Pandaist vs Langtern Chinese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pandaist
This app offers a graded reading experience to help users learn Chinese characters. It includes a dictionary and quizzes, with progress tracking and regularly updated content. Subscription options are available for enhanced features.
- Graded Chinese readers
- Integrated dictionary
- Character quizzes
- Progress tracking
- Updated news and stories
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Pandaist is a graded reader, dictionary and quiz app that lets you practice Chinese characters. The app allows you to keep track of scores, settings, and has constantly updated news and stories! To see the subscription terms of use, go to https://pandaist.com/terms
Langtern Chinese
This app aids in learning Chinese by providing real-time assistance while browsing the web, watching videos, or reading documents. It offers a convenient way to look up unfamiliar characters and words in context, enhancing comprehension and vocabulary acquisition.
- Web page translation
- Video subtitle assistance
- Ebook and PDF reader support
- In-context word lookup
- Vocabulary enhancement
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Langtern helps you learn Chinese by assisting you when navigating Chinese web pages, watching videos in Chinese, or reading ebooks/PDFs in Chinese. The terms of service can be found at: https://langtern.com/public/doc/en/tos.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pandaist at 4.8 against Langtern Chinese's 4.2. Pandaist also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Langtern Chinese's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pandaist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Langtern Chinese sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pandaist holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Pandaist's written reviews are positive against 100% of Langtern Chinese's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pandaist ships an update weekly, Langtern Chinese monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pandaist | Langtern Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andrew Alexander | Noe Casas |
Customer experience
Pandaist
Langtern Chinese
In-app purchases
Pandaist
- Pandaist Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pandaist Yearly$99.991 Year
Langtern Chinese
- Student Plus$2.991 Month
- Teacher Mini$4.991 Month
- Teacher Premium$7.991 Month
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- Teacher Max$12.991 Month
- Student Plus (yearly)$23.491 Year
- Teacher Mini$49.991 Year
- Teacher Premium$79.991 Year
- Teacher Max$129.991 Year
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