Comparison

HanziMemo vs HanziBee

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HanziMemo

Features
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Build your Mandarin vocabulary and work towards your HSK goals with HanziMemo. Flashcards, spaced repetition, stories and mock exams bring words together in different ways to help them stick! FLASHCARDS THAT BRING WORDS TO LIFE Study characters, pinyin and meanings. Listen to pronunciation and explore example sentences to understand how words are used in context! REVIEWS AT YOUR OWN PACE Spaced repetition schedules words based on your answers. Choose your HSK level and personalise your review modes, including recognition, writing and pronunciation! A FOUNDATION IN MANDARIN Explore pinyin, tones and characters to build a solid foundation, one step at a time! STORIES BEYOND THE FLASHCARDS Meet vocabulary again in stories suited to your level and connect the words you learn with meaningful contexts! HSK MOCK EXAMS Practise with mock exams and check your results to see what needs more attention! YOUR WORDS, YOUR LISTS Browse the HSK dictionary, create personal vocabulary lists and add your own flashcards to focus on the words that matter to you! HanziMemo is available in English and French. From your first character to your next review, grow your Mandarin a little every day! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.hanzimemo.app/legal/confidentialite

About

HanziBee

Features
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HanziBee helps you learn Mandarin Chinese vocabulary and remember it. Every word you add is scheduled with FSRS, a modern memory model, so you review it right before you would forget it. REVIEW Look at the word, reveal the answer and tell HanziBee how it went: two buttons, no guesswork. Example sentences come with pinyin and translation, a daily goal keeps your streak honest, and words you keep forgetting are flagged so you can give them extra work. LISTEN Play a clip and pick the word you heard. Clips come from the words due today, at normal or 0.75× speed, and anything you mishear twice comes back as its own set. READ Graded stories from HSK 1 to HSK 7–9, each with comprehension questions. Tap any word for its meaning, then add it to a deck in one more tap. Pinyin on or off. WRITE Draw each character with your finger. HanziBee checks every stroke against the real stroke order, and Show me plays it back when you get stuck. Writing has its own review schedule. GRAMMAR AND PARTS OF SPEECH HSK words show their part of speech. HSK 1–5 stories point out the grammar and set phrases they use, such as 因为…所以… and 虽然…但是…; tap an underlined word for a short explanation. DECKS Start with the HSK 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 deck, HSK 7–9 (a free download) or a topic deck, or build your own. Paste a word list, for example from Pleco or Anki, and every word links to its full dictionary entry. PROGRESS See your streak, the cards you reviewed this week, month or year, your accuracy in vocabulary, listening, reading and writing, and how many words you know. WIDGETS Your words on the home screen and the lock screen. YOURS, OFFLINE HanziBee works without an account and without a connection: your learning stays on your device. Sign in with email, Apple or Google to keep your progress and sync it across devices. No ads, no tracking. Also in Vietnamese, with Vietnamese meanings. Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0), Make Me a Hanzi, HSK word lists and Tatoeba example sentences (CC BY 2.0 FR). Licences are listed in the app under You → Licences.

Screenshots

HanziMemo4 screens
HanziBee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HanziBee at none against HanziMemo's 2. HanziBee also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HanziMemo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. HanziBee asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HanziMemo ships an update every 2 months, HanziBee every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
HanziMemo versus HanziBee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHanziMemoHanziBee
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlice HitchonPham Ngoc Phu

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HanziMemo

Subscriptions2
  • HanziMemo Premium$5.991 Month
  • HanziMemo Premium$59.991 Year
None

HanziBee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HanziMemo free?
HanziMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HanziBee free?
HanziBee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HanziMemo or HanziBee have ads?
Neither HanziMemo nor HanziBee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HanziMemo or HanziBee?
HanziMemo ships an update every 2 months, and HanziBee every 2 days. Most recently, HanziMemo was updated on October 31, 2026 and HanziBee on October 31, 2026.

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