Comparison

Learn Characters AD vs Scripts

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

Head to head
About

Learn Characters AD

This app helps users learn to write letters and display words clearly. It's ideal for teaching children, displaying complex characters, or helping foreigners learn a new language.

Highlights
  • Display favorite letters and words large
  • Teach letter writing with finger tracing
  • Suitable for children's learning
  • Useful for displaying complex characters
  • Aid for learning native language writing
Features
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You can display favorite letters and words large, easy to see. It has a function to teach how to write letters with your fingers. FEATURES - When you want to show children's favorite words with letters - When you want to display complex letters large - When you want to teach foreigners how to write your native language

About

Scripts

Master new writing systems with engaging, visual mini-games. Learn characters and letters through direct association with pronunciation, making learning fast, fun, and addictive. Commit just five minutes daily to build a consistent habit and gain the ability to read and write in a new language.

Highlights
  • Visual learning with illustrations
  • 5-minute daily learning sessions
  • Fast-paced mini-games
  • Focus on writing practice
  • High-quality audio pronunciations
  • Habit-forming learning structure
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Learn a new writing system with Scripts app: Korean Hangul, Japanese Hiragana and Katakana , Chinese Hanzi, American Sign Language (ASL), Indian Devanagari, Russian Cyrillic and Latin alphabet Drops Scripts takes the boring out of reading and writing in a new language. Learn Chinese characters, the Korean alphabet or the Japanese writing system with gorgeous minimalist illustrations and fast paced mini games. The best part? It only takes 5 minutes a day. In fact, that’s all the time you get! Insane? Yes. But does it work? Absolutely! Why Drops Scripts Works • Drops Scripts is 100% visual: Learners connect the characters and letters directly to their pronunciation. Doing this cuts out the middleman. Learning is faster, better, and more fun! • 5-minute session limits: Limiting learning time may sound counterintuitive but it makes Drops Scripts incredibly addictive. And that’s a good thing in terms of language learning.The obstacles standing in your way of finally starting to read and write in a new language are made obsolete. No excuses: you ALWAYS have 5 minutes! • Effortless practice: We took a good look at why games are fun and addictive, and then integrated those elements into Drops Scripts to create an app that is incredibly immersive. But unlike other games, you don’t waste your time playing. Instead you build a valuable asset--the ability to read and write in a new language. • Rapid pace learning: We believe in fast-paced, intuitive learning, and typing on your phone’s keyboard is anything but fast. Say hello to rapid swipes and taps! You’ll need those extra seconds to get the most out of your 5 minutes. ;) • Writing focused: Learn to write in Chinese, Japanese or Korean with curated games and activities that make learning a new writing system fun. Drops Scripts focuses on one thing and it does it extremely well. • Forge a learning habit: Drops Scripts wants to convert you into a language learning addict. No matter how effective your learning tool is, if you don’t use it on a daily basis, it doesn’t really matter. Drops Scripts breaks down those barriers for you so that learning to read and write in a new language becomes a regular part of your day. Every letter and character in Drops Scripts is accompanied by high-quality audio and pronunciations, recorded by professional voice talent. Drops Scripts offer a complete package for free for casual learners: 5 minutes of blazingly fast and epic fun learning per day with more than 3 writing systems. More dedicated language learners can subscribe for premium features to achieve faster progress and unlimited learning time. • Our goal is to empower the people of the world with knowledge of a new language by providing a special tool that uses the universal language we all recognize: images. P.S.: We take full responsibility for any potential addiction to language learning. ----------------- Have questions? Feel free to contact us at sup@languagedrops.com Payment information: Length of subscriptions: - 1 Month - 12 Months Price of subscriptions: - 1 Month – 9.99$ per month - 12 Months – 69.99$ per year Payment information: - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Twitter: https://twitter.com/language_drops Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LearnwithDrops LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/languagedrops/ Blog: https://medium.com/languagedrops Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/language_drops/ Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://languagedrops.com/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Learn Characters AD4 screens
Scripts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scripts at 87% against Learn Characters AD's 33%. Scripts also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 2). Learn Characters AD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scripts sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Learn Characters AD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn Characters AD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scripts has 2.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Learn Characters AD's written reviews are positive against 87% of Scripts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Characters AD ships an update every 29 months, Scripts every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Learn Characters AD versus Scripts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Characters ADScripts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (2.2K ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHARASHOW InteractivePLANB LABS OU

Customer experience

Learn Characters AD

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Scripts

All ratings2,245 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews999 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.0%

Bugs and requests

Learn Characters AD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Scripts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes or freezes on certain devices
  • Issues with touch screen responsiveness
  • Pronunciations don't always match written characters

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more languages like Arabic, Greek, Hebrew
  • Expand content beyond just alphabet/character writing
  • Allow more than 5 minutes of daily practice
  • Provide more detailed feedback and stroke order guidance
  • Integrate with other language learning apps like Drops

In-app purchases

None

Learn Characters AD

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Scripts

Subscriptions9
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium$11.991 Month
  • Premium$12.991 Month
Show 6 more
  • Premium2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Premium$16.991 Month
  • Premium$39.991 Year
  • Premium$41.991 Year
  • Premium$55.991 Year
  • Premium2 variants$69.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium$159.99
  • Premium$179.99

Questions

Is Learn Characters AD free?
Learn Characters AD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scripts free?
Scripts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Characters AD or Scripts?
Learn Characters AD is rated higher. Learn Characters AD averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Scripts averages 4.7 from 2.2K ratings.
Do Learn Characters AD or Scripts have ads?
Both Learn Characters AD and Scripts show ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Characters AD or Scripts?
Learn Characters AD ships an update every 29 months, and Scripts every 5 weeks. Most recently, Learn Characters AD was updated on August 12, 2026 and Scripts on September 22, 2026.

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