高校国語 BeStudy vs Critical Thinking Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
高校国語 BeStudy
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Struggling with classical Japanese or kanbun for your exams? BeStudy - High School Japanese is a free app covering the 5 topics essential for Japan's common entrance exam, in daily 5-question quizzes. Build up a little every day with explained multiple-choice questions on classical vocabulary, auxiliary verb conjugation, kanbun syntax, modern text keywords, and literary history. KEY FEATURES - Classical Vocabulary: verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and easily-confused words in multiple-choice quizzes - Auxiliary Verb Conjugation: full coverage of 24 auxiliary verbs - meaning, connection, and conjugated forms - Kanbun Syntax: master 40 syntax patterns including causative, passive, negation, question, and rhetorical question - Modern Text Keywords: key vocabulary frequently seen in critical essays and novels, with explanations - Literary History: 100 questions covering classical works, modern literature, and authors WHY IT WORKS - BeStudy Time: a daily 5-question quiz that turns into a habit - Streak tracking: keep your daily study streak visible to stay motivated - Multiple-choice with explanations: see a detailed explanation right after you answer - Works offline: study anytime, even without an internet connection - Push reminders: daily notifications keep your streak alive PERFECT FOR - Students preparing for Japan's common entrance exam and university admissions - Students who find classical Japanese and kanbun difficult and want to build a solid foundation - Students who want to study efficiently in small pockets of time - Students who want steady, sustainable daily progress FREE / PREMIUM - Free: unlimited practice on the classical vocabulary topic - Premium (7-day free trial): unlimited practice across all 5 topics, ads removed PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION - Monthly and yearly plans available - Includes a 7-day free trial - Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase - Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings Privacy Policy: https://crelve-hs-japanese-prod.web.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://crelve-hs-japanese-prod.web.app/terms.html THE BESTUDY SERIES - MORE SUBJECTS Studying alongside Japanese? Check out the rest of the series: - BeStudy High School English (English vocabulary and grammar) - BeStudy High School Social Studies (Japanese history, world history, geography) - BeStudy Junior High English (junior high grammar and vocabulary) Search "BeStudy" on the App Store to find the full series.
Critical Thinking Trainer
Enhance your ability to extract core ideas and apply them to new situations. This app offers daily exercises and on-the-go training to improve abstract reasoning, problem-solving, and clear communication.
- Daily abstract reasoning questions
- Personalized training based on diagnosis
- Abstraction Game for cross-contextual thinking
- AI sparring for feedback on written answers
- View anonymous answers from other users
- Track thinking progress over time
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People who grow fast can pull the essence out of a concrete event and carry it somewhere else. This app gives you a place to practice that move: a short set of questions every day, plus training you can pick up in spare moments. Practice how to: - Apply one experience to a completely different situation - Get at what actually matters in a messy story - Say the point of something in a short sentence - Follow an abstract discussion without losing the thread IT STARTS WITH A DIAGNOSIS Eight questions show where you stand on abstraction right now, and which way your wrong answers tend to lean (too broad / too narrow / bringing in assumptions). Everything you get after that is chosen with that tendency in mind. DAILY TRAINING — 5 QUESTIONS, ABOUT 4 MINUTES Five formats, matched to your level: reorder the ladder of abstraction, pick the concept that fits with no more and no less, analogy, a round trip between concrete and abstract, and one question you answer in your own words. Every question comes with an explanation of why that level of abstraction fits best and where people usually slip. PRACTICE, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A MINUTE - Abstraction Game — say "this is just like that" first, then work out the reason afterwards. Cross something you see with something unrelated and practice finding what they share. - Why Training — ask "why?" again and again about something everyone takes for granted, and practice reading the purpose behind it. Climb far enough and the method you are using now starts to look replaceable. (Premium) AI SPARRING (PREMIUM) Write an answer in your own words and the AI comes back with feedback on your answer, a question for you, and a few other angles. It is not an answer key. It is material for thinking a bit further. EVERYONE'S ANSWERS Write your own answer to a prompt first, then read how other people answered the same one. Anonymous, no likes, no ranking. RECORDS What you write builds up, so you can look back at how your thinking reads over time. WHO IT IS FOR - You need time to pull the point together in meetings and write-ups - You feel like you lose the thread in abstract discussions - You want to step one level up from the case in front of you when planning or designing - You want to work on the way you think, not on vocabulary PRICING The diagnosis, daily training, the Abstraction Game, and reading everyone's answers are free. AI responses to what you write, and Why Training, are part of Premium. On the free tier, watching a short ad once a day gives you one brief AI response. Ads are not shown to Premium subscribers. - Annual plan $88.00 per year, with a 3-day free trial - Monthly plan $12.00 per month The free trial is available only to users who have not previously used a free trial of this app. If auto-renewal is not turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial, the annual plan price is charged at the end of the trial period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time in Account Settings on your device: the Settings app, your name, then Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. This app gives you practice opportunities for moving between the concrete and the abstract. How much you get out of it varies from person to person. Terms of Use: https://hecuhecu.github.io/apps/gutai-chusho/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://hecuhecu.github.io/apps/gutai-chusho/en/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Critical Thinking Trainer at every 5 days against 高校国語 BeStudy's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. 高校国語 BeStudy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.90 per year and Critical Thinking Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
高校国語 BeStudy ships an update every 3 weeks, Critical Thinking Trainer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 高校国語 BeStudy | Critical Thinking Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomohito Kii | hiroki kawamura |
In-app purchases
高校国語 BeStudy
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$24.901 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
Critical Thinking Trainer
- Monthly Plan$12.001 Month
- Annual Plan (Special)3 Days trial$44.001 Year
- Annual Plan3 Days trial$88.001 Year
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