Comparison

Hanzi Hatch vs Pinyin Learner

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

Head to head
About

Hanzi Hatch

Features
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Hanzi Hatch: Learn Chinese with Your Virtual Pet Hatch. Learn. Grow. Hanzi Hatch turns learning Chinese characters into a living adventure. Study Hanzi, master Pinyin, and expand your vocabulary β€” all while caring for an adorable virtual pet that thrives as you learn. A Fun, Gamified Way to Learn Chinese Forget dull flashcards. Hanzi Hatch makes studying Chinese characters exciting and interactive with a powerful mix of quizzes, sound, and feedback. Learn Hanzi: Train character recognition with visual memory games. Master Pinyin: Hear and match pronunciation for better fluency. Build Vocabulary: Connect characters with real words and meanings. Each correct answer boosts your pet’s happiness β€” and your Chinese skills. Care for Your Pet as You Learn Your learning progress directly affects your pet’s wellbeing. Feed it knowledge, keep it happy, and watch it grow! Three core stats: Hunger, Energy, and Happiness Reactive animations: Your pet shows emotion based on how you’re doing Life cycle system: Pets can die if neglected. New pet's can always be created. Track Your Progress & Stay Motivated Every quiz session brings you closer to mastery. Detailed results and analytics for every session Progress saved across devices via cloud sync Category-based learning to focus on what matters most Visual stats and streak tracking to fuel your growth Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://latebytelabs.com/hanzi-hatch/privacy-policy

About

Pinyin Learner

Features
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Pinyin Memory is a quiet place to keep the Chinese you meet --- words, lines, phrases --- and re-meet them later. Not a course. Not a translator. A personal memory center for one learner at a time. The pitch is simple: capture in 5 seconds, re-meet through play. No streaks shoving you back into the app. No grades. No leaderboards. Just your corpus, your pace, your mood. --- What you get --- CAPTURE β€’ One-screen entry: type a hanzi, get auto-pinyin and per-character tone colors. β€’ Tag it. Add a meaning in your language. Save. Done. β€’ Decomposer: paste any Chinese text, tap segments to save. DICTIONARY β€’ Your corpus, searchable across hanzi, pinyin, and meaning. β€’ Filter by tag, kind, or how shaky you are on it. β€’ Every entry has its own postcard with notes and TTS. RE-MEETING (the heart of it) β€’ Recall - infinite 4-direction swipe self-test. Forget, not sure, almost, know. Cards keep coming. β€’ Match - memory pair game from 4Γ—4 to 10Γ—10. β€’ Cloze - fill in the missing character from four options. β€’ Flashback - Tinder-style quick recognition for honest self-rating. PRACTICE β€’ Tone Tap - hear a syllable, tap the tone. β€’ Tone Twin - find the same-tone-pattern pair in a grid. β€’ Daily Drop - one fresh word per day. Keep or skip. β€’ Mosaic - drag hanzi cards to build a sentence from a translation. INSIGHTS β€’ Streak, memory size, last-7-days bars, 5-week heatmap, by-tag breakdown. β€’ All offline, all from your own review events. --- Local-only by design --- No account. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking pixel. No third-party SDKs hidden in the corners. Your dictionary lives in a SQLite file on your phone. Export it anytime as JSON. Delete the app, the data goes too. --- Paper & Ink design --- Warm paper, cast ink, hand-stamped serial. Italic Fraunces headings, Geist body, Caveat handwriting for your own meanings, Noto Serif SC for the hanzi. Tone colors that work with the palette --- not traffic-light red/yellow/green. Choose from 10 themes: Paper & Ink, Midnight Glow, Garden, Ember, Love Letter, Aqua Glow, Gold Century, Crimson Court, Linen, and Mocha. --- Pinyin Pro (optional) --- Free forever: Dictionary, Recall, Match, Cloze, Flashback, Decomposer, and the first two themes. Pinyin Pro unlocks: Tone Tap, Daily Drop, Tone Twin, Mosaic, and all 10 themes. Subscribe monthly, yearly or lifetime based on your needs

Screenshots

Hanzi Hatch4 screens
Pinyin Learner4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hanzi Hatch and Pinyin Learner are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Hanzi Hatch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Pinyin Learner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hanzi Hatch versus Pinyin Learner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHanzi HatchPinyin Learner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size49 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominic BlackRIOU Kevin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hanzi Hatch

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Hanzi Hatch Pro - 1 Month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
3 purchases

Pinyin Learner

Subscriptions2
  • Pinyin Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pinyin Pro Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pinyin Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Hanzi Hatch free?
Hanzi Hatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pinyin Learner free?
Pinyin Learner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hanzi Hatch or Pinyin Learner have ads?
Neither Hanzi Hatch nor Pinyin Learner shows ads.

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