Comparison

VerticalChinese vs My Flashcards

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

Head to head
About

VerticalChinese

Explore classical Chinese literature with a beautiful, vertical layout and an integrated dictionary. Understand characters, toggle between traditional and simplified scripts, and utilize spaced-repetition flashcards to aid memorization. Features read-aloud audio and customizable themes for a serene learning experience.

Highlights
  • Vertical, character-by-character layout
  • Integrated dictionary with stroke order
  • Toggle Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Pinyin, English
  • Read-aloud audio mode with pronunciation
  • Spaced-repetition flashcards
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Vertical Chinese is a calm, beautiful place to read classical Chinese (文言) — and a built-in dictionary that helps you understand every character. Read the Daodejing, the Analects, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Tang poetry, Records of the Grand Historian, and more — 250+ foundational texts, laid out vertically and character by character, the way they were written. READ • Vertical, character-by-character layout with a steady pinyin gutter • Toggle Traditional 繁 / Simplified 简, pinyin 拼, and English 英 • 聽書 read-aloud (audiobook) mode, plus per-word pronunciation • Warm rice-paper design, with light & dark themes UNDERSTAND — a dictionary built in • Tap any character for pinyin, meaning, and animated stroke order • Full CC-CEDICT word lookup — search by character, pinyin, or English • Radical index to find characters you can't type • Example sentences with pinyin and English REMEMBER • Save any character or word with a tap • Spaced-repetition flashcards (練習) to review what you save • Track your progress from carp to dragon — 鯉躍龍門

About

My Flashcards

This app helps you memorize and retain information through custom study decks and various review modes. Utilize AI mnemonics, track your progress, and discover shared learning materials. It's designed to build a personalized study system for effective learning.

Highlights
  • Custom study deck creation
  • AI mnemonics for recall
  • Multiple study and review modes
  • Progress tracking
  • Study games and focus tools
  • Discover and share learning materials
Features
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My Flashcards: Study Faster is a flexible study app for memorizing, reviewing, organizing, and sharing what you learn. Create your own decks, add cards, organize topics, and review with study modes designed for real learning habits. Whether you are learning a language, preparing for an exam, memorizing vocabulary, reviewing notes, or building a daily study routine, the app helps you stay focused and consistent. Key features: • Create and organize custom study decks • Study with flashcards, paper-flip review, quiz mode, and time attack • Use AI mnemonics to remember difficult words and concepts faster • Add notes while studying • Listen with voice playback • Track deck progress, review status, and learning activity • Use Study Aid with tasks, timers, focus tools, and ambient sounds • Play study games such as Block Blast and quiz challenges • Publish public decks and discover learning materials in Market • Share posts, short-form study cards, and ideas in Hub • Manage your profile, saved posts, friends, and published content The core local study features work without signing in. Sign-in is only needed for account-based features such as cloud backup, public publishing, Market downloads, profiles, and community features. My Flashcards is built for vocabulary study, language learning, exam prep, memorization-heavy subjects, self-study, and everyday review. If you want one place for study cards, notes, focus, review, and learning content, My Flashcards helps you build a study system that fits the way you actually learn.

Screenshots

VerticalChinese4 screens
My Flashcards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VerticalChinese at 5.0 against My Flashcards's 1.0. VerticalChinese also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.2). My Flashcards's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 18 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VerticalChinese holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VerticalChinese ships an update every 18 months, My Flashcards every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VerticalChinese versus My Flashcards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerticalChineseMy Flashcards
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB263 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital X Prairie LLCINKWANG KIM

In-app purchases

None

VerticalChinese

No in-app purchases

None

My Flashcards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VerticalChinese free?
VerticalChinese is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Flashcards free?
My Flashcards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VerticalChinese or My Flashcards?
VerticalChinese is rated higher. VerticalChinese averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while My Flashcards averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VerticalChinese or My Flashcards have ads?
Neither VerticalChinese nor My Flashcards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VerticalChinese or My Flashcards?
VerticalChinese ships an update every 18 months, and My Flashcards every 2 days. Most recently, VerticalChinese was updated on October 28, 2026 and My Flashcards on October 9, 2026.

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