ABBYY Lingvo vs Duden-Mentor

ABBYY Lingvo provides electronic dictionaries for work and study on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Its Windows multilingual version covers 10 languages, while the multilingual Professional edition includes more than 80 general, explanatory, and specialist dictionaries. Listed specialist subjects include law, economics, finance, engineering, oil and gas, chemistry, medicine, and biology. Windows can translate words under the cursor in pictures, web pages, and subtitles. On macOS, translation is available through Services or keyboard shortcuts, with cursor translation in Safari. The mobile apps state that all functions work offline. Android supports photo and video translation and grammatical word forms; iOS can translate photographed text and sync user-created vocabulary cards across devices. Mobile pages offer five basic free dictionaries across English, German, French, Spanish, Latin, and Russian, with more available for purchase. Lingvo Tutor provides exercises for word meanings and spelling. The Windows x6 trial offers full access for 15 days from first launch. Listed Windows licenses are priced per edition and have a three-year term.

Duden-Mentor checks German text for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style, then suggests corrections. It can flag filler words, repeated wording, and overly long sentences, with suggestions for readability. The service supports German variants for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but checks German only. Browser extensions are available for Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge, and the plug-in works in text fields on services including Gmail, Web.de, GMX.de, Trello, Facebook, and WordPress. A Microsoft Word add-in supports macOS from Word 2016 and Windows from Word 2019. An internet connection is required. Duden says text is encrypted in transit, not used for AI training, and deleted after checking. Basis is free and lists a 10-word personal dictionary and 500 characters without an account. Pur costs €2.99 a month, billed 35,88 € pro Jahr, with 10 test corrections or rewrites monthly. Premium costs €7.95 a month, billed 95,40 € pro Jahr, with 250 monthly text optimizations; Premium Plus costs €9.95 a month, billed 119,40 € pro Jahr, with unlimited optimizations. Paid plans are annually payable and annually cancellable.