Comparison

字造天地 vs Nenrin

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

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About

字造天地

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字造天地是一款专为 4–6 岁孩子设计的趣味识字启蒙应用。 在这里,汉字不是枯燥的卡片,而是活在世界里的「字精灵」。孩子走进 3D 森林营地,走近发光的字精灵轻轻点收,收入魔法书;也可以把字放回世界——雨、雪、风、彩虹会跟着变化,让认字变成看得见的探索。 【适合谁】 • 4–6 岁学前儿童,学认字、不强调写字 • 想用游戏代替刷题的家长 • 希望短时、可陪伴的亲子启蒙(单次约 10–12 分钟) 【怎么玩】 • 探索:在森林里走走看看,收集字精灵 • 魔法书:收进、放回,感受「字」如何改变世界 • 测验:看字选图、看物选字、听音选字/选图,巩固认读 【学什么】 以日、天、水、火、木、石、月、山、云、风、雨、草、花等自然常见汉字为主,结合拼音辅助,边玩边认。 【家长放心】 无排行、无社交、无广告打扰,本地进度保存,可按孩子节奏选择要认的字。 打开字造天地,和孩子一起——用汉字造出一个小小天地。

About

Nenrin

This app acts as a digital diary, organizing entries into a single Markdown file for each day of the year. It allows you to revisit past entries, track your writing consistency with a heatmap, and search your entire diary history. Photos from the day can be attached to your entries.

Highlights
  • Daily Markdown file organization
  • Yearly entry stacking
  • Past entry navigation
  • Monthly writing heatmap
  • Full-text search
  • Photo attachment
  • Home screen widget
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Nenrin (年輪, "tree rings") is a diary made of just 365 files: one Markdown file for each day of the year. Whatever you write on a given day goes into that day's file under a "## year" heading — so every year's entry for today stacks on the same page. Write today, and next year's you opens this page and reads it. The more years you keep it, the better it gets. TODAY The app opens on today's page. Past years sit in a row of chips above the entry; tap one to switch, or hold the text and pull down to go back a year. Years you skipped on this day are pointed out, and you can fill them in any time. The entry is a Markdown editor: headings, lists, quotes and bold are highlighted as you type, with a row of marks above the keyboard for quick insertion. Photos you took on this day appear below the entry — read from your library, never written into the file. YEAR A heatmap of all twelve months. Each cell is one file; the darker it is, the more years that day has been written in. One ring a year, deeper each time. Full-text search covers every year in all 365 files: search a word and watch it cross the years. ON THIS DAY A home-screen widget that shows what you wrote on today's date in past years. NIGHTLY REMINDER A nudge at the time you choose to write today's lines. YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Plain Markdown you can open in any editor • Keep it on your iPhone (visible in the Files app) or point it at a folder in iCloud Drive • Point Nenrin for Mac at the same folder and both write the same diary; saves replace only the current year's section, so writing on two devices never overwrites the other • No account, no server of ours — your diary lives only on your devices and in your own iCloud Drive

Screenshots

字造天地4 screens
Nenrin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 字造天地 at none against Nenrin's 1. 字造天地 also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Nenrin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 字造天地 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

字造天地 ships an update daily, Nenrin every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
字造天地 versus Nenrin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter字造天地Nenrin
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size521 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer学鹏 张鹏鹏 任

In-app purchases

None

字造天地

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nenrin

One-time1
  • Nenrin Pro Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is 字造天地 free?
字造天地 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nenrin free?
Nenrin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 字造天地 or Nenrin have ads?
Neither 字造天地 nor Nenrin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 字造天地 or Nenrin?
字造天地 ships an update daily, and Nenrin every 3 days. Most recently, 字造天地 was updated on November 10, 2026 and Nenrin on November 6, 2026.

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