Daily Mandarin vs Memoricae
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Mandarin
Practice Chinese characters with ease. Search by English, Chinese characters, or pinyin to find any character. Includes stroke order, pronunciation, and official HSK vocabulary lists for comprehensive learning.
- Practice any Chinese character
- Search by English, Chinese, or Pinyin
- Includes HSK vocabulary lists
- Stroke order guide
- Pronunciation guide
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Practice any Chinese character, anytime, anywhere. Simply search a character you want to practice, either by using English, or Chinese (character or pinyin), then practice away! Includes the official HSK vocabulary lists. Each character comes with a stroke order and pronunciation guide. You'll be a master in no time!
Memoricae
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Memoricae turns flashcards into daily hunts. Start with built-in starter decks, create or import your own cards, and review through quick battles that make study feel like progress. Study Chinese basics, Japanese basics, quick math, and science from the moment you open the app. When you are ready, build your own decks or import supported .apkg files to bring existing study material into Memoricae. Your answers drive each hunt. Reveal a card, decide whether you remembered it, and use your review session to push through monsters, daily quests, XP, rewards, and cosmetics. Built for students, language learners, and self-study routines that need more momentum than plain card drills. Features: - Start immediately with bundled starter decks - Create your own flashcard decks - Import supported .apkg decks - Review with spaced repetition scheduling - Turn card review into hunt battles - Complete daily quests - Earn Memory Pass XP and rewards - Unlock cosmetics through progress - Sign in with Apple or email code - Offers optional in-app purchases, including Memoricae Plus Monthly and Memory Pass. Memoricae Plus Monthly is an auto-renewing monthly subscription Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.memoricae.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Mandarin at none against Memoricae's 2. Memoricae's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Memoricae sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Daily Mandarin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Mandarin ships an update every 5 months, Memoricae every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Daily Mandarin | Memoricae |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 382 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jason Chan | Raven Amiatu |
In-app purchases
Daily Mandarin
No in-app purchases
Memoricae
- Memoricae Plus$2.991 Month
- Memory Pass$4.99
