Learn Chinese Essentials User Reviews

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Even paid version has poor coverage

This is a reasonably well designed all and has potential. What most interested me was the ability to create your own lists for exams and tests.

I therefore paid Β£7.99 for the full version only to find that critical verbs were missing. E.g. "To eat" or even "to be." These are covered in the common entrance ISEB level 1 test which is what I wanted it for. Unfortunately, without even this basic coverage it was not useful.

Interestingly, as Apple provided a refund and I no longer own the full version I couldn't review that. I didn't realise before that this bias exists in reviews.
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Great introductory Chinese app

I used this app to get me started on Chinese vocab. Then I moved to the full app. It's intuitive, fun to use, and very effective in teaching Chinese words.

Tips for use: in settings, switch to viewing pinyin; in my focus, only go one category at a time. Mostly use the spaced repetition learning method.
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Not worth downloading

Not easy to navigate and not particularly useful. There are much better apps out there.

Great App

Need the expanded library now...

Some mistakes

There are a few mistakes. There are other apps that are better.

ok

sort of workmanlike, not veyr inspiring

I love it

You can take quiz and you just keep in learning chines

I agree with previous review.

Which Chinese is it? People need to know these things.

Counter-intuitive

Either not working correctly or nearly impossible to use. Don't waste your time!

Which Chinese?

Not explaining more specific dialects is fine, but labeling whether or not it's Cantonese or Mandarin would be a huge help to people looking at it.

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