Comparison

Mon Study Board vs Analects Reader

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

Head to head
About

Mon Study Board

This app facilitates self-study of the Mon language through reading. It is designed for iOS devices and allows users to view long paragraphs, some of which require landscape mode for full readability.

Highlights
  • Self-study Mon language
  • Reading comprehension
  • Landscape mode for long paragraphs
  • Designed for iOS devices
Features
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The Mon Study Board is to learn Mon by self study in reading. The some paragraphs are so long that they can only view be viewed in landscape mode. This App was built for individual to Learn Mon easily on IOS Devices.

About

Analects Reader

Explore Confucius's Analects with interactive features. Read in original Chinese and English, with tappable characters for detailed meanings, readings, and usage. Offers multiple reading modes and integrated podcast commentary.

Highlights
  • Original Chinese and English text
  • Tappable characters with detailed meanings
  • Multiple reading modes (Study, Translation, Chinese, Classical)
  • Integrated podcast commentary with episode guides
  • Notes saved as Markdown in iCloud Drive
  • Offline access to Chinese text
Features
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The complete Analects of Confucius: all twenty books and 512 passages, in the original Chinese and in English, built for actually reading it. Every character is tappable. The card that opens shows what the character means here, in this passage — not a dictionary's one-size answer — along with its reading, the terms it belongs to, and how it is used across the whole book. Pinyin sits over the characters when you want it and disappears when you don't. READ IT YOUR WAY • Study — the full apparatus: text, translation, pinyin, tappable words, per-passage tone coloring. • Translation — the English as a book. The original waits one tap away under each passage. • Chinese — the received text alone, unglossed, with the English one tap away. • Classical — the text as old editions set it, in columns right to left. Four pages to choose from: one typeset, and three photographed from real copies held in Tokyo, Taipei, and Kyoto — a Qing manuscript, a Ming block print, and a 1550 scholar's copy — with every character mapped, so the glosses work even on a photograph. Scroll the book as one column, or turn it one passage per page, like a printed book. THE COMMENTARY GROWS WITH THE PODCAST The app carries the episode guides from the Exploring the Analects podcast — passage by passage: the philosophical discussion, the historical context, the language notes, with the audio a tap away. New episodes arrive as they are published. YOURS, IN THE FULLEST SENSE Notes you take live in your own iCloud Drive as Markdown — readable anywhere, and they outlive the app. The Chinese text is built in and always works offline. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking: nothing about your reading is collected. Everything is free — the text, both translations, the glosses, the classical pages, the commentary. A tip jar exists for those who want to keep the project going; nothing is unlocked, because nothing is locked.

Screenshots

Mon Study Board3 screens
Analects Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mon Study Board at none against Analects Reader's 3. Analects Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Analects Reader sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mon Study Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mon Study Board against 5.0 for Analects Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mon Study Board ships an update every 3 months, Analects Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Mon Study Board versus Analects Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMon Study BoardAnalects Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size231 MB276 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNai NyahElliott Bernstein

Customer experience

Mon Study Board

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Analects Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mon Study Board

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Analects Reader

One-time3
  • Through the Gate$3.00
  • Up to the Hall$10.00
  • Into the Chamber$30.00

Questions

Is Mon Study Board free?
Mon Study Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Analects Reader free?
Analects Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mon Study Board or Analects Reader?
Mon Study Board and Analects Reader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Mon Study Board or Analects Reader have ads?
Neither Mon Study Board nor Analects Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mon Study Board or Analects Reader?
Mon Study Board ships an update every 3 months, and Analects Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mon Study Board was updated on November 5, 2026 and Analects Reader on November 10, 2026.

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