Rhymesaurus Review

The word at the tip of the tongue doesn’t plague me anymore

Submitted by howdyrathore on Mon, 2012-05-07 19:15.
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The lowest price: 31.46$
You can buy it at RegNow for that price.
Pros:
Under-promises, Over-delivers. User-friendly, Easy on the wallet, Lots of search patterns
Cons:
Something this cool deserves to look better
Review:

The word poet immediately conjures up images of a pensive person, sitting by the window, scratching his head with his pen in the struggle to find the elusive word that would do justice to the ideas in his head. One is prone to encounter an opposite sort of conflict in poets these days, spoilt with word choices, with the sheer number of rhyming dictionary softwares at hand. The newest indulgence of the lot is Rhymesaurus. Aptly named owing to its standing among its peer programs, this is a dictionary, thesaurus, rhyming dictionary,” Sounds Like" reference, WordSurf, and the pattern matching tool all weaved into a single deceptively quaint-looking but neat package.

It allows the option of searching for rhyming words with a host of criteria including 'first' & 'last' syllables, 'reverse', 'begin' & 'end' , homophone, consonance, assonance and other rhyming devices. Results are also organized in terms of lengths of syllables and with clear distinction between commonplace words from relatively uncommon ones.
Navigation keys (back, forward, first, last) and hyperlinked cross-references allow for effortless shifting between different information’s. If you aren’t sure of the meaning a word conveys, look it up in the dictionary. If you are confident of the meaning but not the word, look up alternatives in the Thesaurus. Quite an armory to possess.
What Wordsworth would have done if he had this app at his disposal?

One is unlikely to feel the necessity of looking up the help manual if a simple search is all that is preferred. But as one begins climbing up the levels of sophistication, one encounters terminologies like Lexical stress pattern, Amphisbaenic, Elided, which might interest an MFA more than the common enthusiast. It is here that the thorough help manual comes to the rescue in clarifying the technical jargon. Once used to the powerful features on offer, it unleashes your creative juices full blast.

Any monetary investment is saddled with the comparisons with the best alternatives foregone. So how does Rhymesaurus compare with a plethora of competing programs like MasterWriter or RhymeWizard or RhymeNow? With Rhymesaurus, one is likely to miss the option of saving former searches or related searches which Masterwriter offers. It also misses the little gimmicks like alliterations or pop-culture references of a Masterwriter or the phonetic readback of a Rhymer. But in terms of the breadth of its database or the scope of depth in searching Rhymesaurus really outscores all other programs. Price comparisons are also in its favor (at $31.45 it is less than 1/4ths the price of Masterwriter.) Surely no other programs I have used so far boast of 120000 word rhyming dictionary or 21 types of search methods all at one place or such a profound understanding of stresses.

Conclusion:

Complete value for money. If you are a poet, a lyricist, a rapper, or just plain aficionado of the English language in all its lovely peculiarities, this software is highly recommended. If you are still skeptical, try it for free and then buy it.