Hanzicards vs Hanzi Trainer
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!
Hanzi Trainer
This app helps users memorize Chinese characters using mnemonic phrases based on etymology. It offers training for reading and writing, targeted repetition, and detailed statistics to track learning progress. It includes thousands of characters and radicals for comprehensive study.
- Mnemonic phrases for memorization
- Reading and writing training
- Targeted repetition system
- Detailed learning statistics
- 4000 Hanzi characters
- Radical training (Kangxi)
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The strength of the Hanzi Trainer are the mnemonic phrases for memorizing the character that are principally based on the etymological background. The components (radicals) are always used with the same consistent meaning. The phrases are constituted in the order that first the components are mentioned and at the end the meaning of that hanzi. The main functions are: - Training of reading and writing the Hanzi characters - Mnemonic phrases for each character - Targeted repetition for improved learning - Detailed statistic diagrams of your learning success - 4000 Hanzi - almost 700 radicals as recurring elements that can be selected for learning the differences and simularities - Training modes for radical training (Kangxi) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hanzicards at 5.0 against Hanzi Trainer's 3.0. Hanzicards also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Hanzi Trainer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hanzicards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hanzicards has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Hanzicards | Hanzi Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Picopinch LLC | Ulrich Neymeyr |
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
Hanzi Trainer
- Premium$9.991 Year
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