Chronos Notes vs ASL Fingerspell Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chronos Notes
Organize historical notes and events into a visual, chronological timeline. Create timelines for any historical period or event, navigate through them, and use tags for easy searching and filtering.
- Chronological timeline creation
- Organize notes by date
- Navigate via timeline or event list
- Tagging for easy filtering
- Search historical events
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Chronos Notes offers a way to organize historical notes into a coherent, chronological timeline. Notes can be created in any order and Chronos Notes will arrange them into a timeline for you. Want to see the first world war mapped in time and place? What about the crusades? You can create any kind of historical events; Chronos Notes will help you organize them. You can navigate using the timeline or view events directly using the event list. Attaching tags to events will help you find them easily through filtering and search.
ASL Fingerspell Dictionary
Practice recognizing American Sign Language fingerspelling with over 1000 HD videos. This app focuses solely on fingerspelled words to improve your comprehension skills through various learning and quiz modes. It offers a progressive learning experience with 35 levels of play.
- Over 1000 HD videos
- ASL Fingerspelling only
- Complete words spelled
- Replay, Slow, Loop options
- Multiple Choice or Type Answer quiz
- 35 levels of play
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NO SIGNED WORDS - ONLY FINGERSPELLING. This app is meant to help you recognize fingerspelling. Many of the words in this app do have ASL signs, they are fingerspelled on purpose for recognition practice. LEARN *Over 1000 Videos *ASL Fingerspelling only *Complete words spelled together *Replay, Slow, Loop, Play All *HD Video QUIZ *Multiple Choice or Type Answer *3,4,5 Letter words Fingerspelled *Quiz Favorites *Select your Starting Letter *Slow motion *Replay PLAY *35 Levels to beat *Easy-to-Expert **One time fee, no ad's and nothing else to pay for. **NOTE: No internet connection required. **NOTE: No audio in this app. **NOTE: No Signed words, fingerspelling only. **NOTE: iPhone 4 does not include Type answer Quiz. We also make the ASL Dictionary HD American Sign Language app with over 5000 ASL words signed. We decided to make this 1000 video ASL Fingerspell app separate to keep the file size smaller. Thank you for your support. Keep Signing :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chronos Notes at 100% against ASL Fingerspell Dictionary's 71%. Chronos Notes also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). ASL Fingerspell Dictionary's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (38 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Chronos Notes costs $0.99 and ASL Fingerspell Dictionary $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ASL Fingerspell Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ASL Fingerspell Dictionary has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Chronos Notes's written reviews are positive against 71% of ASL Fingerspell Dictionary's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chronos Notes ships an update every 9 months, ASL Fingerspell Dictionary every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chronos Notes | ASL Fingerspell Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 70.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan-Wouter Arendsen | Software Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Chronos Notes
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In-app purchases
Chronos Notes
No in-app purchases
ASL Fingerspell Dictionary
No in-app purchases
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