Pleco Chinese Dictionary | Versions

May 21, 2026

The recent major update delivered a positive impact, driven by a rating increase of +0.38 stars on Android that raised the average from 4.41 to 4.79. This upward momentum stems from the overhauled character recognition algorithm and updated flashcards, which successfully resolved prior text detection failures. A minor dark theme rendering issue in the OCR tool remains the only notable point of friction.

• Added updated flashcards for the 2026 HSK 3.0 to Import/Export / Install Premade Cards; these also include about 100 custom definitions to help ensure that the important HSK-relevant senses are surfaced for every word.
• Overhauled our 'experimental OCR' algorithm (Settings/OCR), making it much faster, better at detecting single-character rects, supporting it in live as well as still OCR, and adding an option to bring back the old green overlay interface when it's turned on.
• Bug fixes.

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v3.2.82iOSMinorneutral
May 11, 2026
This minor update introduced HSK 3.0 vocabulary and flashcard custom definitions, but early signal is limited by a small post-release sample of three reviews. The average iOS rating declined by 0.39 stars, driven by a single report of an installation loop. The overall impact remains neutral due to insufficient data to establish a definitive trend.
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• Added vocabulary for the refreshed 2026 HSK 3.0 test to Import/Export / Install Premade Cards. Along with updating the vocabulary, we've also added shorter custom definitions for about 100 words where the default dictionary import might give you a card with the primary HSK meaning misleading or buried.

• Various bug fixes.
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