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Puffins
look up any word anywhere in one place for language learners
Puffins is a dictionary app for language learners, readers and translators. Look up any word in 20+ languages across 1000+ dictionaries (Wiktionary, Longman, Cambridge, Oxford and more) and switch sources with one tap. Add any dictionary site you like. When a definition isn't enough, ask AI Lookup for nuance and examples. Dictionaries and lookups are free, with no ads or tracking; only AI is paid. From the maker of Dictionariez. On Android now, iPhone in TestFlight beta.
👋 Product Hunt, I'm River, the indie developer behind Puffins.
For more than 15 years I've been building Dictionariez, an open-source browser extension for looking up words in whatever dictionaries you actually trust. It grew alongside a community of learners, readers and translators, and most of what it does today came from their feedback.
But more and more of my own reading and language learning moved to my phone, and there was nothing like it there. I kept juggling a browser tab for Wiktionary, another for a bilingual dictionary and an app for AI, and losing my train of thought every time. So after months of work, I brought Dictionariez to mobile, and that's Puffins.
The idea behind it is simple: your language, your dictionary. No app should decide which dictionary is "right" for you. Puffins gives you as much control as I could build in:
Pick, reorder and switch between 1000+ dictionaries in 20+ languages
Add any dictionary website yourself, or install ones the community has shared
Set it up as simply or as deeply as you like
When a dictionary entry isn't enough, AI Lookup explains nuance and gives examples.
As I've promised from the start, the core is free: every dictionary, every lookup, no ads, no tracking. Only AI Lookup is paid, because each answer costs real AI and server fees.
It's on Android today, and the iPhone version is in public beta on TestFlight.
I'd love to hear from you: which dictionary could you never learn without? And if something feels missing, tell me. That's how Dictionariez got good, and it's how Puffins will too. 🙏
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About Puffins on Product Hunt
“look up any word anywhere in one place for language learners”
Puffins was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #84 on the daily leaderboard. Puffins is a dictionary app for language learners, readers and translators. Look up any word in 20+ languages across 1000+ dictionaries (Wiktionary, Longman, Cambridge, Oxford and more) and switch sources with one tap. Add any dictionary site you like. When a definition isn't enough, ask AI Lookup for nuance and examples. Dictionaries and lookups are free, with no ads or tracking; only AI is paid. From the maker of Dictionariez. On Android now, iPhone in TestFlight beta.
Puffins was featured in Android (57.7k followers), Education (79.4k followers), Languages (14.5k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (481.6k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 222.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Puffins?
Puffins was hunted by River Young. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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