Just an outstandingly good app
Ive used Pleco for the last couple years. At this point I use it far more times every day then I could possibly count. Other than Google Mail it is almost certainly my most-used app of all time.
The true strength of Pleco is the variety of dictionary files available. When youre just starting out, any old Chinese-English dictionary will do - and features like stroke order and OCR are really important.
The wonderful thing about Pleco is it can also grow with you. So once youre an advanced user of Chinese, there are mutliple dictionary files that let you work in a purely Chinese-Chinese mode, with no English involved.
It is literally the one and only language-related app that I has been able to make that transition with me - from being useful to a beginner all the way to being useful to me today in C-C mode. Id give it ten stars if I could.
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Pleco Chinese Dictionary, v3.2.14