Comparison

Lychee.study vs Corpán

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

Head to head
About

Lychee.study

Features
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We are a team of two developers with a keen interest in learning Chinese. We created Lychee.study as a hobby project to help others learn Chinese in an efficient and enjoyable way. Your feedback and suggestions are welcome at hello@lychee.study. Lychee.study is a Chinese learning app with a focus on writing. You can study using predefined word lists (HSK 1-6) or create your own custom lists. Each word you study is saved in a recommendation system powered by a spaced repetition algorithm, ensuring optimal retention. Track your progress continuously and compare it against standardized language levels. The app works offline and offers a variety of features, including a dictionary, character composition information, and pronunciation support. We're actively developing more exciting features. Give Lychee.study a try and help us improve the app!

About

Corpán

This app offers a multilingual language-learning experience focused on real-world fluency. It provides a vast library of sentences, instant audio pronunciation, and the ability to learn multiple languages simultaneously. New content and games are added weekly through a modular pack system.

Highlights
  • Learn 27 languages
  • 30,000+ real-world sentences
  • Instant audio pronunciation
  • Multilingual learning
  • Offline-friendly sentence library
  • Modular Packs for new content and games
  • SDK for custom content creation
Features
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PURE LEARNING. Respectful, elegant, ad-free language study from a small independent team. Corpán is the continuous evolution of language learning. OUR PRINCIPLES • Private. No accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Your study stays on your device. • Offline. Your sentence library works without a network. Audio works offline too if you have offline voices installed. Travel, fly, study off-grid. • Quiet. No ads. No nagging notifications. • Curated. Every sentence is hand-picked. Phrases real people actually say, weighted A1–B2 for daily life, travel, and work. • Yours. Set your native language and study from your perspective, not "from English." MANY WAYS TO STUDY, ALL IN ONE APP • Phrase book. Tap any sentence to hear it spoken in clear native voices. Filter by topic and CEFR level. • Audiobooks. Read full books in your target language with sentence-by-sentence narration and instant translation. Free and premium titles. • Pronunciation Coach. Get pronunciation feedback from offline speech-to-text models running entirely on your device. • World Radio. Tune in to live stations from anywhere on the planet — true native streaming, lock-screen controls, background playback. • Games. Recognize Chinese characters with Hanzipan. Run, jump, and learn in 3D with Hover Runner. • And new experiences ship all the time — delivered through Packs, our modular system for adding games, books, readers, and learning modes without bloating the core app. Learn many languages at once, or focus on just one. Switch your primary language any time. Currently practiced in over 50 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese (Traditional, Hong Kong), Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. The interface, onboarding, and settings are fully localized in every supported language. BUILD WITH US Corpán is open at the edges. Our Packs SDK lets creators build their own language-learning experiences — powered by the same curated corpus, native TTS, and native streaming — and ship them inside Corpán. Join the small team building the language-learning app we always wanted. Start learning with Corpán today. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — Privacy Policy: https://encorpora.io/privacy

Screenshots

Lychee.study4 screens
Corpán4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lychee.study at none against Corpán's 4. Lychee.study also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). Corpán's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Corpán sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Lychee.study asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lychee.study ships an update monthly, Corpán every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lychee.study versus Corpán: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLychee.studyCorpán
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid PogorzelskiCorpora Inc

In-app purchases

None

Lychee.study

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Corpán

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Content Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Corpan Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tolstoy - What Men Live By$0.99
  • Fascinating Science Volcanoes$3.99

Questions

Is Lychee.study free?
Lychee.study is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Corpán free?
Corpán is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lychee.study or Corpán have ads?
Neither Lychee.study nor Corpán shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lychee.study or Corpán?
Lychee.study ships an update monthly, and Corpán every 10 days. Most recently, Lychee.study was updated on September 11, 2026 and Corpán on September 10, 2026.

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