Stroke/T9 Dictionary vs Chinese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stroke/T9 Dictionary
This reference tool assists with learning Chinese characters by allowing searches based on strokes or characters. It displays strokes as radicals or digits and supports both traditional and simplified forms. Users can bookmark results for later use or copy them to their clipboard.
- Search by character or stroke count
- Display strokes as radicals or digits
- Supports traditional and simplified Chinese
- Bookmark search results
- Copy results to clipboard
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You are learning Chinese, you are learning to write. No, you can't guess how to write Chinese characters, native speakers often fail to do so. Why not use Stroke/T9 Dictionary? ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ How can the app help you? ◦ You search the strokes by character, and vice versa. - The strokes are displayed as radicals or digits. - The app supports both traditional and simplified Chinese characters. ◦ You bookmark the search results for future reference. ◦ You copy the result to clipboard. ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ ▨ ▧ Should you find any errata, please don’t hesitate to inform us! Follow us on Twitter! ◦ https://twitter.com/AppAppWorks Follow us on Facebook! ◦ https://www.facebook.com/appappworks Follow us on Youtube! ◦ https://www.youtube.com/apoworks
Chinese
This app offers a comprehensive English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary for Mandarin Chinese. It includes features like audio pronunciation, stroke animations, and example sentences to aid vocabulary expansion and exam preparation. Supports multiple languages for a broader learning experience.
- English-Chinese dictionary
- Chinese-English dictionary
- Audio pronunciation
- Stroke animations
- HSK exam preparation
- Vocabulary expansion
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Chinese IQ - is a free English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary of Mandarin Chinese language (Putonghua). Learn Chinese, expand your vocabulary, use this dictionary as a Chinese phrasebook. The dictionary supports multiple languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Finnish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Thai and other languages. Chinese dictionary flash cards may contain audio pronunciation, stroke animations, measure words (classifiers) and example sentences. The pronunciation of Chinese words and characters is shown with pinyin and bopomofo (zhuyin fuhao). This dictionary will help you: - expand your vocabulary - prepare to HSK, HSKK, TOCFL, IGCSE exams - study Chinese using learning apps and social networks The learning apps can help you master the grammar, memorize new words and characters, identify character radicals, break characters into components and write them. Learning Chinese apps are suitable for the following levels: HSK1, HSK2, HSK3, HSK4, HSK5.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chinese at 4.5 against Stroke/T9 Dictionary's 1.0. Chinese also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (549 vs 1). Stroke/T9 Dictionary's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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.
Chinese holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chinese has 549 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Stroke/T9 Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 68% of Chinese's.
Stroke/T9 Dictionary ships an update every 3 months, Chinese fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stroke/T9 Dictionary | Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (549 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews | 68.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 549 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Chun Kai Lau | Dmitry Zaika |
Customer experience
Stroke/T9 Dictionary
Chinese
In-app purchases
Stroke/T9 Dictionary
No in-app purchases
Chinese
No in-app purchases



