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Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed is #7 in Reference Paid in Saudi Arabia and charting in 5 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed update history & changes
Last change · 12 events since 30 Apr 2015Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 11 events in the last 12 months
- 🚀Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed: now shown next to Legal Dictionary, Law Dictionary - Bouvier, Law & Legal Terminology +3 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed new best rank in the overall chart: #152Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · SA
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · SA
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · BR
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · BR
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed entered the top 100Top Paid · Reference · US
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed charting in a new country in 4 chartsUnited Arab Emirates · Brazil · China · South Korea
- 🆕Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed first spotted by AppInsider#64 in Top Paid · Reference · Russia
- 🆕Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed released on the App Store
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Reference PaidBlack’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A digital edition of the authoritative legal reference dictionary by Thomson Reuters, designed for lawyers, law students, and legal professionals. The app holds a top-3 position in South Africa's paid reference charts but ranks significantly lower (outside the top 100) in major markets like India, Russia, and China.
Similar apps: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary, Legal Dictionary by Farlex
Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed on the App Store
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Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed'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.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | ReferencePaid | #7 |
| Saudi Arabia | ReferenceGrossing | #68 |
 India | ReferencePaid | #65 |
| Russia | ReferencePaid | #68 |
| Saudi Arabia | All AppsPaid | #178 |
 Indonesia | ReferencePaid | #96 |
 United Arab Emirates | ReferencePaid | #147 |
Apps near Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed on the chart
Reference Paid, around #7.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed
From the 18 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users value the authoritative content and convenience of the digital dictionary but are highly critical of missing citation features like page numbers. Complaints also focus on poor device optimization and aggressive pricing policies regarding edition upgrades.
Mostly negative (33% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “As a 1L, this app is a necessary tool”
- Price & subscription: “I’d be happy to pay $60 for an updated version rather twice as much for an updated version of the hard cover”
- Updates: “Excellent but where is the latest version”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use, a great upgrade over the 9th edition app”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “You charge over $50 for this app”
- Updates: “Update it for the iPhone X, so that I can ACTUALLY SEE what I paid for”
- Useful: “Sorry but for all your helpful information, you’re getting one star for that loophole”
About Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed
Features
• More than 50,000 terms, including 7,500 more terms than the 9th Edition
• More than twice as many sources quoted and cited than the 9th Edition
• Earliest usage dates in English-language contexts provided for nearly all terms – the only legal dictionary with this feature
• More than 1,000 definitions of law-related abbreviations and acronyms
• Trusted authority – every term has been reviewed for accuracy by nearly 300 attorneys from across the country
• Pronunciation guidance, including audio pronunciations for over 7,000 terms
• Thoroughly reviewed and edited Latin maxims, with 900 new maxims added
New in the 10th Edition
• “Did You Mean” search functionality
o spell checker functionality provides alternative suggestions for misspelled search terms
• Define in Black’s
o define words within definition text by selecting a word and tapping Define in Black’s
• Enhanced linking
o link to subentries and cross-references from a search result, within a definition, and between definitions
o link to Westlaw® content via the WestlawNext® iPad® app
• Word of the Day
o audio pronunciation available on all Word of the Day entries
o link to full definition from Word of the Day tab
o history slider on Word of the Day tab provides quick navigation to previous Word of the Day entries
• History
o track viewed definitions and sort by date or alphabetical order
• Intuitive structure, formatted for easy reading and navigation
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