. It also provides a facility to improve your comprehension skills but is mostly suitable for people with Down syndrome disability, language delay problems, and poor memory. It can also be used for classroom activity and educational institutes can also benefit from this app.

Features

• Flashcards
• Learning games
• Educational app
• Speech cognition 
• 30 + memory boards

Word Sort

It’s a very compelling game where a user has to sort out different words and phrases from different parts of speech in a given time period. It’s a fun activity and is also a healthy way to learn different words. This app is basically designed for students of grade 1 to 7 but can also be enjoyed by adults to have an entertaining session of cognitive learning.

This app has basically three different levels (from Easy to Pro) and the difficulty level increases as the level increases.

Features

• Easy learning process
• For all age groups
• Processing activity
• Vocabulary learning

GRE Vocabulary Flash Cards

It’s a great study tool for the preparation of GRE exam. It consists of 1000+ words with flashcards. If you are a student trying to pass vocabulary section of GRE exam this is the best app for you. This app basically contains all the flash cards of famous GRE tutor of the world (ChrisLee) who has been teaching for more than 10 years and also has his own YouTube channel. This app’s main objective is to build, expand and improve your vocabulary, in the best way possible.

Features

• Study through flashcards
• Online tutoring
• Study guide
• Database of GRE 1000+ words
• Learning tool

Mind Snacks

Mind snack consists of 9 different apps which can help you learn different languages. It also helps to prepare students for vocabulary portion of SATs, GRE, and PSAT exam. Through this app, you can 500+ words with different games which help you memorize their antonyms and synonyms. This app facilitates you to record your progress as well.

Features

• Vocabulary tool
• Language learning tool and study aid

Spelling Bee

The Spelling Bee app offers heaps of words for enriching one's vocabulary. It is a great app specially designed for children through which they can ameliorate their vocabulary. It comes with amazing yet extraordinary features and bright colors with the bees flying on the mobile screen and the kids tapping them to explore it! The app offers its users to copy as well as email and also records their own words. Reviews about the app are depicting its significance among the users along with a slight perverse opinion. Overall, this app is a great tool for children expanding their list of words.

Features

• Vocabulary testing via Quizzes
• Storage of results
• Audio as well as textual prompts availability

Wurdle

Wardle provides its users with merriment experience of word game. Wurdle will become your ultimate obsession of tracing words as many as you can before the tick-tock runs out. Wurdle makes you shake screen for mixing of tiles, rotating it to another angle for finding words and allows you to customize it at your ease. Wurdle gives gratifying feeling with beautiful and bold colors. Wurdle can be easily installed in your tabs and phones; connecting you with the world. Reviews about Wurdle depict its success story as many users enjoy playing it.

Features

• Compatibility with iPad, iPhone, and iPod.
• Crossword
• Enhancing Reading skills
• Improving Spelling skills

Textropolis

Textropolis synopsis entails traveling worldwide and exploring the words concealed in each city. Textropolis allows its users to play free in 30 different cities. The user of this app can shake their phones for the hints as well. Reviews about Textropolis depict it as a challenging puzzle game and its simple design makes it easy to play.

Features

• Mind games
• Puzzles and quizzes
• Word learning

Aldis Addison is the author of this blog post who is currently working as an iPhone developer in a reputable firm of England. She is MS in CS from a well-known institute of California and has written several research papers as well. You can follow her at GetHomeWorkOnline.com.