Roget s II Reviews

This used to work perfectly. Now it doesn’t work at all. It continuously sends me prompts to download a new version but… THERE ISN”T ONE. There also isn’t anyone home at customer support. This has been going on for weeks. Tragic, because it used to be a 5 star product.

I deleted RogetsII. Back to using the old fashion paper version - it didn't require any tracking/other data to use. No bugs.

Also getting download new version followed immediately by crash. Same with Oxford English Dictionary.

Crash sends me directly back to App Store

RogetsII is fine but it’s started to fail consistently. When launched it simply shows an X and the phrase “total failure.” Nothing appears to resolve this. What a pity!

Used to work, but now just takes me to RogetsII store. What is this?

I’m not a fan of the UI. It’s not clean or modern, but if RogetsII works, I can live with clunky UI. The problem is that I need the thesaurus to be useful. Roget’s II lists a hodgepodge of obscure words as synonyms. Look up “wet”. Asinine, brainless, drunk, disguised, impregnate… Are these British slang? I just want another word to describe something sopped with moisture. Shouldn’t a thesaurus let me filter for meaning? Shouldn’t it limit itself to adjectives like the original word? In RogetsII, nouns, adjectives, and verbs are jumbled together. “It’s wet outside” is not the same as “It’s evening mist outside” or “It’s foolheaded outside” or “It’s guzzle outside.” I could live with associated words and phrases as long as they were filtered for meaning, but this output is chaos.

Now type this into ChatGPT instead: Give me ten synonyms for “wet” in the sentence “It’s wet outside.”

Instant gratification.

My suggestion isn’t to incorporate AI into your app and tack GPT to the name, but to offer a more sensible output with more relevant results. Filter by meaning. Filter by the parts of speech. Please be more innovative. That’s something computers can’t mimic yet.

I have the book for Roget's Thesaurus. And I love it! So when I saw they had an app. I didn't hesitate to get it. It unfortunatly does not have as many detailed words as the book. Some are too simple. If you're thinking of getting it for learning, don't.
However, if the put in more detailed words. I'd be much more pleased.

I could sure do without the gigantic roman numeral II on the word list, search, and bookmark pages. The main entry for each word is spared that indignity, but weighted down with five lines of junky credit and copyright text at the bottom of each page.

The product seems thinner than the eReader version of Roget's. For example, the entry for "able" gives a measly 5 synonyms; the eReader version goes on for three pages.

RogetsII features live links for cross-references, and a "concepts" section that categorizes words in a way that could spark ideas. These are nice touches, and RogetsII seems stable and responsive.

This is a good thesaurus, but linking to the dictionary exits RogetsII and launched the dictionary (takes time and is a bit clumsy). It would be much better if the two apps were seemlessly integrated. Also, the link is accomplished by selecting the heading word- hardly obvious. At the least there should be a thesaurus button.

I want to update my review of a year ago of app “Roget’s II The New Thesaurus-Third Edition”. My clue should have been the rebranding of it as “Moby Thesaurus II” which in reality, is The Roget’s Thesaurus Light. I just queried the word “seismic” and nothing came up after repeated tries in different contexts. I then consulted my real Roget’s Thesaurus in my paperback Penguin Reference copy, edition of 2004, and sure enough, it was in there with loads of related words. Moby II is okay as an app, but it’s not the real (and thorough) McCoy! I’ve reduced my former 5 star rating to 3 stars.

RogetsII has a nice interface to help you quickly find and display the information you're looking for without requiring an internet connection. There is a scrolling bug that needs fixed. If you type 2 or 3 letters (e.g. "aba"), all the words beginning with aba are supposed to be displayed. However, some are hidden beneath the virtual keyboard and you cannot scroll down to them.

The new updated 2.0 version is a welcome addition. The best just got better. One problem...please remove the 2 from the application face icon. Anyone that accepts the new updated version already knows it's the 2.0 version. The 2 is just simply annoying!

Works great; provides what I need and I don't mind the price. If you mind the price, either don't buy it or go home and make RogetsII . yourself...clueless people...

I'm a writer who spends quite a bit of writing time outside, so I was very anxious to find a thesaurus for my Touch. At 9.99 I thought this one would fill my needs. And... not so much. It's really rather sparce, not many alternatives. Maybe I've just gotten to spoiled by Visual Thesaurus on my home computer, but this one just isn't worth it. I'd really like my money back.

I've used Roget's for the past 32 years and have learned to appreciate it's completeness and word choice options as it has helped me tremendously through writing. I find RogetsII no less complete and helpful. Excellent job in transferring the book to RogetsII for the iPad.

I just bought RogetsII mainly because this company promised that since I already owned American Heritage Dictionary 4 (AHD4), I would have "the same functionality" as if I had instead bought the new Deluxe AHD4 which combines AHD4 & Roget II. Unfortunately, I do not have the same functionality with the seperate apps. Similar? Yes. The same? No! Just tired of products being misrepresented.

it would be very helpful to me if the list of synonyms was sorted by parts of speech… separating nouns, verbs, adj, etc.

now i must search a list of 200 words (of all types) to find one of perhaps 40 nouns

i’ve quit using roget because of this

This has been my go to program for writing and editing for about eleven years, thrilled I found it, love the search options, the history search, everything. No, I'm not just saying this to ear myself (read myself??) A few programs stand out in my long hx of cmputer use, and this, along with Quicken, do everything I might want thm to do, almost reading my mind.

I did a ton (6 hours) of research before buying AHD4 Dictionary. I wanted something was going to server me for the long run. With this apps regular updates (always making it better) and sound clips for every word it has proven to be one of my most used apps.

This companion Thesaurus was the logical choice as it integrates with the American Heritage Dictionary Fourth Edition.

If you want an excellent Thesaurus to compliment your AHD4 RogetsII is your option.

This is a must have app. If you are a student, writer, or just have to email the boss occasionally buy RogetsII.