# CharSpin — A top for every character

> A top for every character (iPhone/iPad app by Nan-Kuang Lee.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charspin/id6820187703 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nan-Kuang Lee](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779264786)
- Category: Games, Casual, Word
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 50 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-10-12
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is CharSpin?

CharSpin turns Chinese characters into spinning tops. A character's strokes are its top's shape: how many there are, how lopsided they sit and how heavy the typeface is decide how long it spins and how hard it hits.

THE THOUSAND CHARACTER CLASSIC
Every top comes from the 1,500-year-old Thousand Character Classic. Start with its first line; knowing six in ten characters of a section opens the next, all the way to the last. Characters come in four typefaces — sans, serif, clerical and seal script — for 3,875 tops.

PULL, AIM, LAUNCH
Hold and pull back to start the countdown; let go right on "Shoot!" for a perfect launch. Once a match you can knock the stadium to shake a top into a pocket.

FIRST TO 4 POINTS
Xtreme finish 3, over finish 2, burst finish 2, spin finish 1. Your three tops go out in order; your opponent's order stays hidden until each one steps up.

FACE-TO-FACE TWO-PLAYER
Pair two phones with a QR code and play over a direct connection — no internet needed, just keep Wi‑Fi on. If they can't reach each other, phones signed in to Game Center pair over the internet instead. Two-player matches pay double coins.

CHARACTER BOOK
All 999 characters of the Classic, each with its reading (zhuyin and pinyin) read aloud, meaning, radical, stroke count, its line in the Classic and common words, from Taiwan's Ministry of Education dictionaries. The 11 hardest are replaced by an easier stand-in character, with a note on the original.

LOOKS
An optional Launch Set adds two skins (Dewdrop Blue Pegasus and Sky-Water Green Asura) and two stickers, and Season 2 adds two more (Frost-White Valkyrie and Desert-Ochre Wolf) and two stickers, each bought on its own. Each skin trails its own effect while it spins and bursts with a signature flourish on a hard hit. Looks only — a top plays exactly the same. A one-time purchase, not currency, with a grown-up check first. Everything else is free.

No ads, no data collected.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| S1 Pass | $4.99 | one-time |
| Launch Set | $0.99 | one-time |
| Valkyrie & Wolf | $0.99 | one-time |


## Is CharSpin safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess CharSpin.

## Is CharSpin legit?

CharSpin has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for CharSpin is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-23

• New mode, Stages: chapters by dynasty, starting with the Western Zhou prologue and Spring and Autumn. Each stage is an idiom. Your three tops face the idiom's four; pass to win its characters, with the idiom's origin story.
• Phantoms: unlocked by passing idiom stages. A Phantom on a top changes its character and may fire during battle.
• New achievements: Western Zhou Cleared, Spring and Autumn Cleared, Shadow Partner.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-12

• A new stadium, the cat: the whole arena is a cat, with pockets at its paws and tail.
• Voices: the countdown, finishes and skins speak; pick a female or male announcer in 設定.
• Dye: duplicate tops turn into dye bottles, dyeing costs dye, and coins are for boxes only. Every save gets 10 bottles.
• Starter boost: until section 3 of the Classic opens, the computer's lineup is no stronger than yours and your tops get 15% more spin and toughness.
• Arrange stickers: up to 5 per top, each placed, turned, sized and layered as you like.
• New skin plates in silver foil, gold foil and holographic print; the paid skins have their own sound while they spin.
• Free for a limited time: the 洋流 cheer set, two skins (洋流・浪潮 and 洋流・應援章) and their stickers. Claim it in Tops → 外觀 by November 27, 2026, and keep it for good.
• Also: the top that loses the deciding round really falls; every top shows its zhuyin, and the tops page filters and sorts; boxes show the odds of the pool they draw from.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-12

No release notes.

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All apps by Nan-Kuang Lee: https://appshunter.io/developer/6779264786

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