Cantonese Dictionary vs Lychee Spoken Cantonese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cantonese Dictionary
This app assists learners in understanding Cantonese pronunciation. It allows users to search for characters by pronunciation or vice versa, supports both traditional and simplified Chinese, and offers audio playback for pronunciations. Bookmarking and copying results are also available features.
- Search pronunciation by character
- Search character by pronunciation
- Supports traditional and simplified Chinese
- Listen to pronunciation audio
- Bookmark search results
- Copy results to clipboard
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Lychee Spoken Cantonese
This app translates languages into Cantonese, providing authentic expressions and pronunciation. It offers Jyutping queries, audio playback for entire sentences, and lessons on Cantonese initials, finals, and tones.
- Language to Cantonese translation
- Jyutping pronunciation queries
- Cantonese sentence audio playback
- Learn Cantonese initials, finals, and tones
- Authentic Cantonese expression learning
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- Translate any language into Cantonese, including Mandarin, helping you master authentic Cantonese expressions - Query the Cantonese pronunciation by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (Jyutping) in Simplified or Traditional Chinese - Listen the entire sentence in Cantonese - Learn Cantonese initials, finals and tones
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lychee Spoken Cantonese at 5.0 against Cantonese Dictionary's 4.3. Lychee Spoken Cantonese also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Cantonese Dictionary's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lychee Spoken Cantonese holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cantonese Dictionary has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cantonese Dictionary ships an update every 2 months, Lychee Spoken Cantonese every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cantonese Dictionary | Lychee Spoken Cantonese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chun Kai Lau | Seedvector LLC |
Customer experience
Cantonese Dictionary
Lychee Spoken Cantonese
In-app purchases
Cantonese Dictionary
No in-app purchases
Lychee Spoken Cantonese
No in-app purchases
