Comparison

HanYou vs Chinois simplifié

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

Head to head
About

HanYou

This app is an offline Chinese dictionary, translator, and optical character recognition tool. It helps users learn Mandarin or Cantonese with features like flashcards, text analysis, and a community forum for asking questions.

Highlights
  • Offline Chinese dictionary
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Flashcards for learning
  • Chinese text analysis
  • Community Q&A forum
  • Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciation
Features
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HanYou, your Chinese learning companion. The app you need to become fluent in Mandarin or Cantonese HanYou is an offline Chinese dictionary, translator and optical recognizer designed to help you read, speak and learn Chinese. HanYou's dictionary is extensive, fast, and delivers Chinese word details into more than 20 target languages. You can input words in any language, alphabet, or by drawing. In particular, find relevant definitions and Chinese-English translations whether you learn Chinese for fun or prepare for the HSK. HanYou's powerful offline Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engine can recognize more than 13 000 Chinese characters in your pictures or with your device camera. HanYou helps you improve your Chinese with flashcards. Flashcards are a powerful and enjoyable way to learn new words. Based on your learning statistics, you will be shown everyday a deck of flashcards tailored for you. HanYou features advanced Chinese text analysis. Paste or write some Chinese text and the text analyzer will break sentences into words and display their pinyins. Unique social feature: whenever you have trouble with some Chinese, you can always ask a question or post a picture on the HanYou wall. HanYou's users, from beginner to advanced level, will come to help you. DICTIONARY: • More than 20 target languages available: English, Japanese, German, French, Hungarian, Thai, Italian, Arabic, Korean and more • Search Chinese words from in any kind of input: Traditional / Simplified / Pinyins / Jyutping (Cantonese) • Listen to the Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciation of words and sentences through the "Speak" function • You can also search the other way and input foreign words in the search bar • Handwriting Recognition • Intuitive Radical search • Search words that either start with / end with / contain the query word • More than 10 thousands example sentences built from various sources • Build vocabulary lists of Chinese words (which you can share as files or text in many ways) OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR): • A powerful Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engine which lets you translate Chinese characters in images • HanYou recognizes more that 13000 Chinese characters • HanYou recognizes both Traditional and Simplified characters • You can recognize Chinese text with your Live Camera or on Still Pictures (from your camera roll) • Read either horizontal or vertical Chinese text STUDY WITH FLASHCARDS: • You can learn words in a fun way with flashcards. Pick up any deck from the pre-built lists or from your own lists and history, then start learning them with flashcards • Everyday, a new deck is built based on your learning statistics in order to optimise your memorising power TEXT READER: • Paste some text, or import it from the OCR modes, into the text analyzer to get definitions of each word in the text • Pinyins are also displayed automatically • Listen to the Chinese text with the "Speak" function OPEN SAFARI WEB PAGES: • In Safari, tap the "Share / Export" button to open the web page in HanYou. All Chinese words will be added pinyin and you will be able to tap on each of them to have a popup definition HANYOU WALL: • Get help from the user community by sharing pictures on the HanYou Wall We are very responsive to your feedback and suggestions: feedback.ios@yomiwa.net Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Chinois simplifié

Features
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Dictionnaire Bilingue Chinois simplifié-Français et Français-Chinois simplifié : - Accès instantané à la traduction - Répertoire exhaustif de plus de 100 000 mots - 100% Hors-ligne (pas de connection internet) - Prononciation en chinois et en français - Un outil essentiel à la portée de tous, optimisé pour l'efficacité. Caractéristiques clés : - Base de données riche, renfermant un vaste ensemble de mots et expressions courantes - Possibilité de rechercher à partir de mots en Français ou en Chinois simplifié - Affichage simultané de la traduction directement dans la liste de recherche - Aucune connexion Internet requise : un dictionnaire accessible hors-ligne - Application légère avec seulement 16Mo, assurant un téléchargement rapide sur votre iPhone/iPod/iPad Entièrement Gratuit: Nous nous engageons à rendre cet outil puissant accessible à tous, gratuitement ! Elle est financée par les publicités qui s’affichent. Nous vous remercions d’autoriser cette application à suivre vos activités dans les apps et sur les sites webs d’autres sociétés. Cela vous pemettra également d’éviter d’être dérangé par des publicités non ciblées.

Screenshots

HanYou4 screens
Chinois simplifié4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chinois simplifié at none against HanYou's 3. HanYou's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). On price, 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. HanYou sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chinois simplifié asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HanYou ships an update every 6 days, Chinois simplifié every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HanYou versus Chinois simplifié: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHanYouChinois simplifié
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (172 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews
Number of ratings172 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size298 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNomad AI OUFB PUBLISHING LLC

Bugs and requests

HanYou

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes when left in background
  • App crashes when trying to open
  • App crashes when launching camera
  • OCR recognition errors
  • Text analyzer glitches with large amounts of text
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  • Dark mode makes text unreadable
  • Family sharing not working for paid features
  • App crashes when inputting words into directories

Requested features

8 requests
  • Improve translation accuracy
  • Add more slang/idiom support
  • Improve OCR algorithm accuracy
  • Fix dark mode text readability
  • Enable camera flash as flashlight
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  • Add spoken audio for read text
  • Include synonyms and more definition details
  • Improve family sharing functionality

Chinois simplifié

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HanYou

Subscriptions2
  • HanYou Pro: Monthly$1.991 Month
  • HanYou Pro: Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • HanYou Full$29.99
None

Chinois simplifié

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HanYou free?
HanYou is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chinois simplifié free?
Chinois simplifié is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HanYou or Chinois simplifié have ads?
Chinois simplifié shows ads; HanYou does not.
Which is updated more often, HanYou or Chinois simplifié?
HanYou ships an update every 6 days, and Chinois simplifié every 5 months. Most recently, HanYou was updated on September 22, 2026 and Chinois simplifié on May 19, 2026.

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