Comparison

超注音 vs CafeCoin

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

Head to head
About

超注音

Features
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Chaozhuyin is the famous Chinese phonetic symbol keyboard extension (Bopomofo IME). It is very easy to use with zero learning curve. Demo video: https://youtu.be/pyY05iiNXoU Features: ● To input a Chinese phrase, you only need to input the first phonetic symbol of each word, and you can add any remain symbols arbitrarily to narrow down the candidates you may want. ● Voice input: Apple's built-in speech recognition, with an optional cloud speech recognition engine (not available in all regions). ● Proximity correction: it'll smartly guess what word or phrase you want to input from neighbor keys. ● Provide several kinds of skins and colors of the keyboard. Keyboard height and font size can be adjusted freely. ● Support clicking haptic feedback. ● Keyboard fan-shaped selector. ● Emoji keyboard. ● Candidate selection dropdown. It can be scrolled page-by-page by your finger. ● You can remove your user phrase by long pressing it. ● E-tan keyboard layout. ● Smartly showing English candidates you may want when typing letters. ● Left/right arrow keys make moving cursor easier. ● With great functionality of word or phrase guessing. ● Lexicon contains all the cities, streets, and roads name all around Taiwan. ● Able to backup/restore user dictionary to/from iCloud Drive. ● Able to import Chinese names in your contacts. ● Able to output Simplified Chinese.

About

CafeCoin

Features
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使用你的管理帳號進入App,可快速觀看會員資料與使用狀況

Screenshots

超注音4 screens
CafeCoin3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CafeCoin at Free against 超注音's $4.99. CafeCoin also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

CafeCoin is free to download; 超注音 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

超注音 ships an update monthly, CafeCoin every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
超注音 versus CafeCoin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter超注音CafeCoin
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChih Chao Yuinnfact design Inc

In-app purchases

None

超注音

No in-app purchases

None

CafeCoin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 超注音 free?
超注音 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CafeCoin free?
CafeCoin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 超注音 or CafeCoin have ads?
超注音 shows ads; CafeCoin does not.
Which is updated more often, 超注音 or CafeCoin?
超注音 ships an update monthly, and CafeCoin every 3 weeks. Most recently, 超注音 was updated on October 24, 2026 and CafeCoin on October 4, 2026.

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