Cantonese Beginners vs HK Characters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cantonese Beginners
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A lot of Fun and Beautiful Pictures!!! This app is designed by Ms Jessica, Certified English Teacher at University of Cambridge, for any one who is interested in learning Cantonese which is popular language in the southern parts of Asia such as Hong Kong, Macau, Canton and Singapore. This Cantonese Beginner app has more than 430 beautiful pictures and questions. You will be ready to communicate with the local people in Cantonese and read the simple Chinese when you visit these areas next time. Please feel free to let us know your feedback, questions or concerns at inventlinks@gmail.com Enjoy and have fun!
HK Characters
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Explore various Hong Kong characters through the latest version of the Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set (2016). Glyph Variants - See how a single character can be written in various glyph variants, some of which may commonly used in a specific country. Collections - Browse and discover characters in conveniently grouped collections, including “Tang” (characters with Tang-era pronunciations available), “Commonly Used”, and “Vietnamese”. - View characters by the year added to the Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set. Voice to Speech - Hear and compare how the same character can be read in Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Mandarin. Search - Look for words by definition, Jyutping, Unicode codepoint, and more. Unihan Metadata - View a character’s associated Unihan database metadata, if available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HK Characters at none against Cantonese Beginners's 1. Cantonese Beginners's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Cantonese Beginners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HK Characters asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Cantonese Beginners | HK Characters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 410 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inventlinks Studio | Bosco Ho |
In-app purchases
Cantonese Beginners
- "Level 2 to Level 6” package$1.99
HK Characters
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cantonese Beginners free?
Is HK Characters free?
Do Cantonese Beginners or HK Characters have ads?
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