Comparison

Stroke/T9 Dictionary vs Chinese Stroke Order Character

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Search by character or stroke count
  • Display strokes as radicals or digits
  • Supports traditional and simplified Chinese
  • Bookmark search results
  • Copy results to clipboard
Features
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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

About

Chinese Stroke Order Character

Master Chinese character writing with animated stroke order guides. This app helps beginners learn to write characters correctly, offering features like Pinyin annotation, real voice pronunciation, and multi-language support. It's designed to make learning Chinese calligraphy systematic and efficient.

Highlights
  • Animated stroke order guides
  • Pinyin annotation
  • Real voice pronunciation
  • Simplified and traditional conversion
  • Handwriting correctness check
  • Multi-language dictionary
Features
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Chinese characters is difficult to write for beginner. This app help you lookup Chinese characters with strokes order and master your writing skill. Awesome feature: 1. More than 20000 Chinese strokes 2. Pinyin annotation 3. Real voice 4. Simplified and traditional conversion 5. Picture to text 6. Voice to text 7. Handwriting correctness check function 8. Multi-language dictionary Arabic French German Greek Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Malay Persian Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Thai Vietnamese Chinese learner all encounter the same problem: How to write Chinese characters? You probably think learning how to write in Chinese is impossible.And I get it. I’m a native English speaker, and I know how complex Chinese characters seem. But you’re about to learn that it’s not impossible. All you need to know is a black magic – Chinese Stroke Order. What is Chinese Stroke Order? Strokes are the classified set of line patterns that are arranged and combined to form Chinese characters.Once you’ve mastered the strokes and learned the logic behind the radicals, learning Chinese writing will become a lot easier. Why Chinese Stroke Order is so hard to learn? Learning Chinese Strokes Order can be a bit scary and seems impossible at the first glance. They just seem like scary blocks of words if you don’t know the idea of how they were formed. Before you start learning Chinese writing, you need to know the Chinese writing system first. Chinese learners are all struggle with writing Chinese characters. It is very different from writing English, all you need to do is write every letter on the same line and space them well, you than have nice clean readable words. But Chinese characters are a lot more difficult and more complicated. Each character can be separated in to different little sections, and putting them together in a structure is not an easy task. Stroke order can help you structure the Chinese character in a more systematic way, it also help you to learn Chinese better. What’s the best way to overcome this difficult and how to master it? Don's waste money to buy many books and apps to learn how to write Chinese characters, none of them actually help me improve your skill, until you find this amazing app – Chinese Strokes Order! You can write Chinese characters so much easier and faster! Why this app extreme help? Chinese Strokes Order is the easy way to learn Chinese writing and calligraphy. Learn not only to write and recognize Chinese characters, but also to understand their meaning. How you can make use of it? All you have to do is simply type in a Chinese character and let the app show you its animated stroke order instantly. You can easily change the stroke speed in the app’s settings if you find it hard to keep up, as well. It helps a lot for calligraphy and visualize stroke order. Understand Chinese calligraphy Extremely simple, efficient, and easy to use, it is sure to help you understand Chinese calligraphy and its meaning. In addition, Chinese Strokes Order supports both simplified and traditional Chinese! The simple way to learn Chinese words and characters! ==================================== Auto Renewable Subscription Terms: - Monthly subscription for US $5.99 - Yearly subscription for US $11.99 * Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. * Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. * Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and will identify the cost of the renewal. * Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. * Privacy Policy: https://www.zhongwenbishun.com/privacy/chinesestrokesorder/privacy.html * Terms of Service: https://www.zhongwenbishun.com/privacy/chinesestrokesorder/terms.html

Screenshots

Stroke/T9 Dictionary3 screens
Chinese Stroke Order Character4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chinese Stroke Order Character at 4.5 against Stroke/T9 Dictionary's 1.0. Chinese Stroke Order Character also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (687 vs 1). Stroke/T9 Dictionary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chinese Stroke Order Character sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Stroke/T9 Dictionary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chinese Stroke Order Character holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chinese Stroke Order Character has 687 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 59% of Chinese Stroke Order Character's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stroke/T9 Dictionary ships an update every 3 months, Chinese Stroke Order Character every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stroke/T9 Dictionary versus Chinese Stroke Order Character: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStroke/T9 DictionaryChinese Stroke Order Character
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (687 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews59.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1687 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB431 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChun Kai Lau健生 任

Customer experience

Stroke/T9 Dictionary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative39.4%

Chinese Stroke Order Character

All ratings684 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews199 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative34.2%

Bugs and requests

Stroke/T9 Dictionary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Chinese Stroke Order Character

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App opens upside down
  • Stroke order checking not working correctly
  • Freezing on login screen
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Pro version not working with ad blockers

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for additional romanization systems (e.g., Yale, Jyutping)
  • Ability to mix practice modes (normal, tracing, blank grid)
  • Option to change character color in practice mode
  • Automatic new line creation when entering text
  • Native system dark mode support

In-app purchases

None

Stroke/T9 Dictionary

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Chinese Stroke Order Character

Subscriptions4
  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 week$2.997 Days
  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 month$4.991 Month
  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 week3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 year$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • A cup of coffee$2.99
  • HSK 1-6 Book$4.99
  • Base All Book$4.99
Show 5 more
  • Ren Jiao Ban All Book$4.99
  • Common Book$4.99
  • Pro Version(Lifetime)$12.99
  • All Books$19.99
  • Pro(Life Time) & All Books$29.99

Questions

Is Stroke/T9 Dictionary free?
Stroke/T9 Dictionary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chinese Stroke Order Character free?
Chinese Stroke Order Character is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stroke/T9 Dictionary or Chinese Stroke Order Character?
Chinese Stroke Order Character is rated higher. Stroke/T9 Dictionary averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Chinese Stroke Order Character averages 4.5 from 687 ratings.
Do Stroke/T9 Dictionary or Chinese Stroke Order Character have ads?
Both Stroke/T9 Dictionary and Chinese Stroke Order Character show ads.
Which is updated more often, Stroke/T9 Dictionary or Chinese Stroke Order Character?
Stroke/T9 Dictionary ships an update every 3 months, and Chinese Stroke Order Character every 4 days. Most recently, Stroke/T9 Dictionary was updated on October 19, 2026 and Chinese Stroke Order Character on October 26, 2026.

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