Nothing on your desktop
No floating ball, no always-on window, no ads or promotions. The panel opens on your gesture and closes with it.
Compared with Eudic (欧路词典)
Your MDict dictionaries, without the floating window.
Eudic users already own the best part: MDict dictionaries. AALookup opens the same files in a panel that appears only when you point at a word, in any app, and goes away when you're done. Nothing floats on your desktop, nothing is advertised, and the Windows download is 20 MB.
No account needed. Your dictionaries stay on your computer.
What you can do
Every dictionary you own
Import whole folders of MDict dictionaries with no cap on how many, each in its publisher's layout, with its own style and zoom level.
Reads what can't be selected
Games, video subtitles, scanned pages and images are read from the screen, on Windows as installed.
At a glance
- Download size
- 20 MB on Windows and 17 MB on macOS, against 150 MB for the Eudic Windows installer (measured 2026-09-16).
- On your desktop
- Nothing while you're not looking a word up. No floating window, no ball, no ads.
- Dictionaries
- MDict files, unlimited, publisher layout kept, a style and zoom level per dictionary.
- Meaning
- An explanation of the word in this sentence, then your dictionary entries.
- After the lookup
- Saved with the sentence, spaced review, Android and iPhone apps.
Free, no sign-up
How to start
- Download and open AALookup
macOS or Windows, under 20 MB, no account needed.
- Let it see your screen
On a Mac, allow Accessibility so it can read the word under your pointer, and Screen Recording for text in games and images. Windows asks for nothing.
- Point at a word
Three-finger tap on a Mac, or press your shortcut on Windows. The meaning appears next to the word.
What users say
I used to chain two apps together, one for grabbing words off the screen and GoldenDict-ng for the dictionaries. AALookup does all of that on its own, and the UI is done really well.
A really good tool. On Windows I used STranslate and always wished it could open my local dictionary files, because a local lookup is always faster than asking an AI. This solves exactly that.
Common questions
Can I move my Eudic dictionaries over?
If they're MDict files, yes. Point AALookup at the folder and they're in.
Does AALookup have word lists and review?
Yes. Words are saved with their sentence, reviewed just before you'd forget them, and synced to the phone apps.
Is there a phone app?
Yes, for Android and for iPhone and iPad, with your dictionaries, saved words and review.
Is it free?
Yes. Dictionary lookups are free, offline and unlimited. AI explanations come with a free trial, and Plus adds more.
Get AALookup
Free download
Local dictionaries work offline and without limits. AI explanations come with a free trial.
Checking the latest release…