Comparison

Learn Cantonese Jyutping vs Kantonese

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

Head to head
About

Learn Cantonese Jyutping

Master Cantonese pronunciation with this app, focusing on Jyutping and tones. It offers real audio, guided tracing, and smart review to help you recognize and produce sounds accurately. Track your progress and stay motivated with daily challenges and achievements.

Highlights
  • Jyutping sound recognition
  • 6 Cantonese tones with visuals
  • Native speaker audio
  • Guided handwriting tracing
  • Syllable blending
  • Multiple quiz modes
  • Spaced repetition review
Features
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Cantonese has six tones and dozens of sounds that make or break every word — this app gets you reading Jyutping and hearing the difference, fast. The focused way to learn Cantonese pronunciation from zero. No fluff, no filler — just recognizing sounds, mastering the tones, and locking them in with smart review. WHAT YOU GET: ▸ All 19 initials and 35 finals — every building block of a Cantonese syllable ▸ All 6 tones with tone-contour visuals and practice examples ▸ Audio for every letter — with IPA transcription and pronunciation tips ▸ Guided handwriting — trace each Jyutping letter following the stroke-order animation ▸ Syllable blending — see how initials + finals + tones combine into real sounds ▸ 3 quiz modes: sound→Jyutping, Jyutping→sound, listen→choose ▸ Listening drills tuned to the tone pairs learners confuse most STAY CONSISTENT: ▸ Daily Challenge — 8 questions picked from your weakest sounds ▸ Spaced repetition (SM-2) schedules each item's review before you forget ▸ Streak counter & achievement badges keep you coming back ▸ Weekly charts show practice time & accuracy trends DESIGNED FOR REAL LEARNING: ▸ Step-by-step lessons from easy to hard ▸ Create custom groups for focused drills ▸ Dark mode for late-night sessions ▸ Available in multiple languages Heading to Hong Kong, connecting with family, or starting Cantonese from zero — this is the fastest path to reading Jyutping and pronouncing the six tones correctly.

About

Kantonese

Features
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Kantonese brings Cantonese into your everyday life, without the effort. A widget on your lock screen shows a word, its Jyutping pronunciation and its meaning. You walk past it ten times a day: memorisation happens through exposure, not through drilling. When you do want to study actively, the spaced repetition engine shows you each card right when you are about to forget it. • 125,000-entry dictionary, fully offline • Lock screen and home screen widgets • Jyutping with colour-coded tones • Decks built from real usage frequency, plus a spoken Cantonese deck • No account, no ads, no data collected Free forever: the widget, one deck and 10 new cards a day. Kanto+ is a subscription that unlocks unlimited decks, up to 30 new cards a day, detailed statistics and extra widget styles. It comes with a 7-day free trial and is available monthly or yearly — prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app-support-pages.netlify.app/canto/

Screenshots

Learn Cantonese Jyutping4 screens
Kantonese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kantonese at none against Learn Cantonese Jyutping's shown. Learn Cantonese Jyutping's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Learn Cantonese Jyutping sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kantonese sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Learn Cantonese Jyutping versus Kantonese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Cantonese JyutpingKantonese
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB87 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerzhenyu songAurelien Roblin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Cantonese Jyutping

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
2 purchases

Kantonese

Subscriptions2
  • Kanto+7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Kanto+7 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Learn Cantonese Jyutping free?
Learn Cantonese Jyutping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kantonese free?
Kantonese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Learn Cantonese Jyutping or Kantonese have ads?
Learn Cantonese Jyutping shows ads; Kantonese does not.

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