QiMenChart vs Brick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Order management
- Inventory tracking
- Store statistics
- Catalog lookup
- Part out calculation
- Drive Thru message sending
- Barcode scanning
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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.
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Verdict
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
Brick is free to download; QiMenChart costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | QiMenChart | Brick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LAY KHIM TAN | TT STUDIO INFORMATICA DI HOLBAN ILIE E SERAFIN MATTEO SNC |
Customer experience
QiMenChart
Brick
In-app purchases
QiMenChart
No in-app purchases
Brick
No in-app purchases









