Pleco Chinese Dictionary for iOS and Android
We make exactly one product – “Pleco Chinese Dictionary”, an all-in-one Chinese dictionary / flashcard / document reading / etc app which we currently offer for iPhone / iPad / iPod and Android – anytime anybody mentions “Pleco,” that’s probably what they’re talking about. All of the features we’re known for are covered by that single app.
The basic version of Pleco is a free download, and includes our full dictionary search engine, a couple of very nice dictionaries, a light version of our document reader function (tap-lookup text in the clipboard), basic audio support, and no advertising.
Many additional features are available as paid in-app purchases, but we try very very hard not to be pushy about them. You’ll never get a popup nagging you to buy anything; in fact, as long as you stay out of the “Add-ons” screen, you should hardly even be aware they exist. Think of Pleco more like an e-book store – some books are free, others you have to pay for, but we’re happy to have you using our software even if you never spend a dime. That being said, we have a whole lot of really spectacular dictionaries and other add-on features available, so we certainly hope you’ll find a few things in our catalog that you’d like to buy.
Old Products
Our Chinese dictionary software was previously available for Palm OS and Windows Mobile as well – contact us for help retrieving or re-downloading your purchase. Previous Palm / WM purchases can usually be migrated to our iOS or Android software free of charge – see this page for iOS and this page for Android transfer instructions. Unfortunately, due to licensing restrictions we are no longer able to sell our Palm/WM software to any new customers.
Many years ago we briefly offered a “Berlitz Phrase Books product” for Palm OS – it didn’t sell very well, but if you’re one of the few people who bought it and you need help recovering that purchase on a new Palm (or a device running a Palm emulator), contact us and we’ll be happy to assist you.