# Daily Mandarin — user reviews > 34 indexed App Store user reviews of Daily Mandarin by Jason Chan, rated 4.50/5 from 24 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-mandarin/id1317121924/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-mandarin/id1317121924.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (10 of 34) ### 4/5 — Amazing *2021-01-28, version 1.0.2* Amazing app to help write mandarin! I have learned so many words already ### 4/5 — Really helpful app! *2020-10-30, version 1.0.2* I love this app- so helpful for memorising stroke order! It would be really helpful to be able to save characters into your own ‘collections’ though, rather than just favouriting some, as I’d like to be able to practice them in sets :) ### 5/5 — best *2020-08-22, version 1.0.2* this app is really useful , i think this app is the best application to learn new chinese character and easy to use , best application. ### 5/5 — Sehr gute, kostenlose App! *2020-08-07, version 1.0.2* Wirklich sehr gute, kostenlose App! Besonders hilfreich beim Lernen von chinesischen Vokabeln: man lernt die richtige Reihenfolge beim „Malen“ der Schriftzeichen, kann eine persönliche Wortliste erstellen und bekommt die korrekte Aussprache mitgeliefert. Funktioniert außerdem auch auf iPad und iPod. Schön wäre es, wenn man zusätzlich Bemerkungen zu den einzelnen Vokabeln hinzufügen könnte und wenn man sehen könnte, wieviele Vokabeln sich auf der persönlichen Liste befinden. ### 5/5 — super useful! *2020-07-18, version 1.0.2* great app for learning characters & definitions ### 4/5 — iPad support *2020-06-04, version 1.0.2* The application is great, but please add an iPad support. It would be great do you have an ability to write characters with Apple Pencil. ### 5/5 — excellent *2020-05-02, version 1.0.2* SUPER GOOD FOR ANYONE WHO WANT TO LEARN HSK ### 5/5 — Great to learn characters *2019-12-30* Wonderful app, for my IPhone I had to turn off silent mode for the audio to work. ### 5/5 — Good *2019-02-13, version 1.0.2* Add some feature which tells us how to correct the strokes we get wrong , because it’s very annoying when you keep writing the stroke and it goes WHOOPS! ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2019-01-30, version 1.0.2* This app is amazing, I study Chinese at school and this app is the best I had ever tried, simply, without cost, no ads, so much words. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — It’s pretty good but some things to note before downloading: *2023-03-31, version 1.0.2* -audio doesn’t do anything (i’ve tried turning silent mode off as well) -some pinyin translations are wrong -the only functions it has is the english translation and handwriting practice which if it had more features like how it’s used in a sentence; that would be much more helpful ### 2/5 — Has lots of potential, but not very usable *2019-01-05, version 1.0.2* I tried this app out, and I have a few major concerns. I wish there was a playlist feature, where it would automatically move on to the next character once you finish writing one. I also dislike the way that the handwriting looks. It is pixelated and ugly. Is there any way to make the handwriting look a little smoother? I really think it would be helpful to learn stroke order, but this app would be difficult to use in its current state. ### 3/5 — Sound not working on iOS *2023-12-14, version 1.0.2* Great app. Sound isn’t working on iOS, so I can’t hear the words. Custom lists for characters would be amazing. ### 3/5 — glitched *2023-09-02* when pressing to see how to write a character, the “x” button and volume button are cut in half by the screen. it looked terrible and bothers me. before pressing how to draw the character the functions are normal. ### 3/5 — Нет аудио *2023-02-17, version 1.0.2* Раньше пользовался, но теперь исчезло звуковое сопровождения. Без аудио - буду переходить на другое приложение. Хотя жаль! ### 3/5 — Sound doesn’t work *2023-02-16, version 1.0.2* This app seems good for learning words but the most important aspect, which is the sound function, does not work. You cannot listen to the pronunciation of the characters so that’s very unhelpful ### 3/5 — Please can you do a traditional Chinese versions? *2019-04-14, version 1.0.2* This is just what I wanted for learning to write mandarin, but please can you provide a traditional version? ### 4/5 — Fast genau was ich suche *2023-01-08, version 1.0.2* Absolut geniale App, vor allem, da sie kostenlos ist. Die Funktion zum lernen und üben der einzelnen Schriftzeichen sind toll. Super wäre noch die Möglichkeit die Schriftzeichen in eigene Listen zu packen und eine Abfragefunktion für diese zu haben. ### 4/5 — Useful But Not Always Right *2022-06-25, version 1.0.2* Okay, this app is quite good because it has the stroke order to basically all of the words you would ever need to know. It is also ENTIRELY free, which is amazing! The only problem is that a few characters have wrong stroke orders. The stroke orders are only a bit wrong though, like two strokes are misplaced but that’s about it. For having no ads, being free, and including a lot of words, it’s worth the few mistakes. ### 4/5 — Pretty good, but beware of incorrect pinyin *2022-01-03, version 1.0.2* I find this app quite helpful for learning/practicing writing characters. One thing I noticed however if that the pronunciation is not always correct when a character may have multiple pronunciations. For example: from HSK1 level, 读 “to read” shows the pronunciation “dòu”, when it should be “dú”. “Dòu” is one way to pronounce the character, but not when referring to the verb “to read”. I have found several examples of this problem for various characters in the app. So just be aware of that while using it. It would be great if the developers could resolve those issues. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — good app *2026-07-22, version 2.0.0* nice and focused app for writing practice on the go. does what it's supposed to do without distractions. i used to use it to practice new characters from chinese class. would be nice if when you searched a character it showed all entries containing that character e.g searching 感 shows 感，感冒，感觉 etc not just the entry for the single character ### 5/5 — Great *2022-10-22* Thank you for a very well thought app in terms of both layout and function, I can’t praise the developer enough. ### 5/5 — so EASY TO USE!!! *2022-07-26, version 1.0.2* i’m a native English speaker with a little previous experience exploring apps to improve my 重文 writing. this app is the easiest to use so far! just open, search for a word or phrase to practice, then start practicing! that simple! i recently deleted another app because for some reason it didn’t allow me to practice all the characters if a phrase. 😡 i LOVE LOVE LOVE that Daily Mandarin teaches you TRADITIONAL Chinese characters instead of only simplified! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 ### 5/5 — The best but where’s traditional? *2022-07-03, version 1.0.2* I absolutely love this. I’ve been practicing daily so far. I’ve taken Chinese in college years ago and want to keep up with it so this is a huge help but this is simplified characters, I would like to switch to traditional and it’s killing me! Still 5 stars tho. ### 5/5 — Хорошее приложение *2022-02-26, version 1.0.2* Свою функцию выполняет, но никак не могу подключить звук. Иногда очень не хватает произношения. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2021-11-11, version 1.0.2* I love this app, it helps me memorize all the Chinese characters! ### 5/5 — genuinely good dictionary app *2021-10-14, version 1.0.2* i made a funny acc on insta it is @dailymandarinfails because their writing practice is difficult on mobile devices ### 5/5 — Best app for Mandarin *2021-09-02, version 1.0.2* The BEST app! ### 5/5 — great app! *2021-05-29, version 1.0.2* i am learning mandarin and this is so helpful, it has all the stroke orders for any character i want to learn and it also shows the definitions. it has all the hsk levels with the words in that level too! very helpful for learning ### 5/5 — Very good app *2020-12-09, version 1.0.2* Simple and effective to learn writing Chinese, and good vocabulary. As you ask for feedback, I’d like to have the possibility to organize favorites (order, folders...) --- *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 2026-08-23.*