Comparison

QiMenChart vs Brick

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

QiMenChart

This app generates historical charts for years, months, days, and hours using traditional Chinese calendrical methods. It allows users to orient the chart with a compass based on their position. The application focuses solely on chart plotting without providing any analysis or user settings.

Highlights
  • Plot Year, Month, Day, Hour Charts
  • Chai Bu and Zhi Run Methods
  • Year Range 1800-9999
  • Compass Orientation
  • Chart Plotting Only
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* Plot Year Chart, Month Chart, Day Chart, Hour Chart (拆补法 Chai Bu Method) and (置闰法 Zhi Run Method) * Year range from 1800 to 9999 * Turn on the compass and rotate the chart to your facing or sitting * Just plot the chart, no analysis and other functions available. * No user settings.

About

Brick

Manage your BrickLink store with ease. Track orders, monitor inventory, and view detailed store statistics. Access the BrickLink catalog and utilize a part-out function for quick calculations. Requires a BrickLink Seller account.

Highlights
  • Order management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Store statistics
  • Catalog lookup
  • Part out calculation
  • Drive Thru message sending
  • Barcode scanning
Features
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With Brickbatch you can easily manage your BrickLink store, keep track of all your orders and see your store statistics. You can see the incoming orders, manage them and change the status, you can monitor your inventory, send the Drive Thru message once the order is shipped, check the catalog in many ways (by color, price, description). You can use the part out function to calculate fast the result for a part out and see all your store statistics. NOTE: Brickbatch is designed for BrickLink store owners, it requires a BrickLink Seller account to operate. ORDERS View orders immediately when you receive them, update order status, check items in the order, send the Drive-Thru and send messages to customers, mark items in the order as verified, manage shipping summary and add tracking numbers with your camera and barcodes. INVENTORY Load the complete inventory of your store, view it by category, description, color, type and availability and update details with ease, set prices and discounts, edit tiered pricing, send items to Stockroom, share links to inventory items, use the search function to calculate part-out starting from the code of a set. CATALOG Look up the BrickLink catalog, see detailed item information, check item availability and color, see up-to-date price guide, check part out value for sets, minifigs and gear. PART OUT FUNCTION You can check the part out for sets starting from the code. STATISTICS Monitor all your store statistics (total annual and monthly sales, average sales, number of orders, feedback received, total items sold, items sold by color, type, etc.). OFFICIAL BRICKLINK STORE API Please ensure that you have enabled API access beforehand. Instructions to enable this is available within the app, or check out. LEGAL The term 'BrickLink' is a trademark of BrickLink, Inc. This application uses the BrickLink API but is not endorsed or certified by BrickLink, Inc. ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS Account activation may take a few hours. You will be contacted by the administration.

Screenshots

QiMenChart4 screens
Brick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brick at Free against QiMenChart's $6.99. Brick also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (20% vs 0%). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Brick is free to download; QiMenChart costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QiMenChart ships an update every 6 months, Brick every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
QiMenChart versus Brick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQiMenChartBrick
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating—3.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews20.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLAY KHIM TANTT STUDIO INFORMATICA DI HOLBAN ILIE E SERAFIN MATTEO SNC

Customer experience

QiMenChart

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Brick

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

QiMenChart

No in-app purchases

None

Brick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QiMenChart free?
QiMenChart costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brick free?
Brick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QiMenChart or Brick have ads?
Neither QiMenChart nor Brick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QiMenChart or Brick?
QiMenChart ships an update every 6 months, and Brick every 3 weeks. Most recently, QiMenChart was updated on September 21, 2026 and Brick on June 1, 2026.

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