Perkeo vs Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Perkeo
This app helps players of a popular card game by allowing them to save and discover powerful game seeds. Analyze your gameplay and enhance your strategy with this companion tool.
- Save game seeds
- Discover powerful seeds
- Analyze gameplay
- Enhance strategy
- Companion tool
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Save your seeds, find powerful seeds analyze your play and enjoy Balatro!
Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget
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Master Mandarin Chinese passively throughout your day! The Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget integrates vocabulary learning directly into your daily routine by placing interactive flashcards right on your iOS Home Screen. Whether you are preparing for the HSK 1–6 exams or just trying to expand your Hanzi and Pinyin vocabulary, this app keeps you consistently exposed to the language without needing to open a separate study app. Whether you speak English, French, or even using your foundational Mandarin (HSK3), Mandarin Assistant is your personal notebook towards fluency. KEY USE CASES • Heard a word? Search by Pinyin and "Heart" it with your personal notes • Saw a new word in a text? Use character recognition (OCR) and save it with notes • Preparing for a conversation? Create a list and add all the words you’ll need • Want to study throughout the day? Add a widget showing your Hearted words to your home screen—reinforce learning every time you unlock your phone • Studying for a test? Sync your lists with Anki and review flashcards there • Unsure which words to focus on? Start with the ones you’ve annotated and Hearted • At an intermediate level? Switch definitions from English/French to HSK3-level Chinese KEY FEATURES: • Smart iOS Widgets: Beautifully designed widgets for your Home Screen. See a new word, its Pinyin, and its English/French/HSK3 translation every time you glance at your phone. • OCR Camera Recognition: Instantly translate and analyze Chinese characters from real-world text, menus, or books using your camera. • Comprehensive Dictionary & HSK Levels: Fully supports HSK 1 through HSK 7+ vocab lists with clear definitions, collocations and examples. • Tailored Learning: Track your progress, save tricky words to your personal study list, and customize your widget update frequency to match your learning pace. • Privacy focused: works fully offline, no account. Only anonymous usage data reaches dev, and you optionally can backup your notes to Google Drive. Mandarin Assistant helps you take control of your learning—making Mandarin study smarter, more personal, and always within reach. Currently supports Simplified Chinese (HSK level 3), English and French. Make Chinese study a seamless part of your lifestyle. Download Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Perkeo at Free against Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget's $1.99. Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). 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
Perkeo is free to download; Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Perkeo ships an update every 2 months, Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Perkeo | Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Covarrubias | Vertex8 |
In-app purchases
Perkeo
No in-app purchases
Mandarin Assistant HSK Widget
No in-app purchases
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