Features & Capabilities

Daily Hanzi turns your lock screen into a tiny language tutor. See Chinese characters, pronunciation, and meanings each time you glance at your phone, with no extra study time, textbooks, or pressure. *Lock screen widget and in-app flashcards require a subscription. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

This approach fits busy lifestyles—small, repeated exposure builds familiarity and confidence over time. It’s suitable for beginners or heritage learners, and it runs in the background to help Chinese become a natural part of your day.

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By:
ALEX XINWEI LIU
Rating:
4.60
(1,199)
7 new ratings
Version:
1.53.0 Last updated: 2026-06-27
Version code:
887521147
Creation date:
2026-02-02
Compatible devices:
Size:
150.35MB
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-30
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Android
Daily Hanzi (v1.53.0)
9,480 4.58 (1,529)

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Developed by:
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daily-hanzi/id6756919959

User Reviews

Daily Hanzi offers helpful daily prompts, widget features, and pronunciation support that suit a spaced-repetition approach. Its drawbacks are a steep subscription price and several UX bugs, particularly around widgets and daily-goal flow, which can undermine the learning gains.
Pros
  • Effective daily reminders that help form a consistent Hanzi study habit.
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets that keep study prompts visible and on track.
  • Pronunciation/audio support adds value to learning Hanzi.
  • Strong concept and simple design that serves as a useful daily supplement to spaced repetition.
Cons
  • Subscription price is high and appears to be a significant paywall for a simple tool.
  • Widget reliability issues: sometimes opens to a different word or doesn’t show today’s word.
  • Daily goal flow can be confusing or not reset/retest forgotten words, reducing SRS benefits.
Recent reviews
Something this simple should not be $5 a month. Cool concept, but not worth it unless you’re incapable of making yourself study. At least add a free tier with a limited # of words/汉子 per day.
by Sk*****, 2026-06-19

Make it free
by Ah*****, 2026-06-18

They bait you to sign up, leave a review, curate your plan, and all without revealing until the end it costs $30/year. On top of the fact there's no free version. Might as well have made this a paid app but this just seems like another ai vibe-coded side hustle app trying to generate subscription revenue.
by Oi*****, 2026-06-15
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