Stroker vs Hanzicards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stroker
Master the art of Chinese calligraphy with this app. It offers animated guides for over 9000 characters, helping you learn correct stroke order. Browse or search for characters to begin your learning journey.
- Learn proper Chinese writing
- Master stroke orders
- Over 9000 Chinese characters
- Animated character guides
- Browse by category
- Search characters
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Want to learn the proper way of writing Chinese? Having trouble remembering the correct stroke orders? Then this app is for you! Stroker Calligraphy has over 9000 Chinese characters! See characters by browsing categories or by searching. Each character is animated for you to know the way! Download this free app now so you can master the stroke orders.
Hanzicards
Master Chinese characters with interactive flashcards and multiple quiz modes. Create custom decks from thousands of characters or add your own. Supports spaced repetition and detailed reviews.
- Customizable flashcards
- Spaced repetition system
- Multiple quiz modes
- Traditional and Simplified Chinese support
- User-created character decks
- Summary overview for review
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Hanzicards makes studying Chinese Characters (both Traditional and Simplified) a piece of cake. With flashcards and quiz mode combined, you'll master them in no time! After creating your custom deck from thousands of pre-loaded characters (and even your own custom characters if you wish), Hanzicards supports these five study modes: • Basic Flashcards Like a real-life, physical flashcards, you can flip the virtual cards back and forth to view different elements of a character. You can even organize the flashcards into different piles (sub-groups) to help you study. In options, you can configure what's displayed in front & back of the card (ex: pinyin on front, character in back). • Focus Quiz Quiz yourself by focusing on a specific aspect of a character. For example. If you choose "Character to Pinyin" quiz, Hanizcards will prompt you with a character, and you'll have to answer with the correct pinyin. • Spaced Repetition Flashcards It's the classical spaced repetition system! Character cards marked as hard(er) will appear more often compared to cards marked easy(er). • Infinite Quiz In this mode, Hanzicards will throw at you all possible quiz questions again and again.. until the end of time! • Summary Overview You'll be able to quickly review all the characters included in the deck. From options, you can toggle (show / hide) different elements of the card to help you study. For example. you can configure it to hide the characters, but show pinyin and definitions. Hanzicard's jam-packed features will no doubt help you on your journey of mastering the Chinese Language! Try it out today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stroker at 100% against Hanzicards's 0%. Stroker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9). Hanzicards's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume 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. Hanzicards sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Stroker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hanzicards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Stroker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hanzicards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Stroker | Hanzicards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paragon Codeworks LLC | Picopinch LLC |
Customer experience
Stroker
Hanzicards
In-app purchases
Stroker
No in-app purchases
Hanzicards
- Character Pack 1$0.99
- Character Pack 2$0.99
- Character Pack 3$0.99
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- Character Pack 5$0.99
- Character Pack 4$0.99
- Character Pack 6$0.99
- Upgrade Capacity$0.99
- Unlock Study Modes$0.99
- Everything Bundle$4.99
Questions
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