Qingdu AI vs Tryslate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qingdu AI
This app uses your camera to instantly recognize, read aloud, and translate Chinese characters from any source. It's designed for learners to improve their reading comprehension and pronunciation with AI-powered OCR and natural text-to-speech.
- AI-powered OCR for accurate text recognition
- Natural native pronunciation for spoken text
- Instant translation of recognized characters
- Selective scanning with adjustable crop area
- Flexible playback with speed control
- Word highlighting for easy following
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Qingdu is an AI Chinese reader that turns your camera into a fast OCR, pronunciation, and translation assistant. Take a photo of any Chinese characters — textbooks, signs, menus, or notes — and Qingdu instantly recognizes the text with high accuracy, reads it aloud in natural native pronunciation, and provides a translation. Built especially for learners who want to read along and improve as they go. KEY FEATURES - Selective Scanning — Move and resize the camera crop area to recognize only the text you need; your editing mode and last area are remembered - Flexible Playback — Drag the progress bar to a new position, jump between punctuation-based sections, or pause after each section - Fine Speed Control — Listen at 0.1x to 2.0x, adjustable in 0.1x steps - Word Highlighting — Follow spoken words with background highlighting in the source and matching converted text - AI-Powered OCR — Advanced AI recognition delivers exceptionally high accuracy - Pinyin Noise Removal — Automatically filters out pinyin and annotations, extracting only clean Chinese characters - Native Pronunciation — Listen to clear, natural text-to-speech for every character - Instant Translation — Understand what you're reading right away - Edit & Refine — Adjust recognized text for perfect accuracy - Simple & Fast — No login, no account, no clutter. Just open and read WHY QINGDU? Many textbooks print pinyin above or beside the characters, which confuses ordinary OCR tools. Qingdu uses AI to intelligently remove this noise and extract only the Chinese characters you need — giving you clean, accurate results every time. WHO IS IT FOR? Qingdu is designed for learners of Chinese who study with physical textbooks and want a faster, more accurate way to look up, hear, and understand characters. Whether you're a beginner building vocabulary or an intermediate learner reading native materials, Qingdu helps you read with confidence. Start reading Chinese today — just snap a photo and tap. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tryslate
Enhance your reading and language learning by translating sentences from books. Receive instant feedback on your translations, explore grammar, and practice with interactive exercises. Supports various import formats for a personalized learning experience.
- Import own books (PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Word, Markdown)
- Sentence-by-sentence translation practice
- Color-coded feedback with explanations
- Grammar exploration with animations
- Offline reading aloud
- AI-powered feedback and level estimates
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Interface and learning languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Arabic. Tryslate turns reading into your own language practice. Open a book, choose a sentence and write your translation. Red, yellow and green feedback helps you notice the details, with explanations in a language you understand. • Read your own books: import text-based PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Word, Markdown and text files. Scanned PDFs are not supported. • Practice sentence by sentence: keep reading after you submit. Feedback collects quietly for you to read together later. • Start with short reads: online feedback for A1 and A2 short reads is free. • Understand the structure: explore grammar in concise or detailed animations, with explanations alongside the original. • Offline reading aloud: download a language voice to hear text on your device. Tryslate Pro Monthly and annual subscriptions offer the same access: online translation feedback and explanations for imported documents and B1–C2 short reads. Prices appear in the app and Apple's purchase confirmation. The annual plan is billed once per year. Subscriptions renew automatically; manage or cancel them in your Apple account's subscription settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Your books stay on your device. Online AI features require an internet connection and ask for your consent before first sending text excerpts, translations or practice results. You can turn them off in Settings. AI feedback and level estimates are learning aids and may be inaccurate. Privacy Policy: https://yidu.wandernovainc.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://yidu.wandernovainc.com/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tryslate at daily against Qingdu AI's every 6 days. Qingdu AI's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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. Qingdu AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Tryslate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Qingdu AI ships an update every 6 days, Tryslate daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qingdu AI | Tryslate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jungsoo Nam | 咏冬 王 |
Customer experience
Qingdu AI
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In-app purchases
Qingdu AI
- Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$34.991 Year
Tryslate
- Yidu Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Yidu Pro Annual$79.991 Year








