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| Product | Lexipedia | TomeRaider 3 | MDict |
| Price | $14.99 | Picture-less DB free; DB with pictures is not; TR 3 is $38 | free |
| Database last updated | Aug 2005 | While the "official" create date in the first record refers to Sept 2005, in reality, the database reflects the late Dec 2005 state (see for example the existing "Warbox" in Winter War - it was added early Dec 2005, and the lowermost link section of it) | Late (about Nov) 2003 |
| Index? | + (able to search for substrings in it too!) | + | + (no substring search) |
| Size | Three versions: 307 MB (Concise database, articles are 2000 letters or less), 444 MB (Midsize database, articles are 4400 letters or less), 712 MB (Unabridged database, articles are not cut off.) | Pictureless DB is 700M; with pictures, 2/4 GBytes, depending on the number of pics and their quality | 170M |
| Ability to create your own, updated database? | - | + (scripts provided; English-related script needs upgrading!) | + |
| International versions | - | German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Esperanto, Polish | - |
| Search: Full in-description search? | - (titles only, including substrings) | + (both titles and article text; hits must be navigated by hand (back/forward) and there is no list of them, unlike with Lexipedia. In-description search speed is acceptable, given the huge size of the database. Title-only searching is as slow as searching in the body. However, once a link is found, navigation is as quick as with the two other apps. You can also search (quickly!) and even freely browse the index. | - (only in the titles; NOT including substrings, unlike with Lexipedia) |
| Fuzzy search? | + (a real strength of Lexipedia!) | - | - |
| Search history? | Only sequential (back) navigation with the arrow icon | + (not remembered through restarts) | + |
| HTML markup (bold/italic, lists / tables) | It's mostly a text-only engine: no bold/italic in the text (only with external links - compare the contents of this screenshot to the original page available here); no real HTML list, headers or tables (compare how this page is rendered to that of TomeRaider!). The lack of table support renders a LOT of additional information (for example, Warboxes or any kind of info boxes) not displayed. Compare the contents of this screenshot to the original page available here | + (2) | + |
| Copy definition (or parts of it) to clipboard? | + | + | + |
| Reading preferences: Full screen? | - | + | - |
| Bookmarks (favorites)? | - | + (after adding) | - |
| Preferences | only 4 pre-defined text/background color combos, 3 text sizes and Cleartype | + (font and background color freely settable, font size, cleartype, horizontal scrollbar etc. ) | Only 5 font sizes and Clear Type |
| Refrence to other TR files | - | + (list) | - |
| Word Picker from other apps? | - | - | + |
| External links? | + Clickable, works as expected | - (not clickable, not listed in any way) | + (not clickable but present and can be copied to clipboard) |
