Dinka English Arabic vs Analects Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dinka English Arabic
Explore the Dinka Southwestern New Testament with parallel text views in English, Arabic, or Swahili. Listen to audio, bookmark verses, create custom wallpapers, and enjoy a user-friendly interface with night mode.
- Parallel text display (Dinka, English, Arabic, Swahili)
- Audio New Testament playback
- Verse highlighting with audio
- Bookmark and highlight verses
- Search functionality
- Bible verse wallpaper creator
- Night mode
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Dinka, English with Arabic and Swahili in one App This app presents to you the Dinka Southwestern New Testament. On the same screen, you can set up a parallel view of the same text. You can choose to see the same text either in English, Arabic (two different versions) or Swahili (two different versions) depending on your choice or preference. If you press the little “book” icon on the top right you can change the windows on the screen: Now choose either - “single pane” if you want to see the Dinka only - "two panes" to display the Dinka at the top and the English, or the Arabic, or the Swahili version at the bottom - "verse by verse" to display a verse in Dinka followed by the same verse in one ot the languages of your choice. Download the audio New Testament, each chapter is downloaded once and remains saved on your mobile for later use. However, the written texts do not necessarily correspond exactly with the audio reading since they may have used a different text. Read the text and listen to the audio as each verse is highlighted while playing the audio. Bookmark and highlight your favorite verses, add notes and search for words in your Bible. Bible Verse Wallpaper Creator - You can create beautiful wallpapers with your favorite Bible verses on attractive photo backgrounds and other customization options, then share them with your friends and on social networks. Swipe to browse chapters. Night mode for reading in the dark (good for your eyes) Click and share Bible verses with your friends via WhatsApp, Facebook, Email, SMS etc. No additional font installation required, (renders complex scripts well.) User interface with navigation drawer menu. Adjustable font size and easy-to-use interface
Analects Reader
Explore Confucius's Analects with interactive features. Read in original Chinese and English, with tappable characters for detailed meanings, readings, and usage. Offers multiple reading modes and integrated podcast commentary.
- Original Chinese and English text
- Tappable characters with detailed meanings
- Multiple reading modes (Study, Translation, Chinese, Classical)
- Integrated podcast commentary with episode guides
- Notes saved as Markdown in iCloud Drive
- Offline access to Chinese text
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The complete Analects of Confucius: all twenty books and 512 passages, in the original Chinese and in English, built for actually reading it. Every character is tappable. The card that opens shows what the character means here, in this passage — not a dictionary's one-size answer — along with its reading, the terms it belongs to, and how it is used across the whole book. Pinyin sits over the characters when you want it and disappears when you don't. READ IT YOUR WAY • Study — the full apparatus: text, translation, pinyin, tappable words, per-passage tone coloring. • Translation — the English as a book. The original waits one tap away under each passage. • Chinese — the received text alone, unglossed, with the English one tap away. • Classical — the text as old editions set it, in columns right to left. Four pages to choose from: one typeset, and three photographed from real copies held in Tokyo, Taipei, and Kyoto — a Qing manuscript, a Ming block print, and a 1550 scholar's copy — with every character mapped, so the glosses work even on a photograph. Scroll the book as one column, or turn it one passage per page, like a printed book. THE COMMENTARY GROWS WITH THE PODCAST The app carries the episode guides from the Exploring the Analects podcast — passage by passage: the philosophical discussion, the historical context, the language notes, with the audio a tap away. New episodes arrive as they are published. YOURS, IN THE FULLEST SENSE Notes you take live in your own iCloud Drive as Markdown — readable anywhere, and they outlive the app. The Chinese text is built in and always works offline. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking: nothing about your reading is collected. Everything is free — the text, both translations, the glosses, the classical pages, the commentary. A tip jar exists for those who want to keep the project going; nothing is unlocked, because nothing is locked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dinka English Arabic at none against Analects Reader's 3. Dinka English Arabic also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Analects Reader sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dinka English Arabic asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dinka English Arabic against 5.0 for Analects Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Dinka English Arabic | Analects Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 276 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Urs Niggli | Elliott Bernstein |
Customer experience
Dinka English Arabic
Analects Reader
In-app purchases
Dinka English Arabic
No in-app purchases
Analects Reader
- Through the Gate$3.00
- Up to the Hall$10.00
- Into the Chamber$30.00
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