# Modu: Read Chinese — Graded reader, dictionary, HSK > Graded reader, dictionary, HSK (iPhone/iPad app by 雪寒 周.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/modu-read-chinese/id6788653501 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [雪寒 周](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892756116) - Category: Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.5 · 111 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-29 - Data updated: 2026-08-30 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/modu-read-chinese/id6788653501/reviews.md ## What is Modu? Modu (墨读) is an AI-powered graded reader for learners of Chinese. Read real Chinese at a level you can handle, look up any word instantly, build a vocabulary you'll actually remember, and let AI generate fresh reading at exactly your level. Whether you're at HSK 2 or HSK 6, Modu turns "a wall of characters" into something you can do a little every day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://modu-ai-proxy.zhouxuehan101.workers.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://modu-ai-proxy.zhouxuehan101.workers.dev/privacy WHAT YOU CAN DO • Tap any word — instant dictionary with pinyin, meaning, and measure words • AI explanations — understand a word in its exact context, not just a gloss • Sentence & paragraph translation — offline, on-device, free and unlimited • Save words and review them with proven SM-2 spaced repetition • Words you already know stop being highlighted, so you focus on what's new • Natural read-aloud — listen while you read • AI content engine — pick a topic and level, and AI writes you a graded story that weaves in the words you're due to review BRING YOUR OWN CONTENT • Import txt / epub files • Subscribe to RSS feeds and read them graded • A built-in library of graded retellings of public-domain stories FREE + PLUS Free forever: reading, dictionary, offline translation, spaced-repetition review, vocabulary, imports, RSS, the library, basic read-aloud, plus a few AI explanations and generated stories regularly. Modu Plus unlocks: AI explanations 30 a day (free: 10), AI-generated graded reading 30 a day (free: 3 a month), natural multi-voice read-aloud, and cloud sync across devices. Everything works offline as a guest, and you can export your vocabulary anytime — your data is yours. Start reading real Chinese today. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4.0 — 2026-08-29 Real iPad support, and sync that stops losing things. • iPad: a proper large-screen layout instead of a stretched phone app. Lines are capped at a readable width so you never lose your place jumping to the next one, and the bookshelf finally uses the room it has. Sync fixes Every one of these failed silently. No error, no warning — it just quietly stopped working. • Words you deleted on one device came back from another one. They stay deleted now. • Reading on two devices in one day only counted the longer session. Ten minutes on your phone plus twelve on your tablet showed twelve, not twenty-two — enough to break a streak you had actually earned. • Two books with the same title shared a single reading position, and renaming a book lost your place. Books are now identified by their text, not their title. • A book you imported on a second device never picked up the position you had reached on the first. "Pick up where you left off" was broken in exactly the case you would use it for. • Closing the app from the app switcher lost your place in the chapter. Your position is saved the moment the app goes to the background now. • When you send text to Modu from another app, one piece that failed to open used to silently break everything you sent afterwards, until you restarted the app. Nothing already lost comes back — these fixes stop it from happening again. Tell me what breaks If something does not work the way this page says, tell me: Profile → About & feedback. Be blunt. I read every message. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-23 Your language, everywhere in the app. • The interface now speaks 12 languages. If your device is set to one of them, Modu switches automatically — no setup. • Native-language dictionaries for 12 languages, each with about 120,000 entries. Tap a word and read its meaning in your own language instead of English. • The Japanese, Korean and Russian dictionaries are much bigger now. Words like 一个 and 妈妈 used to show up in English. They no longer do. • Dictionaries download in the background the first time you need them, and work offline afterwards. Fixes • The review buttons and the "learn these first" list on a book page still showed English when the app was set to another language. Fixed. Tell me what reads wrong Nine of these languages are brand new, and I cannot judge them myself. If a sentence sounds off, a definition is wrong, or your language is missing — tell me: Profile → About & feedback. Be blunt. I read every message. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-08-07 Generated reading that knows you. • Made for you — generated pieces now weave in the words you're due to review, so you meet them again right when you're about to forget. Read → save → meet again → remember: the loop is finally closed • Honest levelling — when a generated piece doesn't reach the HSK level you picked, we now say so, show how far off it is, and offer "try another" or "drop a level" instead of quietly handing it over • Measure words — the lookup panel now lists measure words separately (the 件 in 一件上衣), instead of burying them in the English gloss • Feeds, honestly — most news RSS feeds give summaries, not full articles. Those are now marked "Summary only", and you can open the original page in one tap • New HSK standard — the word lists move to HSK 3.0 (the 2021 standard), growing from ~5,000 to nearly 11,000 words. The two standards scale levels differently, so the level numbers you see will change The interface is now available in Japanese, Korean and Russian. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-03 更新说明 · English Characters, not just words. • Stroke order — animated stroke order and step-by-step diagrams for common characters, with the radical highlighted • Practice writing — watch the demo, trace it, then write it from memory, switching modes as you go • Character cards — radical, structure, phono-semantic parts, and words containing the character • Handwriting review — review by writing characters from the meaning, or from the sound • Vocabulary size — see how far you've covered each HSK level, and share the card • Read this next — picks an article at the right difficulty using the words you actually know • Backups can be restored — the backup file you export can now be imported back • Sign in to back up your vocabulary for free — never lose saved words Fixes a sync issue that could roll back review progress, and a case where adding new words after finishing a review session showed nothing left to review. Stroke data (9,574 characters) and fonts ship with the app. Everything works offline, no extra download. Plus narration now states its monthly allowance (~300k characters); after that it falls back to the system voice. ### 1.0 — 2026-07-30 No release notes. --- *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 2026-08-30.*