American Heritage Dictionary vs PONS Dictionary
American Heritage Dictionary
ahdictionary.com
PONS Dictionary
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| Figure | American Heritage Dictionary | PONS Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Online Dictionaries | 8.4 (#8) | 7.8 (#19) |
| Company | HarperCollins says it is headquartered in New York and was established in March 1817. | PONS Langenscheidt GmbH says it began publishing under the PONS name in 1978 and develops language products and digital services. |
| Pronunciation | Dictionary entries include audio pronunciation that users can play from a speaker icon. | Users can play pronunciations for words, and some languages offer regional pronunciation variants. |
| Support | The app listing provides a support email of [email protected]. | PONS lists [email protected] for technical support and [email protected] for other inquiries. |
Plans
American Heritage Dictionary
- Online dictionaryFree
- American Heritage Dictionary + for Android$49.99, paid once
PONS Dictionary
- PONS Online DictionaryFree
- PONS Translate appFree
- PONS PurPriced on request
In their own words
American Heritage Dictionary
American Heritage Dictionary has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
PONS Dictionary
PONS Dictionary is an online lookup and translation service for single words, common word combinations, and phrases; it does not search complete sentences or texts. PONS Translate provides access to 44 PONS dictionaries in 36 languages. Entries can include grammatical, stylistic, and contextual notes, and the site offers verb tables for many languages. Users can play word pronunciations, with regional variants available in some languages. The Android and iOS app can download dictionaries for offline use; in-app purchases offer dictionaries and ad-free use. The free online dictionary is ad-supported, while the paid PONS Pur subscription removes ads and video banners apart from PONS products. Words can be added directly to a selected lesson in the PONS Vocabulary Trainer. For websites and apps, the API includes a free allowance of 1,000 reference queries monthly and can cover over 12 million headwords and phrases across 13 languages and more than 34 language combinations. PONS says text submitted for machine translation and the resulting translation are temporarily stored to improve product quality.