Pocketbook Appendix Lite vs 手書き漢字
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocketbook Appendix Lite
This app provides a comprehensive collection of Japanese reference data, including postal charges, holidays, age tables, and conversion charts. It is regularly updated with new information and bug fixes to ensure accuracy and usability.
- Age table
- Conversion table
- Postal charges
- Emergency numbers
- Japanese holidays
- Calendar
- Solar system information
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Pocketbook Appendix Lite is english version of Techo-no-furoku(手帳の付録) Lite. This application is like the Japanese pocketbook appendix. It has a lot of information on Japan and more than Pocketbook Appendix. [ver1.3.8 Update] - Update "Postal Charges" data after 2025/11/1 - Update "Noshigami" - Update "Long-lived celebration" - Update "Emergency number" [ver1.3.7 Update] "Postal Charges" data after 2024/10/1 [ver1.3.6 Update] "Postal Charges" data after 2023/10/1 [ver1.3.5 Update] "Postal Charges" data after 2023/05/8 [ver1.3.3 Update] - Update "Postal Charges" data after 2019/10/1 [ver1.3.2 Update] - Update "Age table" for new Japanese Calender - Update "Japanese holiday" for 2019,2020 [ver1.3.1 Update] - Fix unit of acceleration in conversion table on Japanese version. [ver1.3.0 Update] - Add Mountain Day to Japanese Holiday. - Fix that not all of A.D. of the age table is displayed. - Fix calculation flow rate, kinematic viscosity ,absolute measurement in conversion table. - Update postal charges. - Fix that crash when selecting some items. - Fix that layout collapses when displayed on landscape screen. - Fix the app name to Pocketbook Appendix Lite. [ver1.2.0 Update] - Acceleration, flow rate, additional viscosity, kinematic viscosity to absolute measurement conversion table - If you have to bold in body configuration, Fixed a phenomenon that sum calendar display of age Chart is interrupted [Ver1.1.0 Update] - bug fixes to be killed iOS8 [Ver1.0.9 Update] Fixed a memory leak [Ver1.0.8 Update] - URL Scheme 'appendixf' - Background Color Bug Fix URLスキーム対応 "appendixf" [Ver1.0.7 Update] - iOS7 PickerView Bug Fix [Ver1.0.5 Update] - Tax Rate Change [Ver1.0.4 Update] - Bug fix in Emergency number [Ver1.0.3 Update] - Menu icon add - Bug fix [Ver1.0.2 Update] - Add to a dwarf planet in the solar system star - Bug Fix [Contents] - Age table - Conversion table - Postal charges - Emergency number - Japanese holiday - Rokuyō - Prefectures of Japan - Country number - Time difference - Writing of letter - Noshigami - Calendar (Koyomi) - Solar system - The twelve signs of the zodiac - Language of flowers - Long-lived celebration - Wedding Anniversary "Pocketbook Appendix" (paid version) contents - The symbol of an element - Size table - Web color code - Yakudoshi - Stamp duty - The 24 Solar Terms - Paper size The paid version will not see advertising.
手書き漢字
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漢字を手書きするだけで、その漢字の読み方はもちろん、候補となる熟語の意味と読み方まで一発表示！ 詳しく調べたい場合のウェブ検索にも対応。 手書き漢字辞書としてはもちろん、国語辞典・英和辞典にも使える便利な無料辞書アプリです。 本アプリ「手書き漢字辞書 - 手書きで調べる漢字・国語・英語辞書」は無料です。 ぜひご活用ください！
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 手書き漢字 at 75% against Pocketbook Appendix Lite's 45%. Pocketbook Appendix Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 24 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocketbook Appendix Lite ships an update every 6 months, 手書き漢字 every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocketbook Appendix Lite | 手書き漢字 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (514 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 514 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TECHNO SQUARE inc. | Trips LLC |
Customer experience
Pocketbook Appendix Lite
手書き漢字
In-app purchases
Pocketbook Appendix Lite
No in-app purchases
手書き漢字
No in-app purchases
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