CEDict vs Mandarin Chinese Pinyin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CEDict
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English-Mandarin (Simplified Chinese) two-way bilingual dictionary.
Mandarin Chinese Pinyin
Learn Mandarin Chinese pronunciation with this app. It offers all Pinyin sounds with audio, offline dictionaries, idiom search, and pronunciation practice through recording or speech recognition. Improve your spoken Chinese effectively.
- All Pinyin pronunciation sets with audio
- Offline Chinese-English, Chinese-German, Chinese-French dictionaries
- Search Chinese idioms by character or Latin alphabet
- Bookmark favorite idioms
- Copy text and listen to Chinese voice
- Pronunciation practice via recording/speech recognition
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This is powerful application that help you to study Mandarin Chinese pronunciation from Pinyin. Features: 1, Contains all the Pinyin pronunciation set, especially you can listen all of them with only one TAP. By long press to one of them, you can open a dialog to enforce the training of your pronunciation. 2, Bundled with offline three language dictionaries, CC-CEDICT(汉英), HanDeDict(汉德) and CFDICT(汉法)。You can listen to the pronunciation of every Chinese character in the dictionaries. 3, You can search Chinese idioms by inputting Chinese character or Latin alphabet. 4, You can add your favorite Chinese idioms in the dictionaries to bookmark. 5, You can copy the text to clipboard in the detail screen of dictionary and listen the Chinese voice by a tap or another language by a long press on the voice button. 6, Help you to improve Chinese pronunciation by recording or speech recognization in you device that the function is available. Notice: Must be used with internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CEDict at none against Mandarin Chinese Pinyin's 3. CEDict also leads on ads (none vs shown). Mandarin Chinese Pinyin's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 16 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
Both are free to download. Mandarin Chinese Pinyin sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CEDict asks for nothing beyond the download.
CEDict ships an update every 16 months, Mandarin Chinese Pinyin every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CEDict | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mercury Software Japan Inc. | AOBO Co.,Ltd |
In-app purchases
CEDict
No in-app purchases
Mandarin Chinese Pinyin
- 30 days$0.99
- 180 days$4.99
- 360 days$8.99
Questions
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