Hanzi Reader vs HanziCamera

Hanzi Reader turns any Chinese book into an interactive reading experience. Point your camera at a page, tap any character, and instantly see its pinyin, meaning, and stroke order. For heritage Chinese families, Mandarin learners of all ages, teachers, and anyone who wants to read real Chinese books — not textbooks. HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan — Point your camera at any Chinese book page. Apple Vision detects every character in ~2 seconds, right on your device. 2. See the Page — The real book page appears with tappable character hotspots overlaid on the image. Tap any character to learn. 3. Learn — Each character shows pinyin, definition, radical, stroke count, and animated stroke order. Swipe through detailed character cards. 4. Read Along — AI extracts the complete text from each page. Read sentence-by-sentence with natural audio playback and comprehension tracking. 5. Review — Smart spaced repetition quizzes help you remember what you learned, based on the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve. FEATURES - On-Device Scanning — Apple Vision detects characters instantly. No internet, no cost per scan. - Interactive Book Reader — See the real page with tappable hotspots. Pinch to zoom, swipe to turn pages. - AI Text Extraction — Doubao Vision AI reads each page and extracts accurate text, even from picture books. - Build a Library — Save scanned pages into books. Pick up right where you left off. - PDF Upload — Import any Chinese PDF for the same interactive experience. - 6 Free Books — Built-in Chinese stories ready to read immediately. - Natural Read-Aloud — AI-powered voice reads each sentence with clear Mandarin pronunciation. - Stroke Order — Watch each character being written stroke by stroke. - Smart Review — Spaced repetition quizzes adapt to what you know. - Progress Tracking — Calendar heatmap, character grid, and mastery levels. - Pinyin & Zhuyin — Toggle between phonetic systems. - Simplified & Traditional — Support for both character sets. HANZI READER PLUS Unlock unlimited AI features: - Unlimited AI text extraction and read-aloud - Unlimited character definitions and enrichment - All 6 preset books fully unlocked - Priority support Free users get 3 full AI-powered pages plus unlimited basic scanning (characters + pinyin via Apple Vision). Whether you're a parent reading with your child, a student learning Mandarin, or an adult rebuilding your Chinese literacy — Hanzi Reader meets you where you are, in the books you actually want to read. Questions? Contact us at info@studioxi.com Privacy Policy: https://hh.studioxi.co/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://hh.studioxi.co/terms.html

Hanzi Camera reads printed Chinese and puts the pinyin above it. Photograph a page — a worksheet, a textbook, a storybook, a sign. Highlight the line you want with your finger, the way you would with a real highlighter. The line comes back with pinyin above every character, big enough to read aloud. Tap any word to see what it means. HELP YOU TO LEARN CHINESE Most camera apps translate Chinese into English. That replaces the language people are trying to learn. Hanzi Camera does the opposite: the characters stay exactly where they are, and the pinyin sits above them as a scaffold. IT WOULD RATHER SAY NOTHING THAN GUESS A confidently wrong tone is worse than no help at all. When a character has more than one possible reading, Hanzi Camera shows every reading rather than picking one and hoping. When it cannot read something — handwriting, a bad photo, a word it does not know — it says so instead of inventing an answer. Readings come per word, not per character, so 长高 is zhǎng gāo while 变长 is biàn cháng. BUILT TO BE SIMPLE • Two buttons: take a photo, or choose one • Pinch to zoom in on small print • Undo and redo step through your lookups, so one photo serves many questions • Works on an old iPhone or a hand-me-down iPad — iOS 16 and up FREE, WITH NO CATCH Every part of the app is free. Nothing is locked, there is no trial and there are no ads. The in-app purchases you can see listed are an optional tip jar for the developer — they unlock nothing, and the app is identical whether you use them or not. PRIVACY The app makes no network calls at all. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no data collection of any kind. Photos are saved to your camera roll, so your usual iCloud Photos settings apply to them. Simplified Chinese only. Dictionary data from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 3.0.