Dictionary - Merriam-Webster Android
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster is #68 in Books & Reference Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 4 of 15 countries we track.
Updated 27 Sep 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperMerriam-Webster Inc.
CategoryBooks & Reference
PriceFree
Released
Installs50M+
Rating★ 3.7 (519k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
3.7 ★
519k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#68
Books & Reference FreeMeasured
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.merriamwebster
Publisher
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Dictionary - Merriam-Webster's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Dictionary - Merriam-Webster before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Dictionary - Merriam-Webster makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 28 ad networks
One-off purchases
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of revenue
Ads
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Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 15 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Books & ReferenceFree | #68 |
| United States | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #150 |
 Canada | Books & ReferenceFree | #66 |
 Australia | Books & ReferenceFree | #124 |
 India | Books & ReferenceFree | #126 |
Apps near Dictionary - Merriam-Webster on the chart
Books & Reference Free, around #68.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
3.7 ★
519k ratings
Measured
Ratings
519k
Measured
Written reviews
38k
Measured
About Dictionary - Merriam-Webster
Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier Android app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.
And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds.
The app is free, and supported by ads. To remove ads, a subscription is available.
Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.
Features:
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Additional vocabulary-building resources available with in-app purchase
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day
* Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Favorite Word Syncing: share your favorites between devices
* For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index
And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds.
The app is free, and supported by ads. To remove ads, a subscription is available.
Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.
Features:
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Additional vocabulary-building resources available with in-app purchase
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day
* Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Favorite Word Syncing: share your favorites between devices
* For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index
What's new in 5.6.2
A dictionary update with new words, and newly revised definitions.
Bug fixes.
Bug fixes.