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I recently upgraded to a smart phone, and I’m trying to find a good dictionary app. Does anyone have recommendations for Android? When I used iOS (on a now-dying iTouch), I really liked Midori because I could write on the screen to search for words and it was available offline. Is there anything similar for Droid?
-Kas
I use Aedict. The thing I like about it is the dictionary is available offline, which can be very useful for a number of reasons.
I second AEDict
I have also heard people rave about Jishop, http://www.jishop.com/android/
Thanks so much, both of you. I was going nuts trying to sort through options. I could tell a lot of reviewers had a very poor grasp of Japanese, so it was hard to tell how accurate overall ratings were. Typing in “kinichi wa” will not, after all, lead you to こんにちは.
I really like JED. Offline dictionary, Kanji search by radical, live updates as you type (so as soon as you enter こ and then ん and then に it’s listing words in real time, which I find really useful when searching for a word on the tip of my tongue, or for finding related words etc.)
It also shows all the conjugations so it’s easy to search for words that you have found but are not sure of the root form.
I did like the aesthetics better than Aedict as well. Development has stopped however, so it won’t be getting any further improvements. I still like it though. There’s a list of other dictionaries at the top.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.umibouzu.jed&hl=en
Also, someone on the koohi forums started an android rikaisama project, but without the need of a browser (it’s a text file reader with rikaichan function). It’s still early days, but pretty neat. Jade Reader.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zyz.mobile
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