HanziFeed vs HSK Lockscreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HanziFeed
Learn Mandarin Chinese by reading real-world content with an integrated dictionary. Master characters through spaced repetition and track your progress with detailed analytics. Offers offline access to learning materials.
- 3,145 HSK 3.0 characters
- Thousands of graded reading passages
- Quiz mode with personalized review
- 90,000+ dictionary entries
- Animated stroke order
- Offline access
- Spaced repetition system
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Read real Mandarin Chinese with an extensive dictionary at your fingertips. Get past the first basic layer of understand and unlock something greater. WHAT'S INSIDE • 3,145 characters across HSK 3.0 levels 1–9 * Support for Simplified & Traditional • Thousands of graded reading passages & daily news articles * Quiz mode with personalized review algorithms * Multiple quiz modes • 90,000+ example sentences from news and community sources • 161,000+ dictionary entries • 4 audio styles with native speakers • Animated stroke order • Search by character, pinyin, English, or handwriting Hanzifeed teaches 3,145 characters across HSK 3.0 1–9 through the patterns that connect them: shared radicals, phonetic series, and the visual logic that makes Chinese work. READ REAL CHINESE FROM DAY ONE Thousands of curated Wikipedia passages and daily news articles across 10+ topics graded into five difficulty tiers from Beginner to Expert. Tap any character to see its pinyin and meaning instantly. Listen along with synchronized audio that highlights each word as it plays. After each passage, rate your comprehension and save unfamiliar characters directly to your review packs. Track your reading progress with a rolling comprehension percentage, daily reading streaks, and a 30-day trend chart that shows how your understanding improves over time. LEARN SMARTER, NOT HARDER A 6-stage spaced repetition system schedules reviews at optimal intervals. Swipe to grade your recall — the algorithm handles the rest. Study only what you're about to forget. WORKS OFFLINE FREE TO USE. Decompose. Analyze. Trace. Retain. Repeat. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS HanziFeed Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hanzifeed.com/privacy/
HSK Lockscreen
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HSK Lockscreen puts one exam word on your iPhone Lock Screen and Home Screen. Open the widget gallery, search “HSK”, and add HSK Word. Each day (or on a schedule you pick) your widget rotates through your chosen words. Choose a rectangular or Home Screen widget to see hanzi, pinyin and a short meaning; compact styles show less detail. Tap a word to open its details. Study offline with HSK 2.0 vocabulary, no account required. Menus are available in English and Simplified Chinese. Meanings are available in English for all levels and Simplified Chinese for HSK 1–3. Purchases and restores require an App Store connection. Free • HSK 1 and HSK 2 lists • Lock Screen widgets: rectangular, inline, circular • Home Screen widgets: small and medium • Browse by level, search, and favorites • Choose the levels to review on your widget Pro — one-time purchase • Unlock HSK 3–6 word lists, meanings, pronunciation, favorites and widgets • Restore purchases using the same Apple Account Build a small review habit with quick vocabulary practice throughout your day.
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Verdict
HanziFeed and HSK Lockscreen are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. HanziFeed sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and HSK Lockscreen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | HanziFeed | HSK Lockscreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HanziFeed | 磊磊 张 |
In-app purchases
HanziFeed
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual$44.991 Year
- Lifetime$89.99
HSK Lockscreen
- HSK Lockscreen Pro$4.99









