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Collins COBUILD Dictionary is #35 in Reference Paid in South Korea and charting in 2 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Collins COBUILD Dictionary update history & changes
Last change · 20 events since 3 Sep 2010Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 19 events in the last 12 months
- 🚀Collins COBUILD Dictionary: now shown next to Collins English, Learner's Dictionary - English, Learner's Dictionary - English HD +1 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary new best rank in the overall chart: #76Top Paid · All Apps · TH
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · TH
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary charting in a new countryThailand
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · JP
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · KR
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary new best rank in the overall chart: #123Top Paid · All Apps · KR
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · KR
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary entered the top 100Top Paid · Reference · CN
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary charting in a new countryChina
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈Collins COBUILD Dictionary charting in a new countryUnited Arab Emirates
- 🆕Collins COBUILD Dictionary first spotted by AppInsider#54 in Top Paid · Reference · United States
- 🆕Collins COBUILD Dictionary released on the App Store
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Collins COBUILD Dictionary at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-05. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid reference dictionary app offering 17,000 headwords with full-sentence definitions and usage examples based on the Bank of English corpus, designed for intermediate English learners. The app currently ranks #2 in the South Korean paid Reference category and #47 in China's paid Reference charts, indicating strong regional traction in Asian markets.
Similar apps: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Dictionary on the App Store
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Collins COBUILD Dictionary 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 Collins COBUILD Dictionary'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
Business model: Ad-led
How Collins COBUILD Dictionary makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ReferencePaid | #35 | |
| ReferencePaid | #127 |
Apps near Collins COBUILD Dictionary on the chart
Reference Paid, around #35.
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 Collins COBUILD Dictionary
From the 9 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the clear full-sentence definitions and examples, finding them valuable for education and scholarship. However, significant complaints exist regarding app crashes on iPad, poor search functionality, and lack of accessibility features.
Mixed but leaning positive (56% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Continues to crash on my iPad”
About Collins COBUILD Dictionary
The Collins COBUILD Intermediate Dictionary is based on a huge database of text, both written and spoken, called The Bank of English. The Bank of English® contains over 650 million words, and it is the basis of all the statements that COBUILD makes about the language.
The entries contain a detailed account of the main uses and meanings of every word. Each of the forms is listed at the start of each entry, along with information about alternative spellings, if any exist. Explanations are written in full sentences, show typical grammatical behavior and give a clear description of meaning. The thousands of examples are taken directly from The Bank of English®, showing typical patterns of usage and grammatical structure.
LATEST APP UPDАТES:
• Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – The colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.
• Dive right into the intricacies of the language - With new and convenient Home page, sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches, you can get to the desired entry faster than ever.
SEARCH TOOLS - quickly find words with the clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface.
Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience, the dictionary combines several search tools to match or predict what are you looking for, including:
• Search autocomplete helps you find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type.
• Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases.
• Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results in seconds.
• Voice search helps you find an entry when you don’t know how a word is spelled.
Looking for a specific word but don't know how it's spelled? We've got you covered with our automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word.
LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary. Designed to give you freedom to structure your studies, the dictionary combines several learning tools to help you be more organized, including:
• ‘Favorites’ that allow you to create custom folders with lists of words.
• Recent list which helps you to easily review looked-up words.
• Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.
• Word-of-the-day option to teach you a new word every day.
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