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 "page": "graphchinese-vs-hellochinese",
 "category": "Chinese-only beginner app",
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   "claim": "Premium: $25.99 for three months on the US App Store.",
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   "claim": "Premium: $69.99 for twelve months on the US App Store.",
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   "field": "other",
   "claim": "US App Store also lists Premium+ at $19.99, $62.99, $89.99, $104.99 and $149.99, plus Premium at $48.99; the listing does not map these to billing periods.",
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   "claim": "FluentU, which sells a competing language app, in a review last modified January 2025: Premium+ $19.99/month, $89.99/6 months, $149.99/year; adds graded stories, the Chinese Characters course, immersion lessons and Premium+ support on top of Premium.",
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   "field": "levels",
   "claim": "App Store listing: 'Systematic courses based on HSK levels.' The vendor names no HSK level the course ends at.",
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   "claim": "FluentU, which sells a competing language app, in a review last modified January 2025: the app teaches 'around 1,000 words, which still only brings you to the lower intermediate level'.",
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   "claim": "Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off 24h before period end; no free trial is mentioned on the US listing.",
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   "id": "notable-change",
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   "claim": "Latest US version 7.6.5 (Sep 24) notes only 'Bug fixes and performance improvements.'",
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