The iPhone/iPad app contains the full dictionary with a powerful search facility: just type in the word that you are looking for, and it offers several words with similar spellings. Click on the symbol next to a word to hear a recording of somebody saying the word.

The dictionary is stored on your device, so you get an instant response to queries. And, of course, you can use it for free, anywhere, even if you have no network coverage.

You can look up arabic words using an on-screen keyboard with either arabic or european letters, or you can use the standard keyboard.

The thesaurus provides listings of words with similar meanings, and the vocabulary function enables you to create a personal list of words to learn.

The examples view shows you a selection of examples that contain a particular word or grammatical element. You can hear somebody saying the entire example.

If you touch a word in an example, you will see the full dictionary entry for the word

The pronunciation view enables you to select words containing a particular phoneme (sound) or group of letters and hear somebody saying each word.

You can also record yourself saying a word and listen to yourself, then compare your recording to the correct pronunciation.

If you click on a word in the search or thesaurus views, you will see full details for the word

For verbs, you can also get a full listing of the perfect, imperfect, bi-and ha-imperfect, imperative and participles.

Click on a syntax keyword (eg noun) next to a word to go directly to the corresponding section of the Egyptian arabic grammar.

The guides to Egyptian Arabic grammar and Arabic writing are built into the app

You can use the vocabulary learning tool to note useful words and add them to your personal vocabulary list, then it will help you to learn and revise them.

The vocabulary learning tool used SRS (Spaced Repetition System) to maximise learning efficiency.