Pleco Chinese Dictionary
Pleco Chinese Dictionary Summary
Pleco Chinese Dictionary is a with in-app purchases Android app in Books And Reference by Pleco. Released in Jan 2012 (14 years ago). It has about 6.6M+ installs and 44.1K ratings with a 4.64★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 539.3K monthly active users and generates around $<10K monthly revenue (100% IAP / 0% ads). Store metadata: updated Oct 13, 2025, version 3448.
Recent activity: 10.3K installs this week (50.9K over 4 weeks) showing steady growth , and 4.00 new ratings this week View trends →
Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Feb 3, 2026. The app's network data flows (API traffic to/from the app and its SDKs) were last crawled on Dec 28, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on Google Play on Oct 13, 2025 (version 3448).
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Ratings: 44.1K
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App Description
Chinese dictionary with handwriting, OCR, flashcards, audio, Cantonese, and more
Pleco is the ultimate Chinese learning companion - an integrated Chinese English dictionary / document reader / flashcard system with fullscreen handwriting input and live camera-based character lookups, from a company with 17 years' experience making mobile Chinese learning software.
Major features: ($ = paid add-on)
• Great dictionaries: the free app comes with two dictionaries - CC-CEDICT and our in-house PLC dictionary - which together cover 130,000 Chinese words and include 20,000 example sentences with Pinyin. We offer 8 more free dictionaries as optional downloads, including a 22,000-entry Cantonese-English dictionary, and 19 other great dictionaries are available as paid upgrades. ($)
• Handwriting input: lookup unknown characters by drawing them, with a best-in-class recognition engine. (basic version free, enhanced version $)
• Live Optical Character Recognizer (OCR): look up Chinese words in the dictionary simply by pointing your device's camera at them, or by scrolling around a still image. ($)
• Screen Reader/OCR: instantly tap-lookup Chinese words in other apps through a floating interface; works on Android 4.1 and later. (reader free, OCR $)
• Flashcard System: create a card from any dictionary entry with a single button tap, import premade word lists, use advanced techniques like SRS (spaced repetition), and study in a variety of modes including fill-in-the-blanks and tone drills. (simple version free, full-featured $)
• Audio Pronunciation: instantly hear male + female native-speaker audio for Chinese dictionary headwords; recordings available for over 34,000 words. (stitched-syllable free, multi-syllable $) Or listen to example sentences with text-to-speech (system TTS free, enhanced $).
• Powerful search: look up words by Chinese characters, Pinyin (spaces/tones optional), or a combination, with support for wildcards and full-text search.
• Cross-referencing: tap on any Chinese character / word in any dictionary entry to bring up its definition.
• Stroke Order Diagrams: animations showing you how to draw each Chinese character; 500 in free app, 28,000 in paid add-on.
• Voice Recognition: look up words by speaking them into your device's microphone.
• Document Reader: open a Chinese-language text or P