Comparison

Folding Fan vs 智慧中小学

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

Head to head
About

Folding Fan

Explore the history and artistry of folding fans through interactive 3D models and creative tools. Design your own fan, discover works by young artists, and learn about the cultural significance of this traditional craft.

Highlights
  • 3D fan modeling
  • Interactive creation tools
  • Art gallery
  • Historical information
  • Fan store for real fans
Features
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Following after the Folk Art Series [wood joints], tagDesign announces its second App of Folk Art Series called [Folding Fan]. Folding fans have became popular since the Ming Dynasty of China-----during the 15th century. Because of the ancient scholars’ handwriting and painting on their folding fans, these common implements used for refreshing oneself became a new fashion, used for personal use or gifts.  
 When they found out this shaped gadget is just like a moving picture, they were fascinated to put their favorite poems and paintings on it, combined with the delicate natural materials and ingenious jobs of skilled craftsmen, the fans become a excellent space to express their leisurely mood and show their individuality. In the scorching summer, holding a folding fan, to fan slowly. Ancient Chinese have extremely developed this little gadget of refreshing. Almost all the famous painters and calligraphers worked on it and some of the works became classics, which may be called “greet beauty in little things”. Because of the beauty of delicate material, artistry, elegant calligraphy and paintings, people were proud of possessing fans with famous works on and handmade by famous craftsmen. This kind of a fan was seemed as a moving visiting card, a symbol of one’s art taste and status.  As time passes, the folding fan in one’s hand could present a unique luster and texture, and this peculiarity made folding fans become a fashionable and requisite stuff. During the 18th century, when the folding fans spread into Europe, they were once regarded as a symbol of oriental sentiment. Today, as modern people, we are moved and attracted by the great concentration of traditional artisans, and also their state---“playing for cultivate one’s taste” but finally you create a “world”. In the past times, the folding fans’s  function is refreshing, recording and artistry creation, while why shouldn’t we share it in our time? Then, we can’t wait to make some creation on the folding fans. By writing and painting on this ancient platform, we could record and explain our time, our originality and our talent! Join us! Let’s experience the mood of those traditional artisans and enjoy the fun of a totally new artistic creation together! In this brilliant age, digitization and technology is like a gateway between modern and tradition, through which we can go and touch beauties. In the [Folding Fans] App: The Gallery- lead you to appreciate the young artists and creators’ works based on inspiration. The Modeling- present the main shape and structure of the folding fans with high quality 3D models. Making- ingenious games will bring you to experience the birth of a folding fan. History- travel through time and look for the history of folding fans. Fan Store- you can get a real original folding fan handmade by a well-known, terrific, young living artist. Besides, you can enjoy this application without any waste of your phone’s powerful calculate capacity and half a pixel! There are beautiful and funny illustrations, rigorous words and vivid voices. You can share them to the social media or your friends! [Folding Fans] has four editions--- in Chinese, in English, in Japanese and in French, and you are welcome to share it with your friends all over the world. Beauty knows no borders! [Folding Fans] praise all the people who love life and have a heart of “play” and “create”. Sincere thanks, the people who helped us! Sincere thanks ,the people who pay close attention to us! Let’s salute tradition and artisans in the way of this time! tagDesign We are a team located in Beijing, who love craftsmanship and beauty. Design and digitization make up a medium, by which we connect and explain tradition and modern! We expect that as a people who love beauty and craftsmanship, you can find some new tricks to play. web:http://www.taguxdesign.com e-mail:tag@taguxdesign.com WeChat:tagDesign Weibo:tagDesign instagram:tagdesign1212

About

智慧中小学

This platform offers comprehensive digital educational services for primary and secondary schools, teachers, students, and parents. It aims to bridge educational gaps with a wide range of resources and functional services supporting teaching, learning, and management.

Highlights
  • Extensive educational resources across 15 sections
  • Digital services for schools, teachers, students, parents
  • Supports autonomous learning and teacher preparation
  • Facilitates homework, tutoring, and after-school services
  • Promotes home-school interaction and collaborative management
  • Integrates educational scenarios with technological innovation
Features
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The National Smart Education Platform for Primary and Secondary Schools is led and constructed by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is committed to providing professional, high-quality, and systematic educational services to a wide range of primary and secondary schools, teachers, students, and parents through digital technology. It aims to narrow the regional and urban-rural education gap and promote the high-quality and balanced development of basic education. The platform has built educational resources across 15 sections, including moral education, curriculum teaching, physical education, aesthetic education, labor education, after-school services, preschool education, special education, teacher training, family education, educational reform experience, textbooks, artificial intelligence education, science and technology education, and local channels. Currently, some textbook versions of curriculum teaching resources have been made available online, and resources from other textbook versions will be selected and launched gradually. The types of resources will also continue to be enriched. The platform provides educational and teaching functional services in 10 application scenarios, including autonomous learning, teacher preparation, teacher teaching, dual-teacher classroom, homework activities, tutoring and counseling, after-school services, teacher training, home-school interaction, and collaborative management. These services effectively support the development of various activities in teaching, learning, research, management, and evaluation. The platform will continue to deepen the integration of educational scenarios and technological innovation, creating an integrated educational ecosystem of "home-school-community" to provide personalized and intelligent services for a wide range of users.

Screenshots

Folding Fan4 screens
智慧中小学4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Folding Fan at 100% against 智慧中小学's 34%. Folding Fan also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 智慧中小学's advantage is ratings volume (249 vs 12) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Folding Fan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 智慧中小学 has 249 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Folding Fan's written reviews are positive against 34% of 智慧中小学's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Folding Fan ships an update every 2 months, 智慧中小学 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Folding Fan versus 智慧中小学: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFolding Fan智慧中小学
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better2.5 (249 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better34.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12249 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size609 MB393 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Tag UX Network Technology Co., Ltd.中央电化教育馆

Customer experience

Folding Fan

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

智慧中小学

All ratings249 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral7.2%
Negative57.4%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative58.2%

Bugs and requests

Folding Fan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

智慧中小学

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Videos fail to load or play properly
  • Repeated login issues and account problems
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improve stability and performance
  • Enhance user-friendly design
  • Expand course offerings and update content
  • Allow flexible registration options for all users

In-app purchases

None

Folding Fan

No in-app purchases

None

智慧中小学

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Folding Fan free?
Folding Fan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 智慧中小学 free?
智慧中小学 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Folding Fan or 智慧中小学?
Folding Fan is rated higher. Folding Fan averages 5.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while 智慧中小学 averages 2.5 from 249 ratings.
Do Folding Fan or 智慧中小学 have ads?
Neither Folding Fan nor 智慧中小学 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Folding Fan or 智慧中小学?
Folding Fan ships an update every 2 months, and 智慧中小学 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Folding Fan was updated on November 1, 2026 and 智慧中小学 on November 7, 2026.

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