LDOCE Downloads & RevenueLDOCE · App Store
LDOCE is #5 in Reference Paid in Japan and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 32 events
- 📈LDOCE charting in a new countryThailand
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · IN
- 📈LDOCE hit #1Top Paid · Reference · IN
- 📈LDOCE charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Reference · RU · Top Grossing · Reference · RU
- 📈LDOCE new best rank in the overall chart: #99Top Paid · All Apps · TW
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · Reference · RU · Top Paid · All Apps · TW
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· TW
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· US
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · AE
- ✏️LDOCE: needs a newer iOSiOS 9.0 → iOS 15.0
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· IN, GB
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· FR
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · AE
- 📈LDOCE new best rank in the overall chart: #119Top Paid · All Apps · KR
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· 6 countries
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· RU
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· KR
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· JP
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· DE
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· CN
- ✏️LDOCE: description updated· BR
- 📈LDOCE hit #1Top Paid · Reference · JP
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · BR
- 📦LDOCE updated to version 18.0Updated Siri support and added Apple Intelligence support (eg. offline AI Teacher on devices that support it)
Fix for menus on iOS 27 iPads. - 📈LDOCE new best rank in the overall chart: #122Top Paid · All Apps · BR
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · CA
- 📈LDOCE new best rank in the overall chart: #123Top Paid · All Apps · TW
- 📈LDOCE entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Reference · AU · Top Paid · Reference · CN
- 🆕LDOCE first spotted by AppInsider#88 in Top Paid · Reference · Australia
- 📦LDOCE version 17.1No release notes
- 🆕LDOCE released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
LDOCE at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A premium digital edition of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English designed for advanced learners, featuring extensive audio, collocations, and cross-referencing tools. The app maintains strong paid rankings in Japan (#5) and South Korea (#8), indicating sustained demand in key ESL markets despite its high price point.
Similar apps: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary
LDOCE on the App Store
App details
LDOCE 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 LDOCE'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 |
|---|---|---|
| ReferencePaid | #5 | |
| ReferencePaid | #8 | |
| ReferenceGrossing | #61 | |
| ReferencePaid | #54 | |
| ReferencePaid | #14 | |
| ReferenceGrossing | #82 | |
| ReferenceGrossing | #43 | |
| ReferencePaid | #29 | |
| ReferencePaid | #17 | |
| ReferencePaid | #22 | |
| ReferencePaid | #42 | |
| ReferencePaid | #84 | |
| ReferencePaid | #66 | |
| ReferencePaid | #163 | |
| ReferencePaid | #94 |
Apps near LDOCE on the chart
Reference Paid, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (6)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 30% | ▼ -82% | |
| 3.2 | 21% | ▼ -50% | |
| 2.5 | 16% | steady | |
| 2.2 | 14% | ▲ +20% | |
| 1.8 | 12% | – | |
| 1 | 7% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review 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 LDOCE
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Long-term users praise the dictionary's content quality and developer support, but recent reviews highlight critical stability issues on newer iOS versions. A significant number of complaints focus on aggressive anti-piracy measures that falsely label legitimate paying customers as thieves.
Mixed but leaning positive (64% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and regular updates. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “The only genuine LDOCE App that works well”
- Updates: “Thanks for the update which is supporting iOS 8 !”
- Ease of use: “Easy to navigate, great looking dark-mode”
- Features & content: “Omit share option it's stupid”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Not working on iphone 13 brand new”
- Updates: “It is really ridiculous after I update it!”
About LDOCE
And the most "connected" dictionary app on iOS -plays nice with more third-party dictionaries and apps than anyone else.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- For Advanced Learners ©
Longman's flagship learner’s dictionary is now available as an iOS application. Improve your fluency in English with the most up-to-date learner's dictionary at your fingertips.
Now with integrated Thesaurus and Collocations Dictionary.
Dictionary details:
● 230,000 words, phrases, and meanings - more than any other learner's dictionary
● 165,000 examples based on real, natural English from the Longman Corpus Network show how English is really used
● 10,000 encyclopedic entries -people and places.
● 5,000 verb conjugation tables.
● graphics and videos to explain meanings at a glance.
● Clear definitions written using only 2,000 common words.
● Most frequent 3,000 words in spoken & written English, highlighted to show which are the most important to know
● Register Notes focus on the differences between spoken and written English.
● The Academic Word List is highlighted to help you improve your essays and presentations.
● Grammar and warning notes ensure that you avoid the most common errors.
● Integrated Collocations Dictionary. Over 80,000 collocations will improve your fluency.
● Integrated Thesaurus. Over 20,000 synonyms, antonyms, and related words will improve your vocabulary range.
● 86,000 pronunciation files —all headwords in both UK & US accents.
PLUS
● another 86,000 recorded example sentences (via external links due to size)
Over 20GB of audio online!
Making this the largest resource of English available on ANY mobile platform!
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Application Features:
● full contents of the print dictionary
- PLUS additional collocations, synonyms & word histories
● complete front matter and additional resources
● unique three-way cross-referencing search
● real-time progressing look-up
● wildcard pattern searches -with * ?
● online search backup for rare words and slang
● spelling suggestion dictionary included
● hyperlinking directly to meanings & appendices
● example sentence search
● search on idioms and phrasal verbs
● search on synonym and "sign-post" meanings
● an "AI Teacher" for deeper explanations or help for ESL students in 98 languages
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing across devices via iCloud
● automatic history listing
● Flashcards to test yourself
● Teacher's resources in PDF for printing or email
● "Word-of-the-Day" sets including TOEIC® & TOEFL®
● "Today" widget for finding new words
● "Share" extension to search inside other apps
● another extension to search from a second device or SplitView
● search from other applications via a public API
● iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
● DarkMode & 3D Touch support
● OS-independent app localization
● Apple Intelligence & Siri support
● Dyslexic mode and Voi
Latest updates
Store changes
What LDOCE changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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