Megawords App Reviews
I am currently using this app on my MacBook. For people who like word play, it’s a fun and simple little app. Looking forward to the dictionary and thesaurus integration (which I believe is available for the iPhone and iPad apps, but not yet for MacBook apps..?) Thanks :)
I can only rate this app in Crossword/Wildcard mode, since I use it as an add-on thesaurus. It works well for that when you need to find a different synonym that isn’t in the standard lists. In fact, for many words the list can be huge and if the needed word can’t be found, the it probably doesn’t exist in the English language. For some reason, the word is usually listed twice in the results. Clicking on either brings up the same list. No problem, just an anomaly that I noticed. One nitpick, however, is that unlike the other apps that I use with Scrivener, this one does not remember its placement when closed. It always starts in the same place, in the upper left of the screen and offset by a few inches. So, when started it has to be dragged out of the way and to the proper place with the other supporting apps. But, it works well for finding obscure words.
I like it
This app works very nice for me, I have the iPhone version as well. Thank you for a great app.
Cannot find rhymes on words that have many obvious rhymes. As an example “Bough” shows only one entry “bough” although there are many of varying strength. Don’t waste your time.
Better than Nisus, imo
I think a lot of the reviews on the App store must be old, and they have fixed soe problems snce then. My only issue is that the thesaurus could be easier to read — they definitely need to as a few .split(“ “) modifiers in their code. Other than that, works great, comes up with tons of rhymes and near rhymes, good dictionary, and waaaay more thesaurus entries than Nisus, although Nisus is a bit quicker on the draw so it *may* not be replaced… yet.
Love it!
I find this program very useful with respect to all that it claims to do. It's quick and accurate and, frankly, I would pay a moderate price for what is a totally free program! Thank you for making this available!!
no thesaurus??
i don't know if im using it wrong or missing something, but i cant access the thesaurus; i hit the mode button and there just isn't a thesaurus option available. help/advice/answers are greatly apreciated.
Short life
5/19/17 — Megawords performs only if a word is typed completely in lower case.
Seriously disappointed.
Cannot find rhymes on words that have many obvious rhymes. As an example “Bough” shows only one entry “bough” although there are many of varying strength. Don’t waste your time.
I like it
This app works very nice for me, I have the iPhone version as well. Thank you for a great app.
Works well as an intensive thesaurus.
I can only rate this app in Crossword/Wildcard mode, since I use it as an add-on thesaurus. It works well for that when you need to find a different synonym that isn’t in the standard lists. In fact, for many words the list can be huge and if the needed word can’t be found, the it probably doesn’t exist in the English language. For some reason, the word is usually listed twice in the results. Clicking on either brings up the same list. No problem, just an anomaly that I noticed. One nitpick, however, is that unlike the other apps that I use with Scrivener, this one does not remember its placement when closed. It always starts in the same place, in the upper left of the screen and offset by a few inches. So, when started it has to be dragged out of the way and to the proper place with the other supporting apps. But, it works well for finding obscure words.