[anavette]

I've used 3+ dictionary apps and I prefer this Webster's Writer's Dictionary app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/websters-writers-dictionary/id...

The definitions, while slightly archaic, are evocative of the etymological valences in ways that other dictionary apps (Merriam-Webster, Oxford Dictionary, Dictionary.com) lack. The WWD also has a pleasingly clean UI, smooth interaction, and no ads.

Special mention of Etymonline's etymology app.

[cratermoon]

You can install the Webster 1913 dictionary as one of the dictionaries in MacOS and then use it anywhere the dictionary is available, including the cmd-crtl-D shortcut. https://github.com/cmod/websters-1913

I agree 100% about the etymologies.

[majewsky]

Do you have any experience using Wiktionary, and if so, where does it fall on your spectrum? I personally use Wiktionary a lot because it seems adequate from what I tell and it covers all the multiple languages that I'm interested in.

[anavette]

I frequently use Wiktionary on desktop. I find it invaluable for tracing certain elements of etymology, but still largely prefer Etymonline.

It's worth noting that I access these things most frequently on mobile, so an app (with a clean, ad-free, streamlined UI) is paramount.

Your comment sparked me to seek out whether Wiktionary has an app— and apparently someone has built this iPhone app for a reader view, which at first use appears identical to the desktop view: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/wiktionary-reader/id984975341