LangChill vs Hanmo

Minimize your study time and effort! Words will just stick with LangChill. Learn 1K words in 36 hours of study time. # Remembering words is easy with LangChill Simply mark cards right or wrong. Right cards move through increasing intervals. Wrong cards show again until marked right (no change). Your efforts yield results without being wasted. LangChill works the way your brain does to store and retrieve long-term memory. Words naturally stick with minimal study time. # Learn any word Learn what any word means with LangChill. You will learn not only its various meanings, but also the root parts to help you remember it, and the right and wrong usages of the word so you can use it confidently. # Straightforward levels Words move through twelve levels of increasing time (initial level not shown). Short-Term 20 minutes / 1 hour / 6 hours Long-Term 1 / 3 / 7 / 14 / 30 / 45 / 90 / 180 days You will always know when cards will show again. # Scientifically backed Spaced repetition is a highly-effective, proven method of long-term learning. It is backed up by multiple studies, with two key results being: (1) Spacing out recall significantly increases long-term recall (2) Testing Effect: Repeatedly retrieving knowledge substantially increases retention. # Most results, least time Remembering many words takes less time than you might think. At ten seconds per review, with twelve stages for a word, it takes two minutes of review to learn each word (10 sec. * 12 reviews = 120 sec.). Then, reviewing 1000 words takes 2000 minutes. Adding a small buffer for mistakes, that is 36 hours of study time. # Ask, read short stories Ask anything you need to know. The difference between similar words, how to pronounce words, or to check grammar or spelling. Read short stories in any language. You can choose the topic if you want. Learn relevant, interesting words on things that interest you! # Expand your ability Your language ability doesn't have to stay the same. You can expand your ability without soul-crushing study sessions. You will soon be surprised at how much you can understand. Start expanding your language ability now!

Hanmo (汉墨) puts Chinese vocabulary where you already look: your lock screen. Add the widget and a rotating word from today's plan — character, pinyin, meaning — appears every hour. Tap it and you land on that exact word, ready to review. ONE SIMPLE LOOP • A daily plan of new words and due reviews (you choose the pace: 5–20 a day) • Flip-card review: see the character, recall it, then reveal • Don't know a word? It comes back in the same session until you do • Know a word three times over the days? It earns its red seal — mastered MADE FOR CONSISTENCY • Words rotate hourly in a window you choose (e.g. 08:00–22:00) • A gentle daily reminder at the time you pick — optional • Streaks that survive a busy day HONEST BY DESIGN • 100% offline — works in airplane mode from first launch • No account, no analytics, no tracking, no paywall • Simplified and Traditional scripts, with pinyin (and zhuyin for Traditional) • On-device audio for every word and example sentence Dictionary data from CC-CEDICT, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.