Comparison

Elementary Chinese Dictionary vs 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice

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

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About

Elementary Chinese Dictionary

This app is a learning tool for elementary Chinese students, featuring a comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters and words. It offers stroke order animations, Pinyin pronunciation, English explanations, and the ability to create custom worksheets for practice.

Highlights
  • 4762 Chinese characters
  • Stroke order animations
  • Pinyin and Cantonese pronunciation
  • English explanations
  • Radical and direct character search
  • Customizable worksheet generation
  • Favorites and grouping for review
Features
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English interface is supported and could be configured in setting tab. Word learning is the foundation of elementary school language education. Convenient tools will help promote learning. The Elementary Chinese Dictionary is a mobile learning application developed in accordance with the Hong Kong Primary School Learning Word List and the Commonly Used Word Forms compiled by the Hong Kong Education Bureau. This app contains 4762 Chinese characters in the Commonly Used Words and Shapes table. You can use the radicals or directly input Chinese characters to search, and display the strokes of the search words, Cangjie code, Putonghua Pinyin, Cantonese Pinyin, variant characters, simple English explanation and related words. 字詞學習是小學語文教育的基礎。便利的工具,定能促進學習。 《小學學習字詞表》是依據香港教育局編訂的《香港小學學習字詞表》及《常用字字形表》所開發的手機學習應用程式。 本應用程式收錄《常用字字形表》中共4762個中文漢字,可用部首或直接輸入漢字搜尋,顯示搜尋字的筆順動畫、倉頡碼、普通話拼音、粵語拼音、異體字、簡單英文解釋及其相關詞語。 - 提供大筆順圖示 - 支援部首筆畫搜尋 - 提供異體字參考,減少新舊寫法差異困擾 - 支援字詞同時搜尋,學字同時學詞 - 支援連續字搜尋,一次過搜索一整句,方便快捷 - 支援相關英文搜尋,中英同時學 - 支援簡體字、異體字、倉頡碼搜尋 - 支援普通話拼音、粵語拼音搜尋 - 無論單字、詞語、 四字詞語都支援普通話、粵語、英文讀音,讀音齊全 - 收藏功能,收藏並分組字詞,方便溫習 - 下載工作紙功能,根據你的要求製作自定字組工作紙 - 可以直接輸入字去製作工作紙 - 可以選擇格仔款式 ( 星形、井形 ) - 字可以放在同一行,以便制作詞語為單位的工作紙 - 支援英文介面 單字搜尋首先會出現單字,跟著是相關詞語 多字搜尋,會首先逐個單字出現,跟著是相關詞語 英文搜尋會出現與英文字相關的字或詞語 收藏資料夾頁面,可以直接加入多個字制作工作紙 按下詞話彈出的選項,可以'加入收藏' 和 '制作工作紙' 小學用字一覽表包含「香港小學學習字詞研究」所得3,171字,分學習階段按筆畫序列出,第一學習階段(小一至小三)2,169字,第二學習階段(小四至小六)1,002字。 ------- 為什麼《小學學習字詞表》應用程式內有些漢字的寫法,跟書本、電腦、手機顯示字型不一樣? 本應用程式收錄的《常用字字形表》應用於香港印刷課本,《常用字字形表》中的字形有著香港語言特色,部份漢字的字形、筆劃、筆順甚至電腦輸入法跟中國內地、台灣和日本等地應用的漢字有差異。《常用字字形表》字形為楷書, 故此對其他地區研發和使用電腦字體如黑體、圓體和宋體等規範並不適用。 ------- 為什麼《小學學習字詞表》應用程式內有些漢字的寫法,跟家長讀書時學習的不一樣? 本應用程式收錄的《常用字字形表》二十多年來經過六次修訂,於 2007年修訂重排本按讀音和字義必須完全相同的嚴格標準檢視列出異體字。家長讀書時學習的字形,或許因為《常用字字形表》多次修改而跟子女現在學習的有差異,過去學習的字形或許現在被列為異體字或在註解上列作舊寫法。《常用字字形表》編訂者表示,《常用字字形表》只屬參考而不是《正字表》,不必視它為唯一標準,只要學生寫的是通行的異體字而不是錯別字教師應採取寬容態度處理。 請注意本應用程式所提供的資料,如字形、筆順等,僅屬參考性質,並非唯一的、硬性的標準。

About

旅龜練字 Turtle Practice

This app helps children develop a love for writing Chinese characters. Parents can create custom word lists for practice, with AI-guided stroke order and audio pronunciation. It offers an engaging way for kids to improve their Chinese foundation.

Highlights
  • AI-guided stroke order instruction
  • Customizable word lists
  • Cantonese and Mandarin pronunciation
  • Engaging learning games
  • Progress tracking
  • Traditional Chinese character support
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小朋友自動自覺愛上寫字再不是夢!大受歡迎的《旅龜中文冒險》將大家期待的寫字功能擴充並移植到手機上了! 本遊戲專為有意練習寫字及加強中文基礎小朋友而設,家長可以自行輸入或透過相機掃描製作詞語表供小朋友練習,附以粵語及普通話發音,以人工智能教授小朋友最正確筆順。 我們的寫字功能一直備受家長歡迎,以下是各家長的評論: 「最近佢好抗拒中文,唔肯再寫中文字,所以我就揾左其他方法比佢試,希望佢會對中文有返興趣啦!佢試左《旅龜中文冒險》體驗版一星期之後,明顯變得好積極主動咁攞起iPad同埋拼字卡,開個APP黎玩中文認字、寫字遊戲,佢肯自動自覺學中文,我真係好驚喜!」— 家長 I. 「寫完字仲可以聽返標準粵語同埋普通話發音,真係全面地幫到小朋友學習!因為佢包曬觸覺、視覺、聽覺嘅輸入,仲有開心快樂嘅元素 ... 等佢學多啲不同類型嘅嘢,唔駛再跑去言語治療師喥學說話啦!」— Ms. Chan 「...弟弟都識字直線字架!岩岩放上Facebook已經有幾個媽咪問我呢套野易唔易上手!絕對值得推薦...老師都話呢個係好野黎!」— Ms. Lau *繁體字庫及筆順根據《香港小學學習字詞表》編纂。 官方網站:https://turtlelearn.com/ 隱私政策:https://www.turtlelearn.com/policies/privacy-policy 服務條款:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Elementary Chinese Dictionary4 screens
旅龜練字 Turtle Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice at 5.0 against Elementary Chinese Dictionary's 3.9. 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Elementary Chinese Dictionary's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Elementary Chinese Dictionary sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

旅龜練字 Turtle Practice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elementary Chinese Dictionary has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Elementary Chinese Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 100% of 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elementary Chinese Dictionary ships an update every 3 months, 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Elementary Chinese Dictionary versus 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElementary Chinese Dictionary旅龜練字 Turtle Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechmaxAppKazoo Technology (Hong Kong) Limited

Customer experience

Elementary Chinese Dictionary

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

旅龜練字 Turtle Practice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Elementary Chinese Dictionary

One-time2
  • Remove watermark$0.99
  • 去除廣告$59.99
2 purchases

旅龜練字 Turtle Practice

Subscriptions2
  • 逐月訂閱$4.991 Month
  • 訂閱一年$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Elementary Chinese Dictionary free?
Elementary Chinese Dictionary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice free?
旅龜練字 Turtle Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elementary Chinese Dictionary or 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice?
旅龜練字 Turtle Practice is rated higher. Elementary Chinese Dictionary averages 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Elementary Chinese Dictionary or 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice have ads?
Elementary Chinese Dictionary shows ads; 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice does not.
Which is updated more often, Elementary Chinese Dictionary or 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice?
Elementary Chinese Dictionary ships an update every 3 months, and 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice every 3 weeks. Most recently, Elementary Chinese Dictionary was updated on September 18, 2026 and 旅龜練字 Turtle Practice on September 21, 2026.

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