Chinese Radical Realms vs Hanmo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chinese Radical Realms
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Chinese Radical Realms is a story-driven Chinese learning game where players meet personified radicals and build a resistance against a calligraphy bureaucracy. Explore a complete six-region campaign with 32 radical characters, illustrated hideouts, voiced dialogue, boss encounters, and a final rescue. Learn through short interactive visits: trace each character, connect it to its meaning, recognize pinyin, and optionally practice pronunciation. The full campaign is free, with no subscription required. The app is designed for focused solo play. There are no accounts, ads, or social features. Pronunciation practice uses the microphone only when you choose it and is evaluated on your device. Every pronunciation prompt can be skipped. Privacy-friendly product analytics use TelemetryDeck. Terms of Use (EULA): https://chineseradicals.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://chineseradicals.com/privacy
Hanmo
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Hanmo (汉墨) puts Chinese vocabulary where you already look: your lock screen. Add the widget and a rotating word from today's plan — character, pinyin, meaning — appears every hour. Tap it and you land on that exact word, ready to review. ONE SIMPLE LOOP • A daily plan of new words and due reviews (you choose the pace: 5–20 a day) • Flip-card review: see the character, recall it, then reveal • Don't know a word? It comes back in the same session until you do • Know a word three times over the days? It earns its red seal — mastered MADE FOR CONSISTENCY • Words rotate hourly in a window you choose (e.g. 08:00–22:00) • A gentle daily reminder at the time you pick — optional • Streaks that survive a busy day HONEST BY DESIGN • 100% offline — works in airplane mode from first launch • No account, no analytics, no tracking, no paywall • Simplified and Traditional scripts, with pinyin (and zhuyin for Traditional) • On-device audio for every word and example sentence Dictionary data from CC-CEDICT, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Verdict
Chinese Radical Realms and Hanmo 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Chinese Radical Realms | Hanmo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inkvi LLC | Abdulhamit CELIK |
In-app purchases
Chinese Radical Realms
No in-app purchases
Hanmo
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Chinese Radical Realms free?
Is Hanmo free?
Do Chinese Radical Realms or Hanmo have ads?
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