Chinese Video Course 2 HD vs Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chinese Video Course 2 HD
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Basic Survival Mandarin Video Course for Beginners (View in Chinese, Pinyin or English) New Concept Mandarin's Survival Chinese Video Course is designed to teach Survival Mandarin from the very beginning. The video course teaches Survival Mandarin communication skills in a total of 30 quality lessons. Survival 2 Course includes eight interesting and useful topics. After the study of this course, you will be able to talk with the Chinese people in more daily life and work situations, such as talking about the weather, hobbies, business trips, travelling, making phone calls, scheduling and asking for directions. In this structured curriculum, survival words, phrases, sentences and grammar are taught in an easy-to-follow and effective way. Each video lesson comes with review activities including vocabulary, dialogue and test to help you to consolidate what you have learned. New Concept Mandarin offers Mandarin Chinese courses both online and face to face worldwide. This Survival Chinese Video Course is based on the course books for our students in class. Thus this video course can also be used as an enhancement of New Concept Mandarin online learning or classroom learning.
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
This app provides comprehensive Latin language learning resources, including extensive dictionaries, grammar guides, and word parsing tools. It offers flashcards for vocabulary memorization and a document reader for in-context word lookups.
- Lewis and Short's Latin-English dictionary
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Declensions and conjugations
- Latin word parser
- Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar
- Flashcards for vocabulary
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Scriba is a great tool to learn Latin. It features : - Lewis and Short's Latin-English dictionary (50 000 entries) - Cassell's Latin Dictionary (clear and shorter explanations for about 20 000 entries) - declensions and conjugations for most of the entries - a Latin word parser - Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar - an English-Latin lexicon (free version) - Smith & Hall's English-Latin Dictionary (full version) - full text search in Lewis and Short's Latin dictionary - classical texts - a Document reader which allows you to look up words in the database - Flashcards to learn new words
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Scriba (Latin Dictionary) at Free against Chinese Video Course 2 HD's $29.99. Scriba (Latin Dictionary) also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 22 months). Chinese Video Course 2 HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Scriba (Latin Dictionary) is free to download; Chinese Video Course 2 HD costs $29.99 up front. Scriba (Latin Dictionary) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chinese Video Course 2 HD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chinese Video Course 2 HD ships an update every 22 months, Scriba (Latin Dictionary) every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chinese Video Course 2 HD | Scriba (Latin Dictionary) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 76.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lingchen | Dominique CADIET |
In-app purchases
Chinese Video Course 2 HD
No in-app purchases
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)
- Full version$2.99






