Comparison

Chinese Dictionary++ vs Learn Chinese Communicate

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

Head to head
About

Chinese Dictionary++

This comprehensive Chinese dictionary app offers offline access to over 20,000 traditional and simplified characters. Easily search by Pinyin or Wubi, bookmark favorites, and track your learning history. It's designed for anyone looking to learn or reference Chinese.

Highlights
  • Offline access
  • 20,000+ traditional & simplified characters
  • Search by Pinyin or Wubi
  • Bookmark and history functions
  • Search by radical or stroke index
  • Incremental search
Features
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If you want to look up Chinese character or learn Chinese, this is a must-have application in your device. This is a powerful and smart Chinese Dictionary that collected 20818 (traditional & simplified)Chinese characters. You can not find another same application that collects so many Chinese characters in App store at present. Features: 1, Easy to use and offline. Just input Pinyin or Wubi in the searching field and the searching results will be displayed, the searching mode can be set to prefix or partial. Stroke, hanzi, pinyin, wubi information will be displayed in the result list. 2, Bookmark & history function. You can put the important word to bookmark by touching the bookmark button on screen. Every word you referenced will be add to history automatically if the history function is ON. 3, You can search every Chinese character by touching radical or stroke index tab. Because the radicals are grouped by stroke information, it is easy to find the radical to you. 4, On User settings screen, you can choose the display style, font size and option of history function. 5, Every Chinese character has the basic meanings, you can touch 'detail' link to reference more information about it. Both simplified Chinese: 简体字 and traditional Chinese:繁體字 can be found in this dictionary. 6, Incremental search function: On the basic or detail meanings screen, you can reference the meanings for any Chinese character displayed on the screen by touching and selecting this Chinese character, the first selected Chinese character will be displayed on the next screen. the Incremental search can be continued until the memory of your device is exhausted. Supported language(UI): English, Japanese, Chinese Notice: 1, This application can only be used as reference. 2, Only the first Chinese character among selected can be displayed on the next screen , if you want use "Incremental search function".

About

Learn Chinese Communicate

Features
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Offline applications including Chinese verses basic communication. very convenient when traveling or when you need to communicate or when you need ask anything but you don't know language. It's like pocket handbook is necessary when in the China. Also it can help to practice hearing the sentence in basic medium Application: - Enables filtering by subject - Allows searching by individual words in conversation - Allows practice listening and sound - Download new pharse commuicate Contact us: - phsappsp@gmail.com -. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/site/vietnamiosdeveloper/home/privacy-policy - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Chinese Dictionary++4 screens
Learn Chinese Communicate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Learn Chinese Communicate at Free against Chinese Dictionary++'s $2.99. Learn Chinese Communicate also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Chinese Dictionary++'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads and device support 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

Learn Chinese Communicate is free to download; Chinese Dictionary++ costs $2.99 up front. Learn Chinese Communicate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chinese Dictionary++ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chinese Dictionary++ ships an update every 4 months, Learn Chinese Communicate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chinese Dictionary++ versus Learn Chinese Communicate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChinese Dictionary++Learn Chinese Communicate
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB48 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAOBO Co.,LtdNguyen Thang

In-app purchases

None

Chinese Dictionary++

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Learn Chinese Communicate

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 12 Months3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Chinese Dictionary++ free?
Chinese Dictionary++ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn Chinese Communicate free?
Learn Chinese Communicate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chinese Dictionary++ or Learn Chinese Communicate have ads?
Neither Chinese Dictionary++ nor Learn Chinese Communicate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chinese Dictionary++ or Learn Chinese Communicate?
Chinese Dictionary++ ships an update every 4 months, and Learn Chinese Communicate every 3 weeks. Most recently, Chinese Dictionary++ was updated on September 17, 2026 and Learn Chinese Communicate on September 15, 2026.

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