ReviCard vs Study Chinese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReviCard
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ReviCard uses the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve to schedule each review for you, with a calendar and progress view that make today’s tasks and remaining work easy to follow. Card creation is flexible. Photograph a question you missed and it becomes the card front in seconds—a convenient way to build a mistake notebook. Vocabulary cards also support a listening-question mode. Forgotten cards restart; missed reviews roll into today, so your plan stays visible and manageable. FEATURES • Ebbinghaus spaced review: new cards are studied the day you create them, then scheduled at intervals such as 1, 3, 7, 15, and 30 days. Remembered cards move forward; forgotten cards restart • Calendar plan: pending, remembered, forgotten, and overdue items are shown by day • Progress tracking: streaks and review stats help you follow how learning is going • Photo cards: take a picture or pick from your library to capture a question or answer • Listening mode: vocabulary cards can be set as listening exercises FREE TO USE • Custom cards for words, sentences, and mistakes, plus one-tap English↔Chinese lookup from a built-in offline dictionary • Today’s Review (the only place answers are submitted) and a calendar plan • Daily review reminders • Browse exam word lists and study stats REVICARD PRO • Auto-add new words from exam lists: Zhongkao, Gaokao, Kaoyan, CET-4, CET-6, TOEFL, IELTS, and GRE • Multiple exam lists can run at once, each with its own daily new-word target • Forgotten words take up new-word slots, keeping the load manageable • iCloud sync for cards, plans, and images (iCloud account required) Exam lists are compiled from the built-in offline dictionary by study tags. They are for learning reference only and are not official exam syllabi. SUBSCRIPTIONS: REVICARD PRO ReviCard Pro is available as an auto-renewable Monthly or Yearly subscription. Prices are shown in the app at the time of purchase and may vary by region. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • Subscriptions can be managed or canceled in App Store account settings after purchase Privacy Policy: https://russell-luo-187.github.io/revicard-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula TOEFL, GRE, and IELTS are trademarks of their owners. ReviCard is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Exam lists are tag-filtered from built-in dictionary data for study reference only; they are not an official syllabus.
Study Chinese
Learn Mandarin through an engaging, game-like experience. Progress through levels with interactive drills, boss fights, and weekly challenges. Offers both classic and updated HSK tracks for comprehensive language acquisition.
- Gamified learning with islands and boss fights
- Two HSK tracks (2.0 Classic and 3.0)
- Interactive drills: flashcards, matching, writing, speaking
- Tone Studio for pronunciation practice
- Weekly leagues and multiplayer challenges
- Spaced repetition and graded readings
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Learn Mandarin one island at a time. Study Chinese takes you from your first 你好 to HSK 6 on the classic track, or to Level 9 on the new HSK 3.0 syllabus, with Bao the panda beside you. BAO WORLD Every course is its own painted world, and every chapter is an island. Bao walks the trail with you, stop by stop: new words, flashcards, matching, listening, writing and speaking. Clear the island and the moon gate opens to the next one. BOSS FIGHTS Each part of a chapter is guarded by a mini-boss: the Stone Lion, the Lantern Spirit, the Ink Imp or the Terracotta Guard. Your answers are your attacks. At the end of the chapter, the Nian Beast (年兽) tests everything you learned. WEEKLY LEAGUES AND THE TUESDAY CUP Earn XP and climb nine league tiers, from Stone to Master. Boards are grouped by level, so beginners meet beginners. Top finishers can win free days of Plus. Every Tuesday, last week's top 3 meet in the Tuesday Cup: 20 questions, 15 seconds each, one try. The best score takes the crown. HINTS FROM BAO, NOT ANSWERS Stuck on a question? Tap Hint. Bao shows the parts of the character, then the pinyin, then the meaning, and never just hands you the answer. Press and hold any line in a reading and Bao breaks the sentence down word by word. Hints work offline. TONES YOU CAN SEE Tone Studio draws the shape of each tone, listens to you, and scores your tones on your device. Your voice is not uploaded. TWO HSK TRACKS HSK 2.0 Classic: 11 courses, from Chinese 101 to HSK 6, about 5,900 words. HSK 3.0 (2025 syllabus): Levels 1 to 9, about 10,900 words. Not sure where to start? Take the short level check. EVERY WAY TO PRACTICE Flashcards with spaced repetition. Recall, Match, Picture Challenge, Listen, and Dictation with optional hanzi and pinyin subtitles. Write: trace the stroke order, now with whole sentences. Sentence Practice for grammar in context. Hanzi Meteor: answer out loud as the words fall. Graded readings with audio and pinyin. Grammar Guide. Full HSK mock papers, scored like the real test, for HSK 3 to 6 and HSK 3.0 Levels 3 to 9. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Challenge friends to a match with a room code. Friends without the app can join from a browser at studychinese.id/play. EVERY DAY A daily goal and a streak, with a Jade Shield for a missed day. Bao's travels, souvenirs and wardrobe. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a Lock Screen sentence widget, show words from chapters you have unlocked. Bao stays on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you study. FREE AND PLUS Free: your starting level of HSK 2.0 Classic and every level below it, every drill, 10 Bao hints a day, 2 Hanzi Meteor games a day, 3 Sentence Studio sessions, and joining multiplayer matches. Free learners get 3 hearts in Chapter 1, then 1 heart that refills every 30 minutes. Study Chinese Plus unlocks every level above yours, the full HSK 3.0 track, HSK mock papers, unlimited hearts and Bao hints, unlimited Meteor and Sentence Studio, Chapter Review at any time, and hosting multiplayer matches. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription. Eligible new subscribers get a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. The app is in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Questions: hello.studychinese@gmail.com Privacy: https://studychinese.id/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
ReviCard and Study Chinese are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. ReviCard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Study Chinese sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReviCard | Study Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 287 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 宇 罗 | Edrick Hartanto |
In-app purchases
ReviCard
- ReviCard Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- ReviCard Pro Yearly14 Days trial$6.991 Year
Study Chinese
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Plus$99.99









