Tibetan Visual Dictionary vs Treemoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tibetan Visual Dictionary
This ebook provides a visual guide to new daily vocabulary in Tibetan, Chinese, and English. It's designed to help users learn and understand words through images and translations.
- Visual vocabulary learning
- Tibetan, Chinese, and English translations
- Daily vocabulary focus
- Ebook format
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See it. Hear it. Know it. Tibetan Visual Dictionary is a free app that teaches everyday Tibetan through pictures, text, and audio. Each word carries Tibetan script, English, and Chinese with pinyin, organized into 40 themed categories you can work through one at a time. BROWSE BY CATEGORY Animals, birds, aquatic life and insects. Fruits, vegetables, grains, dishes, beverages and seasonings. Body parts, family relationships and emotions. Colors, numbers, opposites, common verbs and everyday phrases. Clothing, household items, stationery and toys. Musical instruments and sports. Computers, communications, photography, vehicles and transport. Minerals, precious stones, astronomy and geography. Occupations, education, health, business and economy. PICTURES INSTEAD OF WORD LISTS Most words are illustrated with a photograph, and the rest are shown with a clear symbol. Either way the Tibetan attaches to the thing itself rather than to an English translation. Search by Tibetan script, English, Chinese, or Wylie transliteration. HEAR THE PRONUNCIATION Recorded audio in Tibetan, English and Chinese. Audio playback is part of Premium, an optional upgrade described at the end of this description. MANY WAYS TO PRACTICE Study mode turns every word into a game: Multiple Choice, Flashcards, Matching, Listening, Sound to Picture, Memory Pairs, Speed Round, Build the Word, Say It Back, Build the Phrase, How Would You Feel, and more. Save words to Favorites, build a daily streak, and track how well you know each category. Five study sessions are included free; unlimited practice is part of Premium. WORKS OFFLINE Words, pictures and audio are stored on your device. No connection needed — on a plane, in the mountains, or anywhere else. WHO IT'S FOR · Tibetan families raising children outside Tibet · Dharma students who want the language, not only the terminology · Chinese speakers learning Tibetan · Travelers in Tibetan-speaking regions · Teachers who need a picture-and-sound classroom reference Dark mode. No ads. No account required. From Nangchen T. Studio. FREE TO DOWNLOAD, PREMIUM IS OPTIONAL The base app is free. Premium is an optional upgrade that unlocks recorded pronunciation and unlimited Study mode. New words and lessons are added regularly at no additional charge. · Premium Monthly (auto-renewing): $2.99 per month, after a 7-day free trial · Premium Yearly (auto-renewing): $19.99 per year, after a 7-day free trial · Lifetime Premium: $49.99, one-time purchase, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage your subscription or turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Prices shown are for the United States and may vary by country. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nangchen.com/privacy
Treemoon
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Ogham is a real writing system. It was cut into stone in Ireland and Britain between the fourth and sixth centuries, and several hundred of those inscriptions still stand today. Treemoon lays out all twenty letters one by one, and reads the thirteen-month tree calendar that grew up around the trees those letters are named for. ■ The twenty staves Every stave in the alphabet. The Irish letter name, its sound value, how the strokes are cut against the stem line, which aicme (group of five) it belongs to, and the tree it carries. The glyphs are drawn as vectors rather than set in a Unicode font, so the stem and the strokes render correctly on any device. The whole chart is free. ■ The tree calendar A year divided into thirteen tree months. For each tree: the Irish name and the botanical name, the span of days it governs, its element and its symbols. Enter a date and the app tells you which tree month it falls in. December 23rd belongs to none of the thirteen — it is the Nameless Day, and we left it there rather than rounding it away. ■ Said plainly Ogham is genuinely ancient. The thirteen-month tree calendar is not. It is not a druid calendar; it was assembled in the middle of the twentieth century and spread through the modern Celtic revival. We did not hide that to make the app look older than it is — there is a page inside the app about nothing else. Every line of commentary was written from scratch. Nothing is copied or translated from any book or website. ■ Drawing a stave, and keeping notes Write down a question, shake the phone, and one letter comes out of the bag. Read its keywords and its commentary, then write down what you were actually thinking that day. It is there for entertainment and reflection. ■ Widgets Home screen and lock screen: today's tree and its letter, without opening the app. ■ Completely offline There is no networking code in this app at all. No account, no login, no analytics. The date you enter and the notes you write stay on this device. Everything works in airplane mode. ■ Paying No subscriptions. One lifetime unlock opens everything. The free tier covers the full twenty-letter chart, the whole tree calendar, the tree of the day, one draw a day, and the small widget. Treemoon is a cultural and language reference with a reflective side. It does not predict anything, and it is not a substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.
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Verdict
Tibetan Visual Dictionary and Treemoon are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tibetan Visual Dictionary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Treemoon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Tibetan Visual Dictionary | Treemoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Digital Vajra | Byoungho Kim |
In-app purchases
Tibetan Visual Dictionary
- Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
Treemoon
- Treemoon Pro$5.99





