Roget's II Downloads & RevenueRoget's II: New Thesaurus · App Store
Roget's II: New Thesaurus is #111 in Reference Paid in United States and charting in 8 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Roget's II: New Thesaurus update history & changes
Last change · 14 events since 2 Feb 2019Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 14 events
- ✏️Roget's II: New Thesaurus: description updated· IT
- ✏️Roget's II: New Thesaurus: needs a newer iOSiOS 12.0 → iOS 15.0
- ✏️Roget's II: New Thesaurus: description updated· JP
- ✏️Roget's II: New Thesaurus: description updated· 9 countries
- ✏️Roget's II: New Thesaurus: description updated· SA
- 📦Roget's II: New Thesaurus updated to version 18.0Fixed an issue with the Bookmarks menu in iOS27.
- 📈Roget's II: New Thesaurus entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · IN
- 📈Roget's II: New Thesaurus entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · IN
- 📈Roget's II: New Thesaurus entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · KR
- 📈Roget's II: New Thesaurus entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · KR
- 📈Roget's II: New Thesaurus charting in a new country in 3 chartsBrazil · Canada · France
- 🆕Roget's II: New Thesaurus first spotted by AppInsider#9 in Top Paid · Reference · Australia
- 📦Roget's II: New Thesaurus version 17.1No release notes
- 🆕Roget's II: New Thesaurus released on the App Store
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App details
Roget's II: New Thesaurus 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 Roget's II: New Thesaurus'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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | ReferencePaid | #111 |
 Japan | ReferencePaid | #91 |
 India | ReferencePaid | #40 |
 South Korea | ReferencePaid | #91 |
 United Kingdom | ReferencePaid | #156 |
| Australia | ReferencePaid | #88 |
 Brazil | ReferencePaid | #179 |
 Saudi Arabia | ReferencePaid | #192 |
Apps near Roget's II: New Thesaurus on the chart
Reference Paid, around #111.
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 Roget's II: New Thesaurus
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report frequent crashes and broken functionality on modern macOS versions, alongside complaints about a cluttered interface with unadjustable font sizes. While some long-time users appreciate the conceptual organization of Roget's, many find the synonym lists sparse or poorly sorted compared to the physical book.
Mixed (39% 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 price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “I find this app no less complete and helpful”
- Updates: “The new updated 2.0 version is a welcome addition”
- Features & content: “If you want an excellent Thesaurus to compliment your AHD4 this app is your option”
- Price & subscription: “I'd really like my money back”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Now it doesn’t work at all”
- Price & subscription: “How do I get a refund...?”
- Design: “Decent data, terrible interface”
- Features & content: “No display options on Tahoe 26.5”
About Roget's II: New Thesaurus
Includes "Moby Thesaurus II" by Grady Ward that adds 30,260 root words, with 2,520,264 synonyms and related terms.
Want to increase your vocabulary? Want to better express yourself? Want all this on your iPhone or iPod touch?
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Main Features:
* entire text of this superior reference title
* complete appendices and front matter
* real-time progressive look-up
* wildcard searches for unknown spellings and quizzes
* words within definitions are clickable
* bookmarks with notations
* automatic history
* AI boosted anagram generator
* 3D Touch support
* DarkMode support
* iPad "Fast App Switching" (Multitasking)
* iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
* iPhone 18 & iOS27 support
* Support for iPhones, iPads, iPods and macOS
* hyperlinks to (optional) "UniDict® Engine" dictionaries
* complete offline use - no internet connection is required
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus is Houghton Mifflin's easy to use, accurate, and authoritative English thesaurus. This essential reference offers users the resources of the English language to enhance the expressiveness and accuracy of their communications. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus combines the most useful features of a thesaurus and a dictionary; each entry contains a short definition as well as a comprehensive list of synonyms for the headword. This up-to-date database also features extensive, and useful, cross-references.
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"Roget’s II stands out as a clear choice for anyone who needs both quality content and rich features."
-MacWorld (Kate Dohe) "4 mice"
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
http://www.hmco.com/
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