# Live Pinyin Camera Lense — Read Chinese characters in AR > Read Chinese characters in AR (iPhone/iPad app by Bechample GmbH.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-pinyin-camera-lense/id6808780774 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Bechample GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785456112) - Category: Education, Reference - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB - Languages: American English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek and 21 more - Released: 2026-09-13 - Data updated: 2026-10-10 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-pinyin-camera-lense/id6808780774/reviews.md ## What is Live Pinyin Camera Lense? Point your camera at Chinese and read it. Live Pinyin writes tone-marked pinyin right above the characters while you look at them — no typing, no cropping photos, no waiting. WHAT IT DOES • Pinyin over every line the camera sees: textbooks, menus, signs, labels • Works with Simplified and Traditional characters • Freeze the picture to study it: pinch to zoom, tap a line to enlarge it • Copy a line as pinyin, as characters, or both • Save pages with the pinyin on them and open them again later • Share a page with the pinyin printed on it • Make the pinyin bigger or smaller READINGS THAT MAKE SENSE Many characters change their sound with the word they are in. Live Pinyin reads whole words, so 银行 comes out yín háng, not yín xíng. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Recognition runs on your device, and your pictures never leave your phone. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Available in 32 languages — pick yours in Settings, whatever your phone is set to. FREE AND PAID 30 minutes of live camera time are free, and the demo and your saved pages always stay free. One small one-time purchase unlocks unlimited camera time. No subscription. Questions or ideas? ios-app-contact@bechample.com ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited Live Pinyin Camera | $1.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.2 — 2026-10-01 New: choose the app's language in Settings. 32 languages, switches instantly, no restart — so you can use the app in one language while you learn another. Right-to-left layout for Arabic and Hebrew, plus small fixes. ### 1.1 — 2026-09-25 - Touched overlays show more clean relation between pinyin and hanzi characters ### 1.0 — 2026-09-14 No release notes. ## More apps by Bechample GmbH - [Untracely](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/untracely/id6785456110) - [Pinyin: Chinese Hanzi Reader](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinyin-chinese-hanzi-reader/id6787380374) - [The Haunted Factory](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-haunted-factory/id6794652767) - [Better Prompt - Clear AI Chat](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-prompt-clear-ai-chat/id6795247772) - [Brain Games Offline](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brain-games-offline/id6799889669) - [HSK Stroke Order](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hsk-stroke-order/id6803230301) All apps by Bechample GmbH: https://appshunter.io/developer/6785456112 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-10.*