Memorii vs Chinese Characters 汉字
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Memorii
This app aids in learning East Asian characters like Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji, and Korean hangul. It offers customizable flashcard slideshows and a home screen widget for continuous practice. Manage your vocabulary with folders, checkmarks, and favorites, with iCloud sync across devices.
- Learn Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji, Korean hangul
- Customizable vocabulary slideshows
- Home screen widget for constant visibility
- Flashcard library management with folders
- iCloud sync across all devices
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Memorii helps you study Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji, and Korean hangul. Practice your vocabulary with customizable slideshows. Ordered or shuffled, based on characters, pronunciation, or meaning. The app also includes a widget to keep your favorites always visible on your Home Screen and help you memorize throughout the day. Manage your flashcards library with folders, checkmarks, and favorites. The app comes with basic vocabulary lists to get you started, and your library is available on all your devices with iCloud sync.
Chinese Characters 汉字
Learn to read and write thousands of Chinese characters with detailed instructions. Access free dictionaries, OCR translation, and Pinyin annotations for news articles. Covers HSK and AP Chinese exam requirements.
- Writing instructions for 3000+ characters
- HSK and AP Chinese exam coverage
- Free OCR for Chinese text translation
- Free English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionaries
- Pinyin annotation for news articles
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- Writing instructions for nearly 3000 Chinese characters - Covers all and more characters than required in the official Chinese Proficiency Examinations (HSK levels 1 to 6), and required in AP Chinese exams administered by the U.S. College Board. - Free Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Chinese text for easy translation, which is also free. - Free download of English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionaries for quick lookup - Links to the Chinese edition of renowned news sites such as New York Times, BBC and Reuters, with free Pinyin annotation to assist you read new words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chinese Characters 汉字 at 4.7 against Memorii's 1.0. Chinese Characters 汉字 also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (295 vs 1). Memorii's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). 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. Memorii sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Chinese Characters 汉字 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chinese Characters 汉字 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chinese Characters 汉字 has 295 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Memorii ships an update every 3 months, Chinese Characters 汉字 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Memorii | Chinese Characters 汉字 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (295 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 295 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Tourraine | YOYASOFT LLC |
Customer experience
Memorii
Chinese Characters 汉字
In-app purchases
Memorii
- Japanese Kanji Pack 1$0.99
- Chinese Hanzi Pack 2$0.99
- Japanese Kanji Pack 2$0.99
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- Chinese Hanzi Pack 1$0.99
- Chinese Hanzi Pack 3$0.99
- Korean Hangul Pack 1$0.99
Chinese Characters 汉字
- MDBG DictionaryFree
- English-Chinese DictionaryFree
- Advanced Chinese Characters$12.99
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