Comparison

QHanja vs nihongo

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

Head to head
About

QHanja

Master Chinese characters with writing practice, quizzes, and a comprehensive dictionary. Explore stroke order animations and find unknown characters by drawing them. Unlock advanced features like idioms and Japanese Kanji support with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Writing practice with stroke order animation
  • Character quizzes (meaning and pronunciation)
  • Handwriting recognition for unknown characters
  • Extensive Hanzi dictionary with 27,000 characters
  • Support for various Kanji proficiency tests
  • Idioms, Thousand Character Classic, and more (premium)
Features
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Study Korean hanja the right way — level by level. 한자공부Q (QHanja) is both a hanja dictionary and a study app — 27,000+ hanja and 100,000+ hanja words, one of the largest collections available, all rendered in a beautiful brush-style (궁서체) hanja font. It covers every Korean certification level (어문회 / 진흥회 / 대한검정회) with readings, stroke order and example words. The starter levels (8급–6급II), radicals and middle-school hanja are free. BROWSE — camera hanja search (NEW): recognize all the hanja in a photo (textbooks, signs) and search just the ones you pick, on-device and offline; plus every level, radicals, unified hanja/word search, a handwriting recognizer, clipboard lookup. WRITE — stroke-order hints with direction arrows, brush tracing, hide-the-reference practice, traced-stroke scoring. LISTEN — readings spoken on detail, writing practice and flashcards, with an auto-read option. TEST & REVIEW — level quizzes, timed mock exams, flashcards, a 60-second daily challenge (with finish-date forecast), Today's Study (10/20/30 characters a day), Today's Review (spaced repetition), wrong-answer note, reminders. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN — live progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while you study: the current hanja and its reading, progress, and the exam countdown. MORE — idioms (사자성어), 천자문, 사자소학, related words, custom word lists. JAPANESE KANJI TOO — by school grade (小学1年–중학·인명용) and JLPT N5–N1, with Japanese 音/訓 readings plus hiragana & katakana: Korean hanja and Japanese kanji in one app. EVERYWHERE — iPhone, iPad (landscape 3-pane), Mac, lock-screen widget, 8 interface languages. A Premium subscription unlocks the higher levels (6급 and up), high-school/common hanja and all word study — or watch one ~30-second ad for a free 1-hour pass. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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nihongo

Features
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JLPT N5 수준의 기초적인 단어를 암기하는 과정을 공부하는 내용 ~

Screenshots

QHanja4 screens
nihongo1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nihongo at none against QHanja's 3. nihongo also leads on ads (none vs shown). QHanja's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price 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. QHanja sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. nihongo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
QHanja versus nihongo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQHanjanihongo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB1 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAribada Inc.hongpyo ha

In-app purchases

3 purchases

QHanja

Subscriptions3
  • 프리미엄 기능 (1개월)$1.991 Month
  • 프리미엄 기능 (6개월)$8.996 Months
  • 프리미엄 기능 (1년)$14.991 Year
None

nihongo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QHanja free?
QHanja is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is nihongo free?
nihongo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QHanja or nihongo have ads?
QHanja shows ads; nihongo does not.

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