Trace Thai vs Read Thai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trace Thai
Learn to read and write the Thai alphabet with interactive tracing exercises. Includes all consonants, vowels, tone marks, and numbers with audio pronunciation. Test your knowledge with a built-in quiz feature.
- Trace Thai consonants, vowels, and numbers
- Audio pronunciation for letters and numbers
- Progress saving for continued learning
- Test yourself recall and writing quiz
- Covers all 44 consonants and 32 basic vowels
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This app is designed to help you to learn to read and write the Thai alphabet. Exercises include all 44 Thai consonants and 32 basic vowels, tone marks and numbers. An outline of each character is shown and you can trace over the outline to learn to write the character. Your writing is saved on your iPhone or so that you can close the program and return to it later where you left off. Audio samples of each of the letters and numbers are included to help with learning the correct pronunciation. The app includes a "Test Yourself" feature to test how well you can write and recall the characters.
Read Thai
Master the Thai alphabet with this modern learning tool. It offers a comprehensive collection of articles, flashcards, and a quick reference guide to help you read Thai easily. Includes vocabulary building and in-app support.
- Thai alphabet learning
- Articles from basic to advanced
- Hundreds of flashcards
- Quick reference page
- Vocabulary builder
- In-app chat support
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"Read Thai" is a modern app to help you learn how to read the Thai alphabet! Features: - A large collection of articles, from basic to advanced - Hundreds of flashcards - A quick reference page with all characters/rules in one easy to scan view - Full app search - In-app chat for support and help - Vocabulary
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Verdict
Trace Thai and Read Thai both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 97% of Read Thai's written reviews are positive against 14% of Trace Thai's. Read Thai also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (123 vs 3). Trace Thai's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Trace Thai sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Read Thai asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Trace Thai against 4.9 for Read Thai. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read Thai has 123 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 14% of Trace Thai's written reviews are positive against 97% of Read Thai's.
Trace Thai ships an update every 5 days, Read Thai every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trace Thai | Read Thai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (123 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 97.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Robinson | Jonathan Winger-lang |
Customer experience
Trace Thai
Read Thai
In-app purchases
Trace Thai
- Full Unlock$1.99
Read Thai
No in-app purchases
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