Comparison

StudyChat Cantonese vs Canton Tree

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

Head to head
About

StudyChat Cantonese

Practice conversational Cantonese with randomized dialogues and listening exercises. Designed for intermediate learners, it helps you master everyday phrases and improve recall for social situations. Track your progress and enjoy a fun, engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Socializing phrase practice
  • Listening skill development
  • Everyday situation familiarization
  • Progress tracking per phrase
  • Randomized semi-artificial conversations
  • Focus on listening and translation recall
  • Intermediate practice tool
Features
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- Learn socialising phrases, to help you meet others. - Practice listening skills for the Asia traveller. - Familiarise yourself with common everyday situations, so you're aware of useful phrases. - Your progress for each phrase is tracked in the background, so you don't repeat phrases too frequently. - Phrases are randomised in semi-artificial conversations, so there is some "variety" to keep your mind awake. - Focus on listening, and translation recall. The two most important skills for everyday socialising. =[ HOW IT WORKS ]= - Listen to a conversation: a list of phrases. - After each repeat, any phrase has been seen enough will be replaced by a new phrase to learn. - Best used as an intermediate practice tool. - Combine with SCRIBE ORIGINS series to learn basic vocab and hanzi. StudyChat Cantonese is designed for you as the intermediate-level traveller who wants to become familiar with phrases from different situations. If you already know the basics of the language and you want another tool to practice with, then this is for you. StudyChat Cantonese has been intentionally designed as a fun supplementation to existing study methods. There are many excellent resources for learning grammar and vocabulary. But there are few tools, aside from watching TV with subtitles, that simulate conversations for practicing what you have already learnt. StudyChat Cantonese also includes a bucketload of background and character styles, to keep your mind as interested as "study" possibly can be. StudyChat feedback: "I gotta say I love your app" "So far I think it's fantastic. The most creative language app I've ever seen. No other has managed to combine an interesting light novel manga style with learning a language." "This is a great learning tool" "Hello! Your app is simply amazing!" "Best learning language app ever! Was worth everytime cent!" "I want to say I absolutely love this app. Ever since I've downloaded it, I have been using it at least half an hour everyday. I have recommended it to my friends in class! Your app is so awesome that I decided to use the in app function to purchase the upgrade to unlock over 1000 new sentences." "I love this it's awsome" "I love this app!!! I always wanted to learn how to speak!!!" "I love this app! I love learning new languages and love to widen my knowledge on other countries. This app is very handy and the graphics are good, the phrases are easy to understand too." "Your app is a really fun learning tool." "Thank you for creating the app...." "I love this app so much" "I love these apps. They awesome and I use the constantly. The artwork is great to and I love that I can slow down the speech and learn the words properly. This is a HUGE help as this is the ONLY app I have found that offers this feature." "This is amazing, please continue to do what you do, much love and support :-)" "The app is awesome thx for putting it out there" "I love this it's so cool" "This app is fabulous." "Thank you for this wonderful app!" "I love this app it's awesome :)" "Great app, I like it. Thank you!" "This is the best studying app 0.0" "I think that this is a great app idea!! Thank you very much" "I really love this app..... It's cool :)"

About

Canton Tree

Learn Cantonese with 60 lessons, over 1,800 words, and 2,500 phrases voiced by native speakers. Explore a story mode simulating a trip to Hong Kong and utilize search and bookmarking features for efficient study. Customize your learning experience with six color themes.

Highlights
  • 60 Cantonese lessons
  • 1,800+ Cantonese words
  • 2,500+ Cantonese phrases
  • Native speaker audio
  • Story mode simulating Hong Kong trip
  • Search and bookmark functions
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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This is an app for learning Cantonese used in Hong Kong. It includes 60 lessons, a vocabulary section, a phrase section, and a story mode that simulates a trip to Hong Kong. With this app, you can learn more about Cantonese and Hong Kong in a variety of ways. The app includes more than 1,800 Cantonese words and 2,500 phrases. Search and bookmark functions are also available so you can search for words you want to know or bookmark words/phrases you want to remember. All Cantonese words and phrases are voiced by native speakers who live in Hong Kong, so you can learn pronunciation by listening to the audio. There are six different color options which can be changed at any time, so you can use the app with a color set that you prefer. We hope this app helps you learn Cantonese and the culture of Hong Kong! "If you find any bugs or issues, please let us know with the email address listed on the page or: X (Twitter): @HkjRyi"

Screenshots

StudyChat Cantonese3 screens
Canton Tree4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Canton Tree at 100% against StudyChat Cantonese's 50%. Canton Tree also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). StudyChat Cantonese's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. StudyChat Cantonese sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Canton Tree sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Canton Tree holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of StudyChat Cantonese's written reviews are positive against 100% of Canton Tree's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StudyChat Cantonese ships an update every 4 months, Canton Tree monthly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StudyChat Cantonese versus Canton Tree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudyChat CantoneseCanton Tree
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB183 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGuiix Pty LtdTetsuya Kobayashi

Customer experience

StudyChat Cantonese

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative43.8%

Canton Tree

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

StudyChat Cantonese

One-time6
  • Unlock: Boy Meets Girls, Boy Meets Girl Long, Difficult Pickup.$0.99
  • Unlock: Supportive, Phone Conversation, Dinner Date$0.99
  • Unlock: Guy's Conversation +$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Unlock Conversation: At home$0.99
  • Unlock Tense and People Describing conversations$0.99
  • Unlock all conversations$7.99
1 purchases

Canton Tree

One-time1
  • Canton Tree - Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is StudyChat Cantonese free?
StudyChat Cantonese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Canton Tree free?
Canton Tree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StudyChat Cantonese or Canton Tree?
Canton Tree is rated higher. StudyChat Cantonese averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Canton Tree averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do StudyChat Cantonese or Canton Tree have ads?
Neither StudyChat Cantonese nor Canton Tree shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StudyChat Cantonese or Canton Tree?
StudyChat Cantonese ships an update every 4 months, and Canton Tree monthly. Most recently, StudyChat Cantonese was updated on September 25, 2026 and Canton Tree on September 25, 2026.

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