Jade - Chinese Dictionary

I normally NEVER leave reviews, but I’m extremely disappointed with this app. I genuinely thought I had finally found a great Chinese dictionary/learning app, especially after seeing reviews describing it as amazing, free, and useful. Unfortunately, you hit a paywall almost immediately. As soon as you add more than 10 words to a word list, you’re forced to either PAY or wait 24 hours to add more. That’s incredibly frustrating for an app that is supposed to help people learn Chinese and build vocabulary. What makes it even more disappointing is that there are numerous word lists available to search through and import, many of which are already organized and freely available online in essentially the exact same format. After reading the other reviews, I was genuinely convinced I had found the right app. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I would have been much more understanding of a reasonable subscription for advanced features, but restricting something as basic as adding words to a vocabulary list feels unnecessarily aggressive. Very disappointing, especially for someone who was actually excited to use the app.

This app is great. I even bought the lifetime subscription and never regretted it. It has dictionary, vocabularies, and flashcard. It even has a system where you could take a photo of an item and the app will show you the Chinese wording of the item you took. It’s more like asking this app of how you say this item in Chinese. My only wish is that if the developers could make more category for more vocabularies ( like fruits, vegetables, transport, office, hobby, etc. ), then it will be better. Because right now it’s fella kinda less.

Love the UI in this app and the way the dictionary is organized. I’m a diehard Pleco user and I’ve found myself using Jade much more. Also, the explanations and breakdown of the words make it much easier for me to study and remember words. I usually avoid studying chengyu, but I look forward to it now since installing Jade. I’ve even started using them in more casual conversation.