Hanzi Reader vs Five

Can't read a Chinese character? Just snap it. Point your camera at a menu, a sign or a textbook. Hanzi Reader shows the pinyin, tones, meaning and HSK level of every word. WHAT IS HANZI READER A camera-first Chinese reader and word list for learners. Save the words you snap, learn 1,119 HSK words on picture cards, and turn any photo into a short Chinese lesson. SOUND FAMILIAR? • Looking up an unknown character by radical or stroke count takes forever • You know the pinyin, but not the tone • You know the words, but sentences still don't click • You study HSK words, but can't tell how many you have learned WHAT YOU CAN DO • Pinyin and meaning in one snap: every word gets color-coded tones and a short meaning in your language, read the way the context needs. • HSK level at a glance: a new HSK (2026 syllabus) badge on every word, levels 1–6 and 7–9. • Traditional characters too: read text from Taiwan or Hong Kong, with the simplified form alongside. • Hear it: tap a word to hear it in Mandarin. • Your own word list: save words with one tap and track your progress in each HSK level. • Photo Lessons: snap your coffee, your dog or the view outside, and get 1–3 simple Chinese sentences about it, with pinyin, word meanings and colored lines for subject, predicate and object. Listen, then review later as photo cards. • HSK cards: 1,119 words from new HSK 1–4, each with an ink-and-wash picture, pinyin, meaning and an example sentence you can listen to. The first 10 HSK 1 words are free. HOW IT WORKS 1. Snap Chinese text or pick a photo 2. Check each word's pinyin, meaning and HSK level, and save it 3. Snap anything in Photo Lessons and read about it in Chinese 4. Review with HSK cards and photo cards GREAT FOR • HSK test takers building their Chinese vocabulary • Travelers reading Chinese menus and signs • Learners of traditional characters and Taiwanese Mandarin • Beginners who want to read short sentences, not just words • Anyone who remembers words better with pictures FAQ Is it free? Scanning and Photo Lessons share one free use a day; your first 3 Photo Lessons don't count. Watch an ad for more. Free also includes 50 saved words, 10 photo cards and the first 10 HSK 1 cards. Do you keep my photos? No. Photos are not stored on our server, and your word list and photo cards stay on your device. Reading a photo needs an internet connection. HANZI READER PRO • Scanning and Photo Lessons up to 20 times a day • Unlimited words and photo cards • All HSK 1–4 cards, plus cards for your saved words • No ads The annual plan includes a 7-day free trial for eligible users. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Hanzi Reader Pro is offered as an annual and a monthly plan. Prices are shown in the app and on the App Store. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. • The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Cancel at least 24 hours before the free trial ends and you will not be charged. • To cancel, open Settings > your name > Subscriptions on your iPhone. Terms of Service: https://shofj.com/en/apps/snap-text/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://shofj.com/en/apps/snap-text/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Is task paralysis or ADHD making starting feel impossible? You are not alone. The five-minute rule removes the barrier that keeps procrastination going. The five-minute rule is a tool from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): commit to working on an avoided task for just five minutes, after which you are completely free to stop. It works because starting is the hardest part of any avoided task. It is not a trick. It is the mechanism. A five-minute commitment is small enough that the dread protecting the task has nothing to push against, and an honest permission to quit is what makes the commitment believable to the part of you that is avoiding. HOW IT WORKS First: when you are avoiding a task, whether it is the email, the dishes or the study session, commit to doing it for just five minutes. Second: when the five minutes are up, you are genuinely free to stop. No guilt, no fine print. Five is a five-minute timer built around that rule. Name the smallest first move, press start, and let the timer hold the rest. It is made for people with ADHD, other neurodivergent people, and anyone who gets stuck at the start. It will not do the task for you. It gets you unstuck. IT COUNTS STARTS, NOT FINISHES The moment the timer begins, the start is recorded. Stop after forty seconds and it still counts, because it was still a start. There are no streaks to break, no missed days marked in red, and no notification asking where you have been. Come back after three months and your record is exactly as you left it. THE GAP BETWEEN DREAD AND REALITY You can rate how bad a task feels before you start and how bad it actually was afterwards. Over time the difference between those two numbers becomes visible, and for most people it points the same direction: things are usually less bad than they look from the outside. That is not encouragement. It is your own record. A PLANT THAT ONLY GROWS A leaf unfurls for every completed five minutes. It never wilts, never shrinks, and never reacts to time away. It is a record of what you did, not a pet that suffers when you are busy. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION There is no account and no sign-in. Your record and everything you type stay on your phone, and Settings can export all of it to a file at any time. Five sends anonymous usage counts so it can be improved, never anything that identifies you, and you can switch them off in Settings. What you type as your first move is shown back to you once and never parsed, categorised, or counted. WRITTEN INTENTIONS You can write a plan in your own words, at your own time: "When it's 9:00 on Tuesdays, I start five minutes on the report." It offers, it does not nag. WHAT FIVE IS NOT Not a to-do list. Not a habit tracker with a score. Not therapy, and not a substitute for it. It does one small thing, which is to make starting easier by making it smaller. SUBSCRIPTION New subscribers get one week free, everything included. After that it is a monthly or yearly subscription, and the app shows the price in your currency before you subscribe. Your record stays on your phone whether you subscribe or not, and can be exported at any time. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings, under your Apple Account, then Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sinky79.github.io/five-legal/privacy.html