Comparison

trainchinese vs 一日一字

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

Head to head
About

trainchinese

Learn Chinese with a comprehensive dictionary, flashcards, and OCR. Access example sentences, audio, and character animations. Supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with customizable phonetic input.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive Chinese dictionary
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • Spaced Repetition flashcard system
  • Character animations and handwriting training
  • Support for Simplified and Traditional Chinese
  • Multiple phonetic input options (Pinyin, Zhuyin)
Features
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Learn Chinese with an amazing dictionary (plus OCR) and flash card system. trainchinese will teach you Chinese, with a free and complete dictionary, thousands of vocab lists, example sentences, audio recordings, measure words, character animations and Optical Character Recognition — not to mention a powerful flash card training system that even includes handwriting training! • Our dictionary prioritises commonly-used words and phrases above the obscure and obsolete, while example sentences and measure words (classifiers) provide crucial context to help you decide which Chinese word is the most appropriate translation. Other dictionaries just leave you guessing! • We've got Optical Character Recognition (OCR) too. Spotted some Chinese you can't read? Capture a photo of some Chinese text from a menu, book or sign, and the app identifies and translates the characters for you. • Search for words by part of speech • Mistyped a word? Helpful spelling suggestions get you to the right results fast. • Words feature both example sentences and measure words for nouns. It's time to move beyond "个"! And best of all it's all connected: tap examples and measure words to open them as full dictionary entries. • trainchinese is great for students: it includes more than a thousand vocabulary lists covering topics from International Relations to American Football Teams and more. Feel like something's missing? Users often get in touch to ask for lists on the topics they're studying, and we're happy to oblige! You'll also find lists containing HSK-level words (both old and new standards), plus TOCFL lists for students in Taiwan! • Highlight words with your finger for super-fast access to character animations, related searches and more! • Whether you're studying the Simplified (mainland China and Singapore) or Traditional (Hong Kong and Taiwan) variants, we've got you covered! Easily switch between them or choose to display both in dictionary results and on flash cards. Even better, you can use the phonetics you're comfortable with - choose from Pinyin with tone marks, Pinyin with tone numbers or even Zhuyin characters (from the BoPoMoFo system used in Taiwan). • Create flash cards with audio and animation from dictionary entries. Organise them into lists, and share them with friends (or students). • Our Spaced Repetition system ensures you'll memorize words for good. • Train your way: each card is available in four different modes to test different aspects of Chinese study. See Chinese, Pinyin or English and get tested on translation, and even compare your handwriting to a stroke-order animation side-by-side, synchronized! Or if you prefer, there's multiple choice training too (for a real challenge, try it in "Dictation" mode!). • Flash cards are saved on your device and synchronized with trainchinese.com, where you can also train with them and find more great content. • Add study notes to your flash cards - they're saved and backed up at trainchinese.com. Don't forget to check out our other apps (tap our company name in the App Store for more info): - Chinese Writer - Chinese Audio Trainer - Pinyin Trainer - Number Trainer - Chinese Challenges

About

一日一字

This minimalist journal app focuses on learning a single character each day, inspired by annual character selections. It supports various East Asian typefaces and offers features for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean learners, including Pinyin fonts and calendar views for easy sharing.

Highlights
  • Daily character learning
  • Minimalist writing interface
  • Multiple East Asian typefaces
  • Pinyin fonts for pronunciation
  • Calendar view for records
  • Screenshot saving for sharing
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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"一日一字 - Journal" is your fresh new diary! - Inspired by the "Hanzi of the Year(年度汉字)", why not have a "Hanzi of the Day(今日汉字)" - Adhering to minimalism, writing too much is too strenuous, One is perfect! - Songti, Heiti, Yuanti, Kaiti...... Classic East Asia typefaces are now supported. - You can even choose different font regions to get different characters' shapes for Simplified/Traditional Chinese Hanzi, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja. - Calendar view helps show your records all in one. One-click and save them as screenshots quickly with many grid options. So good for SNS sharing! - A Start-learner in Chinese? Pinyin Fonts will find you the pronunciation. - Creative tool for Chinese learning or Japanese learning. Make Hanzi/Kanji a lemonade! Many a little makes a mickle. - Support Adding Widgets to the Home Page

Screenshots

trainchinese4 screens
一日一字4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 一日一字 at none against trainchinese's 13. 一日一字 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). trainchinese's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. trainchinese sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. 一日一字 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

一日一字 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: trainchinese has 2.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

trainchinese ships an update fortnightly, 一日一字 daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
trainchinese versus 一日一字: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertrainchinese一日一字
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.3K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB561 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertrainchinese B.V.书豪 何

Customer experience

trainchinese

All ratings2,269 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews221 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative16.3%

一日一字

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

trainchinese

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to move or add words to lists
  • Audio playback not working for some words
  • Writing recognition feature is unreliable
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between app and website

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to learn on multiple languages (e.g. English and Russian)
  • Improve organization and navigation of word lists
  • Implement more engaging learning games and activities
  • Allow users to easily add their own custom words and phrases

一日一字

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

trainchinese

One-time13
  • OCR Feature$4.99
  • 10 lists$8.99
  • 3 months$11.99
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  • 3 months + 10 lists$15.99
  • 6 months$19.99
  • 30 lists$19.99
  • 6 months + 10 lists$23.99
  • 3 months + 30 lists$25.99
  • 12 months$34.99
  • 6 months + 30 lists$34.99
  • 12 months + 10 lists$37.99
  • 12 months + 30 lists$45.99
  • 12 months + 60 lists$54.99
None

一日一字

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is trainchinese free?
trainchinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 一日一字 free?
一日一字 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, trainchinese or 一日一字?
一日一字 is rated higher. trainchinese averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while 一日一字 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do trainchinese or 一日一字 have ads?
trainchinese shows ads; 一日一字 does not.
Which is updated more often, trainchinese or 一日一字?
trainchinese ships an update fortnightly, and 一日一字 daily. Most recently, trainchinese was updated on October 15, 2026 and 一日一字 on September 29, 2026.

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