Daily Hanzi Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience16.8% of reviews
Neutral8.0% of reviews
Negative experience75.2% of reviews

~ Based on 125 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Daily Hanzi Safe?

Daily Hanzi appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Daily Hanzi is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 1,568 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

88.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,526 App Store ratings for Daily Hanzi.

Is Daily Hanzi Legit?

Daily Hanzi appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Daily Hanzi is 75/100.

Based on 75 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Good work

Good

Outrageous

After answering tons of questions, you end up being forced to pay just to use the app. Honestly, if you just want to collect datas, make surveys instead of advertising a free app that turns out to be paid. You could’ve at least made it a paid app from the start. I would’ve rather paid for that. It’s 2026, and it’s outrageous to trick people into spending money like this. This kind of manipulative monetization is ridiculous. I immediately deleted that app.
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No free option

Download the app after seeing so many Instagram ads, though it will be really helpful, but it immediately starts with a paywall. There is no content that you can access without giving card information. Prices are too high as well.
No Thankyou.

Review

Gives you the meaning of whatever you are learning in Chinese

Text to speech improvement

You need to review the text-to-speech function. It should look at the pinyin since that seems to be correct.

For instance, in this sentence我小心地提着 was pronounced di when the pinyin show de. This can be misleading for new learners.

Or, since you are charging people for this app, pay a real person to read the stories.
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BAIT - fully locked behind paywall

seems like there is no way to use this app for free, not even with limited features. it makes you do the whole personalization set-up process then you have to commit to a payment plan that will start charging you after the free trial. i don’t like that this was not advertised anywhere and it makes you hyped and interested in actually using this app before it brings up the paywall. evillllll
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a subscription

a subscription for basic flash card on lock screen. no thank you.

Very helpful

I’ve tried so many apps to relearn Chinese and this is the only one that fits well into my routines, shows relevant words and sentences that I’m actually interested in learning, and has a great UX for tracking what I’ve learned vs still learning. I wish it was easier to make which words you’ve learned as you’re reading sentences or stories instead of selecting the sentence, selecting the word, and then marking it as learned (like maybe holding the word from the whole paragraph). Also wish it taught you writing but that’s a problem for another day
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Paywalls

Makes you go through all these things to set up your preferences and only after making an account does it say that you have to pay to use. You can’t even delete your account if you wanted to because you can’t access anything until you pay.

Not so great

The concept is good but not the app itself . It’s just basically reading characters and sentences . No practical exercises for writing, memorizing etc .

Baited into expensive subscription

I knew there would be in app purchases, but not for basic functionality. They put you through the whole setup before springing dollar signs on you. Disingenuous design, downloaded and immediately deleted. Thanks for nothing Daily Hanzi

Fake 5-star reviews

AI slop with fake reviews, take it down or get banned

U need to pay…

Not free at all..

Another scammy app

Marked as a free app with in app purchases is disingenuous. Subscription based app and does not have any functionality without purchasing a subscription.

Great but could be even better

Really enjoying this app, and the lock screen feature is nice. It would be great if we could add friends and get streak reminders like Duolingo.

Payant

Le principe est top mais c’est payant (très peu de fonctionnalités en plus)

Hidden Subscription don’t install

Bait you in with a cool gimmick but the whole thing is locked behind a subscription

Amazing for studying

IT IS PAYED. However it’s worth every penny it improved a lot my Hanzi and helped me a lot with my mandarin classes

Bro.

App makes you go through a bunch of questions and then sign up before telling you it's paywall only. Why make you sign in BEFORE the payment? I don't want my information tracked by an app that I'm not even going to use now. Disclose that first.

Not advertised as paid subscription

I saw this app advertised on Instagram so I went through the whole startup process after downloading just to be hit with a subscription signup page, no option for free version. It should be advertised on the app description that this is a subscription-based model instead of having people go through the startup and make an account and then try to bank on a 3-day free trial.
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