WordTower vs iHanFei
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WordTower
This app transforms EPUB books and audio into structured listening and reading courses. It intelligently analyzes text, identifies vocabulary, and offers a phased learning approach with pre-study, reading, and review modes. Users can customize their learning pace by breaking down content into manageable sections.
- Import EPUB books and audio
- Smart text analysis and highlighting
- Phased learning: pre-study, reading, review
- Content breakdown by book, chapter, page
- Vocabulary, listening, and reading practice
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核心功能点 自主素材导入: 支持 EPUB 书籍与配套音频导入,秒变结构化“听读合一”专属课程。 智能文本分析: 自动识别全文词性、短语及固定搭配,辅以智能高亮,让阅读障碍消于无形。 分阶学习流: 预习模式(扫清词汇)→ 阅读模式(内化应用)→ 定期复习(科学巩固)。 智能拆解系统: 将原著按“书-章-页”层层拆解,通过“词-听-读”步步为营,让学习节奏随心掌控。 我们的邮箱:hello@wordtower.cn 微信公众号:词塔英语WordTower 隐私政策:https://www.wordtower.cn/privacy-policy.html 服务条款:https://www.wordtower.cn/terms-of-service.html
iHanFei
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Two thousand years on, Han Feizi still cuts clean. iHanFei is an offline Legalist workshop built around a single classical work, not a static text dump: close reading, recitation, practice, collections, and a daily habit. No account, no ads, no tracking. 55 chapters, 5,376 sentences aligned across original, vernacular, and study English, plus 225 famous lines, 85 fables, and 47 concepts of fa, shu, and shi. Browse by 20 parts, 7 genres, themes, figures, and representative chapters, each with a short guide. 1. The complete work, fully offline • All 55 chapters in traditional order, 5,376 sentences aligned three ways • 225 famous lines, 85 fables, and 47 concepts of law, technique, and positional power • Guides for part, genre, theme, figure, famous line, fable, concept, and representative chapter • Everything ships inside the app, even with a weak signal 2. Three-layer close reading • Original, vernacular, and English on one page, each gloss on its own switch • Side by side, Chinese only, or English only, apart from the interface language • Simplified and Traditional glyphs, optional pinyin, vertical text, and sectioned long chapters • Immersive reading, a two-column iPad layout, and shareable study cards • Vernacular and English are study translations for this app, for learning only 3. The recitation workbench • Line-by-line highlighting, with speed, pitch, volume, and voice under your control • A Playback Content matrix sets title, author, and body in original, vernacular, or English • Continuous play, background audio, Now Playing, and an optional Live Activity • Start from last read, the daily passage, or a list 4. Legalist Study and Hunt the Law • Fade recall, fill in the blank, sense check, and a multiple-choice quiz • Drill one section or a batch from favorites and lists; fade and quiz update mastery • Fable match pairs a story with its sense • Hunt the Law: given one character, find every line that holds it 5. The fable hall and the concept graph • Story first, then back to the source sentence, with marks for the idioms most often taught • The fa, shu, and shi graph ties terms into a net • Fables and concepts can be saved and placed on the Home Screen 6. A passage each day • One selected chapter from a rotating pool, with optional solar-term and festival context • A local reminder, a check-in streak, and shortcuts to fables, recitation, or Study • Open a random chapter, or return to the last place you stopped 7. Favorites, lists, notes, and search • Separate favorites for chapters, fables, and famous lines, plus your own lists • Notes, history, continue reading, and a mastered list • Fast full-text search, plus handwriting search when you cannot type pinyin • List, grid, and card layouts; optional iCloud sync across your own devices 8. Widgets, Siri, and system features • Six Home Screen widgets for the daily passage, lines, fables, concepts, favorites, and mastery • Lock Screen accessories, StandBy, nine Control Center buttons, and ten Siri shortcuts • Home Screen quick actions and deep links; Spotlight stays off until you turn it on • For iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision 9. On-device explanation • On supported iPhone models and system versions, an on-device model can explain a paragraph or draft a quiz • Text stays on the device; the feature is off by default 10. Make it yours • Light, dark, or follow the system, with accent colors and alternate app icons • Interface in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English • Tabs you can hide, a seven-page tour, three guides, and study cards in many styles 11. Who it is for • Readers who want the whole work, not a quote list • Students, teachers, and readers of political thought, including English readers • Anyone building a daily habit, with no account, no ads, and no analytics • The original is public domain. Vernacular and study English were made for this app, for learning only
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WordTower at Free against iHanFei's $0.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
WordTower is free to download; iHanFei costs $0.99 up front. WordTower sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and iHanFei sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | WordTower | iHanFei |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hainan Zhuoxin Business Consulting Co., Ltd. | 天从 何 |
In-app purchases
WordTower
- Pro 月付1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Ultra 月付1 Month trial$6.991 Month
- Pro 年付$34.991 Year
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- Ultra 年付$69.991 Year
- 首批永久会员$99.99
iHanFei
- Reward developers$0.99









