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Oldest Survivor in Reference

The grand veteran of the Reference category, still going.

Apps considered
10,962
Qualifying rule

A Reference app with a known release and an update in the last year.

Recomputed

1 Oct 2026

Confidence

Medium · computed proxy

The board

Ranked by first shipped
  1. 1 Collins Spanish-English Ultralingua, Inc. 2008 first shipped
  2. 2 Collins German-English Ultralingua, Inc. 2008 first shipped
  3. 3 Collins Italian-English Ultralingua, Inc. 2008 first shipped
  4. 4 Collins-Robert Concise Ultralingua, Inc. 2008 first shipped
  5. 5 Collins English Ultralingua, Inc. 2008 first shipped
  6. 6 Holy Bible Paul Avery 2008 first shipped
  7. 7 通勝萬年曆 - 十三行作品 Firm 13 Limited 2008 first shipped
  8. 8 Congress Pro Cohen Research Group 2008 first shipped
  9. 9 BibleScope: NIV, Message, ERV haMedia 2008 first shipped
  10. 10 Dictionnaire Typi Dev 2008 first shipped
  11. 11 Tanach RustyBrick, Inc. 2008 first shipped
  12. 12 專業萬年曆經典版 - 十三行作品 Firm 13 Limited 2008 first shipped
  13. 13 Conyers - Our Loving Mother Pixolini, Inc. 2008 first shipped
  14. 14 Airports Applicate Ltd 2008 first shipped
  15. 15 Moon Phases Piet Jonas 2009 first shipped
  16. 16 local.ch Swisscom Directories AG 2009 first shipped
  17. 17 Moon Atlas Julian James 2009 first shipped
  18. 18 Area Codes VersaEdge Software, LLC 2009 first shipped
  19. 19 Sunset Piet Jonas 2009 first shipped
  20. 20 국어대사전 - Korean Dictionary DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  21. 21 IOR - Index of Refraction orb11 2009 first shipped
  22. 22 Mars Atlas Julian James 2009 first shipped
  23. 23 Zeichen Alexander Clauss 2009 first shipped
  24. 24 Maya Calendar Edwin Barnhart 2009 first shipped
  25. 25 American Heritage® Deluxe Enfour, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  26. 26 YBM 올인올 한영 사전 - KoEn DIC DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  27. 27 Oxford Deluxe (ODE and OTE) Enfour, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  28. 28 EV Charging Exam Eknath Kadam 2009 first shipped
  29. 29 iMissal Catholic Cantcha, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  30. 30 iBird Pro Guide to Birds Mitch Waite Group 2009 first shipped
  31. 31 YBM 올인올 한일 사전 - KoJp DIC DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  32. 32 YBM 올인올 일한 사전 - JpKo DIC DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  33. 33 Italian Constitution & Laws Dimitri Giani 2009 first shipped
  34. 34 고려대 한중사전 - KoCh DIC DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  35. 35 Civile AppCube Ltd 2009 first shipped
  36. 36 Penale AppCube Ltd 2009 first shipped
  37. 37 Dictionary.com: English Words Curiosity Media 2009 first shipped
  38. 38 브리태니커 콘사이스 백과사전 DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  39. 39 WordWeb Audio Dictionary Antony Lewis 2009 first shipped
  40. 40 WordWeb Dictionary Antony Lewis 2009 first shipped
  41. 41 Mactracker Ian Page 2009 first shipped
  42. 42 Omer Counter David Cooper 2009 first shipped
  43. 43 Bußgeldrechner 2026+ VFR Verlag fur Rechtsjournalismus GmbH 2009 first shipped
  44. 44 wishoTouch Japanese dictionary sazanami software 2009 first shipped
  45. 45 YBM English Korean English DIC DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  46. 46 YBM 올인올 일한일 사전 - JpKoJp DIC DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  47. 47 Chambers Dictionary Antony Lewis 2009 first shipped
  48. 48 LDOCE Enfour, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  49. 49 Holy Bible King James + Audio Bible App Labs LLC 2009 first shipped
  50. 50 EBPocket Lite hishida 2009 first shipped
  51. 51 Venus Atlas Julian James 2009 first shipped
  52. 52 Companion Synonyms Enfour, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  53. 53 EBPocket Professional hishida 2009 first shipped
  54. 54 Companion Thesaurus Enfour, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  55. 55 YBM 올인올 중한중 사전 - ChKoCh DIC DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  56. 56 [steel shapes] David Homes 2009 first shipped
  57. 57 Dr.eye譯典通 Besta 2009 first shipped
  58. 58 Collins Portuguese-English Ultralingua, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  59. 59 myConvert Lite Lu A Oo 2009 first shipped
  60. 60 iZkor - יזכור Yaniv Kalsky 2009 first shipped
  61. 61 Alkitab har 2009 first shipped
  62. 62 Americans w/ Disabilities Act Connecting People Software 2009 first shipped
  63. 63 Life Bible App Tecarta, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  64. 64 Wikipedia Wikimedia Foundation 2009 first shipped
  65. 65 Bußgeldrechner Pro 2026 VFR Verlag fur Rechtsjournalismus GmbH 2009 first shipped
  66. 66 法语助手 EUSOFT 2009 first shipped
  67. 67 FAR/AIM - FAA Pilot Reference Tekk Innovations LLC 2009 first shipped
  68. 68 dict.cc Dictionary dict.cc GmbH 2009 first shipped
  69. 69 韓国歴史ハンドブック World History,Inc. 2009 first shipped
  70. 70 Concordance Matthew S. 2009 first shipped
  71. 71 Bible App - Read & Study Daily Gospel Technologies LLC 2009 first shipped
  72. 72 Longdo Dict Metamedia Technology Co., Ltd. 2009 first shipped
  73. 73 Planisphere Julian James 2009 first shipped
  74. 74 Audubon Bird Guide National Audubon Society 2009 first shipped
  75. 75 韓国歴史ハンドブックLite World History,Inc. 2009 first shipped
  76. 76 Howjsay English Pronunciation Ever10 Ltd 2009 first shipped
  77. 77 الجليس الصالح Modern Information Systems 2009 first shipped
  78. 78 WolframAlpha Classic Wolfram Group LLC 2009 first shipped
  79. 79 Summertime Drobnik KG 2009 first shipped
  80. 80 孫子の兵法 Lite World History,Inc. 2009 first shipped
  81. 81 Logos Bible Faithlife Corporation 2009 first shipped
  82. 82 Zmanim Advanced Avi Shevin 2009 first shipped
  83. 83 LawStack: CFR,USC,Statutes,Law Tekk Innovations LLC 2009 first shipped
  84. 84 Vox Comprehensive Spanish Ultralingua, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  85. 85 孫子の兵法 中国王朝変遷史 World History,Inc. 2009 first shipped
  86. 86 德语助手 Dehelper德语词典翻译工具 EUSOFT 2009 first shipped
  87. 87 Chambers Thesaurus Antony Lewis 2009 first shipped
  88. 88 天元烏兔萬年曆 - 十三行作品 Firm 13 Limited 2009 first shipped
  89. 89 Pleco Chinese Dictionary Pleco Inc. 2009 first shipped
  90. 90 BeenVerified: People Search BeenVerified, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  91. 91 Circuit Elements Sigma Sky, LLC 2009 first shipped
  92. 92 Mercury Atlas Julian James 2009 first shipped
  93. 93 Collins Chinese-English Ultralingua, Inc. 2009 first shipped
  94. 94 ギリシア神話 AI生成画像機能付き World History,Inc. 2009 first shipped
  95. 95 ギリシア神話 World History,Inc. 2009 first shipped
  96. 96 QNote Connecting People Software 2010 first shipped
  97. 97 金山词霸-高中四六级考研等英语学习软件 Beijing Kingsoft Software Co., Ltd. 2010 first shipped
  98. 98 Codici e Leggi AppCube Ltd 2010 first shipped
  99. 99 search.ch Swisscom Directories AG 2010 first shipped
  100. 100 旧約聖書ダイジェストLite World History,Inc. 2010 first shipped

Showing 100 published positions. Boards recompute automatically, so a crown can change hands at any time.

Rewind the board · last 12 snapshots
1 Oct 2026
  1. 1Collins Spanish-English
  2. 2Collins German-English
  3. 3Collins Italian-English
  4. 4Collins-Robert Concise
  5. 5Collins English
  6. 6Holy Bible
Leaders by first shippedtop 14 of 10,962
1st14th

What the data shows

▲What the data shows

  • DaolSoft, Co., Ltd. is the most represented maker here, with 9 apps in the top 100.

How this board is measured

Metric
The earliest release still maintained in Reference.
Qualifies
A Reference app with a known release and an update in the last year.
Why it matters
The grand veteran of the Reference category, still going.
Known limits
Reflects public listing data only; a figure we read, never one we estimate. Listings are read from Apple’s public metadata and are not restricted to a single storefront. Methodology →