Hanzicards vs CharacterMatrix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
CharacterMatrix
Master the 1000 most common Chinese characters with this comprehensive learning tool. It provides example sentences, pronunciation, translations, and character summaries to aid fluency. Explore traditional and simplified characters with customizable display options and audio playback.
- 1000 most common characters
- Example sentences with translations
- Pinyin pronunciation
- Traditional and simplified characters
- Audio playback
- Customizable themes (dark/light)
- Search functionality
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With the most common 1000 characters you can read 89% of modern Chinese. This app is a great companion on your journey towards fluency. For every character you get: ⇨ 3 example sentences ⇨ Pinyin pronunciation ⇨ English translations ⇨ Character summary CharacterMatrix also offers: • Traditional (繁體) and simplified (简体) characters • Several Chinese fonts to choose from • Audio playback for all characters and sentences • Dark mode and light mode • Clean designs that look amazing on iPad and iPhone • A "random" button to jump to an arbitrary character • Search by character, Pinyin or frequency number Take these 1000 characters everywhere you go and learn at your own pace. This app displays the 1000 most used 中文 characters in a matrix that you can adjust (zoom level, font, dark/light theme). Its simple and clean user interface adapts to your device's size. If you use it in your iPad you can see more characters at the same time or split the screen. Some ideas of how to use this app: √ Learn new characters starting with the most common ones √ Understand and remember the characters using the 3 examples √ Listen to the examples and repeat to improve your pronunciation √ Use the "random" button to test your knowledge √ Use the app as a reference to practice writing/calligraphy (with various fonts) √ Use screen mirroring to show the characters on a smart TV and study with friends √ Explore by tapping on characters you don't know in the example sentences to learn more
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Verdict
Hanzicards and CharacterMatrix both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of CharacterMatrix's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hanzicards's. Hanzicards's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Hanzicards sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and CharacterMatrix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hanzicards against 5.0 for CharacterMatrix. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Hanzicards's written reviews are positive against 100% of CharacterMatrix's.
| Parameter | Hanzicards | CharacterMatrix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Picopinch LLC | CopyBucket, Inc. |
Customer experience
Hanzicards
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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
CharacterMatrix
- Unlock All 1000 Characters$9.99
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