# Chinese Stroke Order Character — user reviews > 197 indexed App Store user reviews of Chinese Stroke Order Character by 健生 任, rated 4.50/5 from 661 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-stroke-order-character/id937140477/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-stroke-order-character/id937140477.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 501 · 4★ 79 · 3★ 24 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of Chinese Stroke Order Character? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Great app - 🚀 Useful learning tool - 💡 Helpful for writing practice - 👍 Simple and intuitive interface - 👍 Offline character animations **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and crashes - 💰 Too many ads in free version - 💰 Important features locked behind paywall - 🔧 Confusing translation and definitions - 🔧 Inconsistent stroke order display **Commonly reported bugs** - App opens upside down - Stroke order checking not working correctly - Freezing on login screen - Incompatibility with older devices - Pro version not working with ad blockers **Most requested features** - Support for additional romanization systems (e.g., Yale, Jyutping) - Ability to mix practice modes (normal, tracing, blank grid) - Option to change character color in practice mode - Automatic new line creation when entering text - Native system dark mode support ## Newest reviews (13 of 197) ### 3/5 — VIP 혜택 *2026-04-06* 다른건 다 좋은데 VIP되라고 너무 강조 하는게 좀 부잠스러움. ### 4/5 — Chinese stroke order character *2026-03-26, version 3.20.35* A great learning tool for both beginners and advanced students, very effective in learning. 非常有用。 学生们继续加油！ ### 4/5 — I love the app. Would love a few more features fine tuning *2026-03-22, version 3.20.35* In calligraphy mode, it defaults to Mi grid，I have to manually select to change back to tian each time when creating a new sheet. I like that there are 3 different modes. But would be even better if there is a mix mode. Like a normal, mode 1, then 2 within the same practice line. Makes sense to be able to practice this way, with a sample character or copy, then practice on a trace, then write on a blank grid. Also need to be able to dictate a new line when entering the text. Now if I want a second set of word on the next line, I have to manually count the number of blank squares and enter the same number of times, before keying in the next set of new characters that will be used on the same worksheet. Also be nice in practice mode if we are able to use a different color for the character. Some studies show that there’s better retention and memory recall when the words are in red and not in black ### 2/5 — Missing important functions *2026-02-17, version 3.20.31* Functionally pretty great, and I love the dictionary and books. But there’s a lot of ads, it doesn’t support the system dark mode at all (or maybe it just has bad design?? In any case, things look weird and are hard to see), and there’s no option for Yale or Juytping, or any kind of Cantonese romanization at all. There’s also no “back” option for a lot of functions, and the paywall is very annoying. ### 3/5 — Review *2025-09-05, version 3.20.19* too many adds ### 3/5 — Translation is confusing *2025-07-27, version 3.20.19* Definition in English is confusing. Rather see the concise definitions than long, circulating explanations of the Chinese words ### 4/5 — Exceptional *2025-07-27, version 3.20.19* Great help for my child to learn his Chinese strokes ### 4/5 — Very usefull *2025-07-15, version 3.20.18* I’ve been using this for 3 years now I think.A shame it’s not findable on apple.Otherwise it would have been a five star ### 2/5 — tệ *2025-05-27, version 3.20.9* app gì lắm quảng cáo dcd ### 2/5 — 希望获得开发者的联系方式 *2025-05-25* 有软件相关问题需要沟通，请尽快联系 ### 3/5 — No gamification *2025-03-27, version 3.20.6* The app feels like self-learning, it doesn’t help me to learn in a fun way through playing games how some other apps do ### 2/5 — Good to practice *2024-10-04, version 3.18.1* Good to practice but no matter how many times i check for correctness it always says wrong. ### 4/5 — Good app *2024-04-28, version 3.17.36* This app is very useful and good. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work *2026-06-06, version 3.23.2* The ads don’t close and cover the entire screen rendering the app unusable. It prompts you to pay to remove ads as well which feels like a scam ### 1/5 — No good *2026-05-10, version 3.22.1* So many ads right at your face. Also very outdated UI and limited features ### 1/5 — English translation is total garbage *2026-03-28, version 3.20.35* The app is very good in all aspects, except the translation into English part. It’s totally garbage got thrown in there, that doesn’t make any sense. I wish the developers improve that part and push out with the new upgrade. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2025-09-11, version 3.20.19* You can’t even check an answer without having to pay ### 1/5 — Chỉ dành cho người có tiền *2025-04-11, version 3.20.8* Vào app chưa được 5p đã ăn 5 cái quảng cáo rồi 😰 ### 1/5 — 被廣告駭入了，無法進入 *2025-04-01, version 3.20.6* 被廣告駭入了，無法進入 ### 1/5 — Something is wrong *2024-10-16, version 3.18.1* It’s to hard and i don’t know what is wrong with writing “一” ### 1/5 — Unusable, everything is paywalled *2024-05-11, version 3.17.36* What a joke, all functionality on this app is paywalled. ### 1/5 — Traditional Chinese Characters Require Premium *2023-05-27, version 3.17.31* I downloaded this app solely because I wanted to practice writing with proper stroke order, but the moment I downloaded it, it said I needed a Pro Subscription in order to convert. This app is not for those who want to write in traditional characters. ### 1/5 — Still have ADS even I purchased package? *2023-04-07, version 3.17.30* What a waste of money. Bought a few packages within the app but still have ADS! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Aprende mesmo! *2026-05-15* Excelente! ### 5/5 — ฟรี *2026-04-01, version 3.20.36* น่าจะเพิ่มช่องเขียนฟีีอีกสัก2แถว 6-7 ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-03-04, version 3.20.33* As a learning tool I have found I use this app over and over. ### 5/5 — About App *2025-10-10, version 3.20.23* Great Application and Adorable ### 5/5 — Robot pronunciation *2025-09-30, version 3.20.21* I absolutely adore this app being able to write gives me a good dopamine boost! I enjoy how it’s all set up the only constructive criticism that I have is that if there’s any possible way, you can program it to where you can get somebody who is more of a native speaker to pronounce the pinyin. Because the robot guy just sounds too monotone and he’s not even really pronouncing the tones themselves. And I know how important that is. I do love this app very much. That’s the only thing I’d have to say needs work. I hope the creator of this app is having a wonderful day! I do appreciate all of your hard work that you put into this app. ❤️ ### 5/5 — Good Chinese App *2025-03-18, version 3.19.15* easy to use and good for beginner ### 5/5 — Ok *2024-12-24, version 3.18.3* Ok ### 5/5 — 따라쓰기 좋어요~~ *2024-06-20* 한자를 쓰고 뜻을 이해하기 좋아요 ### 5/5 — App Crashing *2023-10-31, version 3.17.35* Long time user. Great app but is currently crashing on opening. I know you will take care of things. Thanks! ### 5/5 — 감사합니다 *2023-09-11* 중국어 쓰기 연습 매일하고 있다. 획순을 따라서 쓰고, 발음을 들을 수 있어서 좋다. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*