Comparison

读典籍 vs 西江诗词

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

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About

读典籍

This app revolutionizes classical Chinese text reading with interactive features and AI. It offers side-by-side modern Chinese translations, contextual annotations, and a built-in classical Chinese dictionary. Enjoy offline reading, cloud sync, and customizable display options.

Highlights
  • Side-by-side modern Chinese translation
  • Interactive annotations
  • Double-tap classical Chinese dictionary lookup
  • Offline reading
  • Cloud sync for reading history
  • Dark mode and text customization
Features
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读典籍App是一款古文阅读器,旨在利用电子设备交互特性和人工智能算法变革古文阅读体验。无广告、免费供古籍爱好者使用。 独家功能: 按句文白对照:独有的排版方式,方便看白话文翻译、也方便读者对翻译进行斟酌 交互式注释:避免花费大量精力对应原文和注释 双击查古汉语字典 读者交互: 以句为单位,讨论翻译和注释的准确性、发表感想等 阅读辅助: 离线阅读 按句加书签 阅读历史云同步:可以同步到电脑、平板和其他手机上 篇章搜索 界面功能: 深色模式 / 夜间模式支持 字号、字间距调节 简体和繁体切换 现藏书籍: 历史:《史记》《资治通鉴》《战国策》《三国志》《贞观政要》《左传》《后汉书》《春秋公羊传》《汉书》 科技:《农桑辑要》《梦溪笔谈》《天工开物》 哲学:《吕氏春秋》《论衡》《道德经》《周易》《墨子》《庄子》《金刚经》《淮南子》《论语》《孟子》《地藏经》《列子》 中医:《黄帝内经》《伤寒论》 诗词歌赋:《楚辞》《乐府诗集》《诗经》《唐诗三百首》《宋词三百首》 地理:《水经注》《徐霞客游记》 文学:《古文观止》《曾国藩家书》《世说新语》《楚辞》《笑林广记》 传说:《太平广记》《搜神记》《山海经》《尚书》 文化:《中庸》《礼仪》《茶经》《大学》 军事:《孙子兵法》 应用官网: https://dudianji.com/mobile 相关应用:Duoreader 双语阅读 https://duoreader.cn

About

西江诗词

Discover the beauty of traditional Chinese poetry and lyrics. This app offers daily recommendations, powerful offline search, and detailed annotations to enrich your life with classical culture. Enjoy a serene reading experience without ads.

Highlights
  • Daily poetry and lyric recommendations
  • Powerful offline search by author, title, or verse
  • Supports Simplified and Traditional Chinese
  • Detailed annotations and translations
  • AI-assisted poetry generation
  • Word and character lookup
  • Categorization by dynasty, author, and collection
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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获得苹果 App Store 首页推荐,以及少数派、最美应用、AppSo 等平台推荐的优美诗词应用,每天自动推荐一首诗或词,安静地读一下,为繁杂的生活增添一丝宁静,希望那一份绵长词韵能触摸你我的心灵,让忙碌的生活里充满美好的诗意与诗情。 主要功能: ●每日推荐(早晨9:00),APP每天会推荐一首诗或一首词,潜移默化的学习古典诗词(记得允许西江月为您推送哦,除了每日推荐诗词,西江月绝不会推送其他东西打扰您)。 ●强大的本地搜索,如果有要查询的诗词,无论是根据作者、标题还是诗句,都可直接搜索查询,无需联网,只要你能想到的都能查到,做你的随身诗词大词典。 ●支持简体中文和繁体中文显示。 ●优美的诗词分享功能,遇到好的诗词就赶紧分享给好朋友吧。 ●注释与翻译一应俱全,数量逐步扩充中。 ●AI 作诗,通过机器学习的方式,让人工智能帮你作诗! ●字词查询,遇到不认识的字又没有注释的情况下,可长按那个字或词进行查询(iOS 10 +)。 ●按朝代分类,按作者分类,按诗集分类,一应俱全。 ●坚决不加广告,保持优秀干净的软件体验。 ●支持 Apple Watch,抬起手腕即可查看每日推荐的诗词。 ------------------------------------------------------------- - 蒹葭苍苍,白露为霜。所谓伊人,在水一方。 - 何当共剪西窗烛,却话巴山夜雨时。 - 两情若是久长时,又岂在朝朝暮暮。 - 众里寻他千百度,蓦然回首,那人却在,灯火阑珊处。 - 多情自古伤离别,更那堪冷落清秋节。今宵酒醒何处,杨柳岸、晓风残月。 清风明月里,悠长岁月中,有太多美好的诗词被流传下来,点缀我们的生活。即使现代,这些璀璨的文化也应该得以继承和发扬光大。 总感觉现在的生活节奏太快,世界太过嘈杂,之所以做这样一个APP,就是真心希望那一份绵长词韵能触摸你我的心灵,希望我们忙碌的生活里充满美好的诗意与诗情。 APP系统每天会自动推荐一首诗或词,就一首,不会太多,太多会显的无从读起。这一首,也不会浪费你太多时间,读一下,体会一下诗人的词藻和感情,为繁杂的生活增添一丝宁静。 同时,APP还有查找功能,共包含古诗词及古文6万多首,可根据作者、标题、诗词的内容进行搜索,搜到你想要的那一首。无论您使用简体中文还是繁体中文输入搜索,都能搜到您想要的。 当然,诗集也是必不可少,在分类页面,可以查看诗经、唐诗三百首、宋词三百首等多个诗集。除此之外,还可按朝代查看,按作者查看。 支持简体中文和繁体中文显示。 所有查询都无需联网,随时随地使用。 愿您在 “西江月” 的陪伴下,偷得浮生半日闲。 由于力量有限,可能有些诗词中会存在或多或少的问题,也有一些诗词没有注释和译文。衷心希望每一个使用「西江月」APP的朋友们,在遇到诗词有错误的时候,或者自己有能力进行注释和翻译的时候,随时微博@凉子的狗狗,让我们共同完善,让西江月朝着更完美的方向发展。 有两种订购方式可供选择: 按月订购:RMB 3/月 永久会员:RMB 18 一经确认购买订阅产品,iTunes会直接扣除相关订阅所需费用。 可通过iTunes帐户信用卡直接付订购。若当前订购周期(一个月/一年)结束前24小时内仍未取消续订,将会自动续订下个周期的高级帐户。 在当前订购周期内,无法取消当前周期的使用。您可以通过iTunes帐户的设置来管理或取消购买。 您的试用会立即结束,如果您付费购买了产品内的订阅。 关于服务条款: https://uzero.cn/poem/shicitiaokuan.html 关于隐私政策: https://uzero.cn/poem/shiciprivacy.html

Screenshots

读典籍4 screens
西江诗词4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 读典籍 at none against 西江诗词's 3. 读典籍 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). 西江诗词's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. 西江诗词 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 读典籍 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

读典籍 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 读典籍's written reviews are positive against 85% of 西江诗词's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

读典籍 ships an update every 6 weeks, 西江诗词 every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
读典籍 versus 西江诗词: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter读典籍西江诗词
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (107 ratings) — better4.6 (69 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better84.8% of reviews
Number of ratings107 — better69
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXing Chen新乐 陶

Customer experience

读典籍

All ratings97 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

西江诗词

All ratings69 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral7.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative6.1%

Bugs and requests

读典籍

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Sun Tzu's Art of War missing chapter 2
  • Historical figure names not displayed correctly
  • Some minor typos
  • Comment display logic is poor
  • Display issue when comments are closed
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  • Some garbled characters and Traditional Chinese errors

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add Zi Zhi Tong Jian
  • Add Xunzi and Han Feizi
  • More ancient texts
  • Add more ancient texts
  • Add more historical books
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  • Add more philosophical texts like Han Fei and Shang Yang
  • Add Zuo Zhuan and Sun Tzu's Art of War
  • Add more historical books like Zi Zhi Tong Jian, Old Tang Book, New Tang Book
  • Add audio reading feature
  • Improve comment display logic
  • Add option for more fonts and background colors
  • Indicate original source and version of texts
  • Indicate source of vernacular translation
  • Improve interface operation logic (e.g., back navigation)
  • Add function to collect selected bilingual text for study
  • Improve display when comments are closed
  • Add right-to-left page turning for a more classical feel
  • Fix some garbled characters and Traditional Chinese errors

西江诗词

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

读典籍

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

西江诗词

Subscriptions1
  • 高级功能按月订阅3 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time2
  • 高级版永久解锁免费获取$0.99
  • 高级功能永久解锁$2.99

Questions

Is 读典籍 free?
读典籍 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 西江诗词 free?
西江诗词 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 读典籍 or 西江诗词?
读典籍 is rated higher. 读典籍 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while 西江诗词 averages 4.6 from 69 ratings.
Do 读典籍 or 西江诗词 have ads?
Neither 读典籍 nor 西江诗词 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 读典籍 or 西江诗词?
读典籍 ships an update every 6 weeks, and 西江诗词 every 4 weeks. Most recently, 读典籍 was updated on November 6, 2026 and 西江诗词 on November 6, 2026.

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