Comparison

Kantonese vs Bayān

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

Head to head
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 • Five decks: spoken Cantonese, everyday expressions, slang, and two decks built from real usage frequency • A register filter: you decide how far the vocabulary goes, from neutral to very colloquial • No account, no ads, no data collected Free forever: the widget, the everyday deck and 10 new cards a day. Kanto+ is a subscription that opens the other decks and lets you run several at once, raises the limit to 30 new cards a day, and adds 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/

About

Bayān

Features
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Bayān t'accompagne dans ta relation au Coran : écouter, lire, mémoriser, à ton rythme. ÉCOUTER • Une radio du Coran que tu personnalises : couleurs, style, récitateur. • Plusieurs récitateurs reconnus, sourate par sourate. • Des ambiances et des fonds pour chaque moment de la journée. IMPORTER ET DÉCOUPER • Importe tes propres audios : Bayān les découpe partie par partie pour que tu puisses répéter, réviser et mémoriser chaque passage. MÉMORISER • Un programme de mémorisation progressif, avec répétitions et révisions. • Suis tes progrès et reprends là où tu t'es arrêté. LIRE • Le texte arabe du Coran, avec une lecture claire et confortable. USTADH, TON COACH IA (Premium) • Pose tes questions et reçois un accompagnement personnalisé pour avancer dans ta mémorisation. • Choisis la présence de ton coach : Brume, Voile, Courant ou Soie. Bayān Premium Certaines fonctions (dont le coach Ustadh) nécessitent Bayān Premium. Abonnement mensuel ou annuel avec renouvellement automatique. Le paiement est débité sur ton compte Apple ; l'abonnement se renouvelle sauf résiliation au moins 24 h avant la fin de la période, depuis les réglages de ton compte Apple. Confidentialité : https://bayan-quran.github.io/bayan-legal/privacy/ Conditions : https://bayan-quran.github.io/bayan-legal/terms/ Conditions d'utilisation (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Kantonese4 screens
Bayān4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bayān at daily against Kantonese's every 3 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kantonese sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Bayān sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kantonese ships an update every 3 months, Bayān daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Kantonese versus Bayān: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKantoneseBayān
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB295 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAurelien RoblinElyas Bouamama

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kantonese

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

Bayān

Subscriptions2
  • Bayān Premium Mensuel$5.991 Month
  • Bayān Premium Annuel$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Kantonese free?
Kantonese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bayān free?
Bayān is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kantonese or Bayān have ads?
Neither Kantonese nor Bayān shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kantonese or Bayān?
Kantonese ships an update every 3 months, and Bayān daily. Most recently, Kantonese was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bayān on November 6, 2026.

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