DianHua Dictionary vs Fonts Reference
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DianHua Dictionary
This app is a comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary for iOS, offering robust search capabilities across English, Pinyin, Traditional, and Simplified Chinese. It includes study tools like writing practice, flashcards, and search history to aid language learners.
- Multi-language search (English, Pinyin, Traditional/Simplified Chinese)
- Search history
- Bookmark organization
- Character writing practice
- Customizable flashcards
- Number conversion and audio pronunciation
- Browser sync and data export/import
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DianHua Dictionary is a Chinese English dictionary for iOS. Using data from the CC-CEDICT project, DianHua Dictionary provides search support for English, Mandarin Pinyin (with or without tones), Traditional Characters, Simplified Characters, and mixed searches consisting of any combination of the above. Other features of DianHua Dictionary include: - Search History: All search terms entered into the Search field are stored in your Search History. Touch any term in the list to see the results. - Bookmarks: Arrange all of the words you are studying into a nested hierarchy of Folders. - Writing Practice: Under the Study tab, you can practice typing or writing characters using any of the iPhone's Simplified or Traditional keyboards, including the character drawing keyboards. Choose whether you want to see Pinyin and/or English for the prompt and draw or type the appropriate Chinese character into the box provided. - Flashcards: Select any combination of Traditional, Simplified, English, and Pinyin for the Front and Back of the cards and grade your confidence in your answer. If you choose to use the Difficulty sorting algorithm, more difficult words will be shown more often than words you tend to answer correctly. - Numbers: Convert numeric entries to Simplified and/or Traditional variants including their Banking equivalents. Touch the audio icon to hear arbitrary numbers spoken. - DianHuaDictionary.com: Search from your browser, sync between multiple devices, export, and import data.
Fonts Reference
Explore all fonts installed on your iPhone or iPad. View each font with various character sets, organized by family. Ideal for designers and developers.
- Lists all available device fonts
- Organized by font family
- View fonts with different character sets
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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For both font lovers and developers, TouchFonts lists every font that is available on your iPhone or iPad. Grouped by font family, view each font using several different character sets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DianHua Dictionary at 86% against Fonts Reference's 40%. DianHua Dictionary also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DianHua Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of DianHua Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 40% of Fonts Reference's.
DianHua Dictionary ships an update every 5 months, Fonts Reference every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DianHua Dictionary | Fonts Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) — better | 3.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.6% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JSQ, LLC | Bayhoff Software |
Customer experience
DianHua Dictionary
Fonts Reference
Bugs and requests
DianHua Dictionary
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Search function freezes
- Incorrect character display
- Inability to search large numbers
Requested features
5 requests- Add audio pronunciations
- Improve handwriting recognition accuracy
- Implement bookmarking and word lists
- Add stroke order animations
- Optimize for iPad display
Fonts Reference
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DianHua Dictionary
No in-app purchases
Fonts Reference
No in-app purchases
Questions
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