Comparison

Questium vs Kanji Drop

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

Head to head
About

Questium

Engage in exciting intellectual battles on your mobile device. This app fosters learning through playful competition and healthy peer challenges.

Highlights
  • Intellectual battles
  • Mobile learning environment
  • Playful competition
  • Healthy peer challenges
  • User learning enhancement
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Questium es una aplicación de batallas intelectuales para dispositivos móviles que pretende incrementar el aprendizaje del usuario dentro de un entorno lúdico y utilizando mecánicas de competición saludable entre pares.

About

Kanji Drop

This app teaches Japanese kanji through a unique block-dropping game. Construct kanji from their components and form words from existing kanji to progress. It offers a fun and engaging method for learners of all levels, from beginners to advanced.

Highlights
  • Build kanji from parts
  • Form words from kanji
  • Audio pronunciation of words
  • Import Anki/WaniKani decks
  • JLPT and textbook lesson filters
  • Beginner to advanced levels
Features
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Learn Japanese kanji by dropping blocks to make kanji and words! Make kanji from their parts and words from other kanji! Blow them up by making words! Fill your limit meter by making kanji from others and watch your blocks blow up! It's a great way to learn kanji for beginners, a fun alternative to flashcards for advanced learners as you can import your Anki, WaniKani, and Koohii decks, and a fun game overall! :D Learn all Japanese jouyou kanji for fun or proficiency. Every time you make a word or kanji, its meaning is spoken and you also hear the pronunciation of words. You also learn how to make kanji from their parts, just like in Remembering the Kanji, Vol. 1, by James Heisig. You can restrict learning to JLPT 1-5 kanji or textbook lessons from popular Japanese textbooks! Open to all skill levels! It starts off easy and gives you hints when you're stuck. Keep playing and you'll find yourself recognizing more and more kanji! You can select Easy/Learning mode to have more time to read about the kanji and words you make!

Screenshots

Questium4 screens
Kanji Drop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Questium at none against Kanji Drop's 4. Questium also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Kanji Drop's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 17%). On price 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

Both are free to download. Kanji Drop sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Questium asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Questium versus Kanji Drop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuestiumKanji Drop
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.1 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—28 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB187 MB
Age rating17+4+
DevelopermasterdInternational Technology Consulting LLC

Customer experience

Questium

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Kanji Drop

All ratings28 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative46.2%

In-app purchases

None

Questium

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Kanji Drop

One-time4
  • 100 Coins$4.99
  • 500 Coins$5.99
  • 1000 Coins$6.99
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  • 2000 Coins$9.99

Questions

Is Questium free?
Questium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kanji Drop free?
Kanji Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Questium or Kanji Drop have ads?
Kanji Drop shows ads; Questium does not.

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