Comparison

Hieroglyph Pro vs r n kmt

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

Head to head
About

Hieroglyph Pro

Unlock the secrets of Ancient Egyptian language with a comprehensive dictionary and translator. Explore thousands of hieroglyphic signs, words, and phrases, with multiple search and input methods. Offers beginner to professional modes for all learning levels.

Highlights
  • 4124 hieroglyphic signs
  • 221,120 words, phrases, titles, epithets, and locations
  • Beginner, Student, and Pro modes
  • Glyph search by frequency of use
  • 6 ways to enter hieroglyphs for translation
  • Supports Hieratic glyphs and evolution
  • Custom word storage and transmission
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Read and understand Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs with a professional-grade dictionary and translation tool used by students, researchers, and Egyptologists. This powerful App is simply the best interactive, most complete, self contained dictionary and translator between English and Ancient Egyptian! Our dictionary is vetted against modern professional references, including the popular online Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, and standard references including Hannig, and the Worterbuch. Hieroglyphics Pro has been developed and evolved in consultation with professional Egyptologists. This app explains what the ancient symbols mean, how they may have been pronounced and how they formed words and phrases.  The App contains: - 4282 hieroglyphic signs - 224,587words, phrases, titles, epithets, and locations used in Ancient Egypt.  - The Horus, Birth, and Throne names of all the known Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt. Our dictionary has almost triple the content of any other smartphone dictionary/translation apps. Hieroglyphics Pro has several modes:  - Beginner mode simplifies the App with a minimal set of 200 glyphs for easy searching and an easy pronunciation guide.  - Student mode show the standard Middle Egyptian Gardiner set of about 700 glyphs, organized by shape, and standard transliteration.  - Pro mode uses all 1,071 glyphs in Gardiner's classic categories plus more than 3200 additional signs used in the dictionary.   A unique, powerful feature of Hieroglyphics Pro is the ability to find glyphs by how often they are used in inscriptions. This makes adding common signs to a phrase or word a snap!  Egyptian words and phrases in the dictionary are drawn graphically in quadrat groups, in the artistic style of the ancient inscriptions. The App offers 6 ways to enter Hieroglyphs for translation:   • Graphically from Gardiner groupings, or in Beginner Mode, plus Gardiner's/Manley's Groupings by shape - A unique feature allows finding glyphs sorted by their frequency of use! • Direct keyboard text entry of Gardiner codes (i.e., A1, D21, Aa2) • Typing in phonetic shortcuts as defined by the MdC (i.e., Htp, nTr, r, etc.) • By transliteration symbol from the Phonetic shortcuts table • Searching for keywords in a glyph's description or determinative words Text entries of Gardiner Codes and MdC can now be edited with a cursor and finger swiping, just like other text editing apps! Very quick and convenient! Egyptians wrote Right to Left, Left to Right, and Top to Bottom. The App allows you to enter Left to Right, and then view the Glyphs in reverse direction if you wish. HieroglyphPro allows you to add/store/transmit their own custom words to the dictionary. Hieroglyph Pro is the first and only mobile App to introduce Hieratic (a style of cursive, handwritten Egyptian) glyphs, and illustrate how they evolved over the centuries. Hieroglyphics Pro is a modern iOS 27 App, back compatible back to iOS 18, Dark Mode and all. It contains help files and links to both on-line references and to printed books for advanced study. The app and its dictionary data are entirely self-contained. No internet or cell phone required. The new optional link to the Thesaurus-Linguae-Aegyptiae (TLA) academic database does, however, require wifi or cell connection. When you have found the translation your were seeking, with a tap it is copied on to the clipboard and can be pasted into another App, an Email, message, etc. Hieroglyph Pro is a one-time purchase! No ads! No subscriptions!

About

r n kmt

Learn to read and write Middle Egyptian with tools like a hieroglyph renderer, a comprehensive dictionary, and interactive lessons. Explore Egyptian texts and master pronouns with support for multiple transcription styles.

Highlights
  • Hieroglyph rendering (MdC to hieroglyphs)
  • Hieroglyphic palette browser
  • Lessons and quizzes
  • 1000-word dictionary with search
  • Pronoun lists
  • Multiple transcription styles
Features
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This app provides several tools to help you read and write Middle Egyptian texts. The app renders Manuel de Codage (MdC) into hieroglyphs using Serge Rosmorduc's JSesh. The app also allows you to browse JSesh's hieroglyphic palette. It further includes lessons and quizzes that help you learn to read Egyptian. Furthermore, a 1000 word dictionary with a search function, and a list of personal and demonstrative pronouns are included. The app support multiple transcription styles including the European system, the British system, the Budge system, and the computer system. The name of the app r n kmt is Middle Egyptian and means "speech of Egypt".

Screenshots

Hieroglyph Pro4 screens
r n kmt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: r n kmt at Free against Hieroglyph Pro's $4.99. r n kmt also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). Hieroglyph Pro's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

r n kmt is free to download; Hieroglyph Pro costs $4.99 up front. r n kmt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hieroglyph Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Hieroglyph Pro against 4.6 for r n kmt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Hieroglyph Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of r n kmt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hieroglyph Pro ships an update every 10 days, r n kmt every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hieroglyph Pro versus r n kmt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHieroglyph Pror n kmt
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (27 ratings)4.6 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size342 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAviametrix, LLCHanno Rein

Customer experience

Hieroglyph Pro

All ratings26 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

r n kmt

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Hieroglyph Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

r n kmt

One-time1
  • Developer Appreciation Coffee$1.99

Questions

Is Hieroglyph Pro free?
Hieroglyph Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is r n kmt free?
r n kmt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hieroglyph Pro or r n kmt?
r n kmt is rated higher. Hieroglyph Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while r n kmt averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do Hieroglyph Pro or r n kmt have ads?
Neither Hieroglyph Pro nor r n kmt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hieroglyph Pro or r n kmt?
Hieroglyph Pro ships an update every 10 days, and r n kmt every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hieroglyph Pro was updated on October 29, 2026 and r n kmt on October 24, 2026.

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