iSongCi - Song Ci Study

Study · Search · Discover

$0.99 · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

Explore 21,000+ classical Song Ci works. Search by poet, tune pattern, or full text, discover literary connections, and study the beauty of classical Chinese poetry. iSongCi is a dedicated offline reader for Song-dynasty ci poetry and Five Dynasties lyrics. With 21,592 poems, 1,509 poets, and 1,461 tune patterns, rediscover classical Chinese beauty from daily reading to famous lines and memorization, one line at a time. DAILY READING - Today's Ci: a hand-picked poem every day to build a gentle habit - Serendipity: discover a masterpiece from the curated pool - Reading streak: consecutive days, total poems read, and mastery progress - Continue Reading: return to your last immersive session - Daily reminder: notifications include poet, tune name, and first line, and open that day's poem - Home quick actions: Recite, Study Hall, Serendipity, and Flying Flower in one tap FAMOUS LINES, STUDY HALL, AND FLYING FLOWER - Famous Lines: curated excerpts you can search and filter, then open the full poem - Study Hall: fade memorization, fill-in-the-blank, recitation check, and quizzes - Recitation desk: follow-along highlighting and voice choice - Flying Flower: write Song lines that contain a chosen character - Review and manage mastered poems in Settings BROWSE THE LIBRARY - Browse by poet, tune pattern, or dynasty - Bold and delicate school collections - 12 themed sets by imagery keywords across the full library, plus the complete Song ci corpus - List, grid, and card layouts with sorting and collapsible sections - Long-press for favorite, playlist, read aloud, poem card, or poet details IMMERSIVE READING - Vertical calligraphy layout, serif fonts, rice-paper tones, adjustable font size - Immersive mode, pinyin, modern appreciation, translations, tune intros, and poet biographies - Traditional characters for poem text without changing the app language - System Chinese speech with paragraph highlighting and custom playback (tune name, poet, body, translation, appreciation) - Adjustable speed, pitch, volume, and voice; silent-mode and optional background listening with Lock Screen controls - Previous and next in list order; continuous reading with a configurable gap (optional) - Live Activity on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while poem detail is open (optional) FAVORITES AND ORGANIZATION - Save favorites with list, grid, or card views; create playlists; group and batch edit - Reading history for your last 100 poems - iCloud sync for favorites, playlists, history, study progress, preferences, and streaks SEARCH AND DISCOVERY - Instant search by poet, tune, or title; deep full-text search across all 21,592 poems - Spotlight for featured poems and favorites (can be turned off in Settings) - Related poem recommendations POEM CARDS - 13 elegant styles and four canvas ratios: standard, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16 - Choose lines freely, or long-press a line for a focused card - Optional full text and appreciation; fit preview and full-screen pinch zoom - Save to Photos, share instantly, or share plain text PART OF YOUR DAY - Home Screen widgets: Today's Ci, Serendipity, Favorites, Famous Lines, Reading Streak - Lock Screen and StandBy widgets; Control Center for Today's Ci on iOS 18 and later - Siri and Shortcuts for reading aloud, reminders, search, Study Hall, Recite, Famous Lines, and Flying Flower - Customizable Home Screen quick actions (up to 4) and isongci deep links - Built-in guides for widgets, shortcuts, and full usage PURE EXPERIENCE - Fully offline library; no ads, no tracking, no account required - UI in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English - 15 Song-inspired themes plus custom accent; widgets can follow your app theme - Customizable Category and Favorites tabs - iPhone, iPad, Mac, and visionOS; dedicated Search tab on iOS 26 iSongCi is not another poetry link list. It is a quiet, focused Song ci study room. Start with Today's Ci and give your heart back to the poem, one line at a time. Privacy: your favorites, playlists, reading history, and study progress stay on your device and in your iCloud account. We do not collect or sell your reading data.

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iSongCi v1.5.0 Major Update From a single beautiful line to practice and play. This release makes Song lyrics not only readable, but also something you can learn with and live with every day. 1. Brand-new Study Hall: fade memorization, fill-in-the-blank, recitation check, and quizzes help you learn while you practice, with clear mastery progress. 2. Famous Lines gallery: curated memorable lines you can search and filter, then open the full poem in one tap. 3. Famous Lines widgets: a daily line on Home Screen and Lock Screen, ready to open the original poem. 4. Flying Flower game: pick a character and write Song lines that contain it. Warm up lightly and chase a higher score. 5. Dedicated Recitation desk: follow-along highlighting and voice choice for today's poem or your reading queue. 6. Custom playback content: choose whether to hear the tune name, poet, body text, translation, and appreciation. 7. Richer listening controls: adjustable volume and voice, configurable continuous-play gap, plus previous and next from Lock Screen. 8. Clearer mastery and streaks: review mastered poems in one place, and see study progress in streak details. 9. Home quick actions: Recite, Study Hall, Random Poem, and Flying Flower are one tap away, with Siri and Shortcuts support. If you enjoy this update or have ideas to improve, we welcome your feedback and ratings. Your voice helps us make iSongCi even better.

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    Seller
    天从 何
    Size
    43 MB
    Category
    Education
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 2 more
    • English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © @iHTCboy