Comparison

Learn Manchu Handwriting vs Learn Arabic Script! Premium

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

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About

Learn Manchu Handwriting

Learn to hand-write the Manchu script stroke by stroke. Explore characters with a spinning wheel, access a Manchu-Chinese dictionary, and save favorites. Discover Manchu arts and culture offline.

Highlights
  • Stroke-by-stroke handwriting guidance
  • Spinning wheel exploration
  • Manchu-Chinese dictionary
  • Add words to favorites
  • Manchu arts and culture insights
  • Offline functionality
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BEAUTIFUL MANCHU LANGUAGE SCRIPT! LET'S LEARN HOW TO HAND-WRITE THEM ! THIS APP BREAKS THEM DOWN STROKE BY STROKE ! • SPIN THE WHEEL TO EXPLORE It's so easy and natural. • MANCHU-CHINESE DICTIONARY Easy to find the word you want. • ADD TO FAVORITES Save the word you like for the future use. • MANCHU ARTS & CULTURE Emperors of Qing Dynasty(清朝) portraits and their Manchu names. Also the coins and seals in Manchu language. • OFF-LINE INDEPENDENT Once downloaded, you don't need internet to use the app. All audios and pictures are integrated within. The App uses the adjusted romanization according to the system devised by Paul Georg von Möllendorff (穆麟德). e.g. |ʃ| is denoted as "x", |tʃ| is denoted as "c", |dʒ| is denoted as "j". You can also select the word in alphabetical order by clicking “manchu” in the menu bar. The Manchu language uses the Manchu script, which was derived from the traditional Mongol script. When you get a hang of the Manchu handwritings, your understanding of the Manchu culture will improve naturally.

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Learn Arabic Script! Premium

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This is the premium version which is ad-free. This app can teach you to read and write basic Arabic. Scroll through the letters and study their shapes and sounds. Practice tracing each one until you're familiar-- then quiz yourself on the letters!{"\n"} After familiarizing yourself with the letters, learn how to use the Harakaat (short vowel marks). Then, follow each lesson to learn how to use the new letters you've learned in common words. In the word games section, you can find word scramble and typing games to go along with each lesson to help you practice building words.{"\n"} To start, you just need to know a few basic facts. 1) Arabic is written right-to-left. 2) Each letter has four forms: independent (on its own), initial (at the beginning of a word), medial (in the beginning of a word), and final (at the end of a word). They change shape slightly depending where they come in the word. 3) The dots above and below change the sound the letter makes. 4) Short vowel sounds are written as optional accent marks.{"\n"} Arabic is a semitic language spoken across the Arab world which generally comprises the Middle East west of Iran and North Africa. It is the official language of 26 countries and 1 disputed territory -- making it the third most common official language after English and French. It is estimated to have 362 million native speakers and 274 million second-language speakers. That would make it the 6th most spoken language in the world.{"\n"} While every Arab country teaches standard Arabic in school, in their daily lives people speak a dialect specific to the place they live. Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is largely derived from Classical Arabic (CA), and both are commonly referred to as FusHa (فُصحى) meaning "The most elegant language." Local dialects are variously referred to as 3ammiyya or daarija (عامية أو دارجة) meaning "general speech" and "current speech" respectively. The term Darija is more common in North African countries west of Egypt. Specific dialects are typically called by the country or city they are specific to-- for example, Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) or just Egyptian, or Masry (مصري) which just means Egyptian in Arabic. At a more granular level, dialects within Egypt could be called Cairene, Alexandrian, Saidi (the southern region) etc. This can make learning Arabic seem like a daunting task -- what you should focus on largely depends on your learning goals. To be a truly competent Arabic speaker, one should study both MSA and the dialect of your choice. If you are only learning for the purposes of reading (literature, the news, religion), you may only want to learn FusHa. If you are learning to connect with family, planning a visit to a specific country, you may want to focus more on the dialect of that place. Dialects are mutually intelligible to a certain degree, especially between countries that are closer together. If you know standard Arabic and a dialect well, you should be able to easily communicate with most people. Regardless of your goals, learning the alphabet is a great starting point! The words and sentences in this app are Fus7a but should be useful to you in any case. There is still a great deal of overlap between Fus7a and dialects.{"\n"} The Arabic script is also used (currently and historically) for a huge number of other languages: Urdu, Farsi, Uyghur, Pashto, Kurdish, Ottoman Turkish, Balochi, Brahui, and many more.

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Learn Manchu Handwriting4 screens
Learn Arabic Script! Premium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Learn Arabic Script! Premium at $1.99 against Learn Manchu Handwriting's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Learn Manchu Handwriting costs $2.99 and Learn Arabic Script! Premium $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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Learn Manchu Handwriting versus Learn Arabic Script! Premium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Manchu HandwritingLearn Arabic Script! Premium
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Positive reviews8.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 28 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊 姜Ethan Hartzell

In-app purchases

None

Learn Manchu Handwriting

No in-app purchases

None

Learn Arabic Script! Premium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learn Manchu Handwriting free?
Learn Manchu Handwriting costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn Arabic Script! Premium free?
Learn Arabic Script! Premium costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Learn Manchu Handwriting or Learn Arabic Script! Premium have ads?
Neither Learn Manchu Handwriting nor Learn Arabic Script! Premium shows ads.

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