# Hanzi Grove: Learn Chinese — Characters, Pinyin & Stories > Characters, Pinyin & Stories (iPhone/iPad app by ZHENZHOU SHI.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hanzi-grove-learn-chinese/id6796932539 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [ZHENZHOU SHI](https://appshunter.io/developer/1889489141) - Category: Education, Reference - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 20 MB - Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China) - Released: 2026-09-01 - Data updated: 2026-10-31 ## What is Hanzi Grove? Hanzi Grove is a calm, short daily practice for reading your first 300 Chinese characters, with pinyin, Mandarin read-aloud, stroke-order cards and bilingual stories. Every character, theme and story is free, and the library keeps growing; an optional family membership adds more learner profiles and the full progress report. No ads, no account. 300 CHARACTERS · 15 THEMES · 21 STORIES Family, numbers, food, animals, school, festivals and more: each theme teaches 20 everyday characters you meet at home, in Chinese school and in simple books. HOW PRACTICE WORKS • Listen and choose: hear a character in Mandarin and pick it • Pinyin match: connect pinyin with the right character • Read and choose: see a character and pick its pinyin • Review: about a quarter of every mission brings back earlier characters so they stick • Similar-sounding characters are never mixed into the same question • Character cards: watch the stroke order, trace it with a finger, hear an example word BILINGUAL STORIES 21 short stories built from the characters you have learned. Turn pinyin and English on or off, tap Read aloud for Mandarin speech, and open new books as the learning path grows. TRADITIONAL CHARACTER HINTS Lessons teach simplified characters. Learners in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia or anywhere else can switch on traditional forms on character cards and story pages. FREE LEARNING, OPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBERSHIP • Free for every learner: all 300 characters, all 21 stories and the new themes and stories added to the library (downloaded in the app, no update needed), with every feature: character cards, pinyin, traditional forms and review • Hanzi Grove Membership: up to 3 learner profiles on one device and the full progress report (family board, themes to revisit, mastered characters) • Purchases and Restore Purchases sit behind the parent check MEMBERSHIP DETAILS Hanzi Grove Membership is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly through your Apple Account; prices are shown in the app before you buy. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ FOR GROWN-UPS • Progress summary behind a parent check: characters mastered, accuracy, day streak, weekly minutes and badges • With membership: the family board, the themes that need another look and the mastered-character list • Optional daily reminder, English or Chinese interface, larger text PRIVATE BY DESIGN Progress stays on the device. No sign-in, no tracking, no third-party SDKs, no ads. Settings and links sit behind the parent check. WHO IT IS FOR • Chinese-heritage families raising bilingual learners • Weekend Chinese school students who want a little daily practice • Beginners of any background learning to read Mandarin Mandarin read-aloud uses the voices built into your device. If no Chinese voice is installed, questions show pinyin instead. Privacy policy: https://anymk.app/privacy/hanzigrove ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Hanzi Grove Monthly | $6.99 | per month | | Hanzi Grove Yearly | $49.99 | per year | ## Is Hanzi Grove safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Hanzi Grove. ## Is Hanzi Grove legit? Hanzi Grove: Learn Chinese appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hanzi Grove is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.3 — 2026-10-29 New in 2.3: character cards now come with hand-picked illustrations. Each picture shows the character, a word or a short sentence, with pinyin, meaning and a button to hear it read aloud. Practice now shows the picture after each answer, and a new question type asks your child to fill the gap in a picture's word or sentence. The pictures are built in, so they work offline. All learning is now free: every unit, character card and story is open to everyone. Membership is for families: up to 3 child profiles and the full parent report. ### 2.2 — 2026-10-27 New in 2.2: when a stage is complete, a grown-up can share a badge card with the stage and the number of characters learned. Your child's name is only added if you switch it on. The Progress area now has a family board that ranks your learners by new characters this week, plus a weekly challenge: master 20 new characters to earn a Weekly Star trophy. Everything stays on this device. ### 2.1 — 2026-10-26 New in 2.0: stroke-order animations and tracing, traditional-character hints, review of earlier characters, corrected pinyin and a Chinese-voice check. Hanzi Grove Membership now includes a content library that grows with new themes and stories, downloaded in the app. The first 3 themes stay free, and existing members keep their membership. ### 2.0 — 2026-10-26 New in 2.0: stroke-order animations and tracing, traditional-character hints, review of earlier characters, corrected pinyin and a Chinese-voice check. Hanzi Grove Membership now includes a content library that grows with new themes and stories, downloaded in the app. The first 3 themes stay free, and existing members keep their membership. ### 1.0 — 2026-09-01 No release notes. ## More apps by ZHENZHOU SHI - [ImpulsePause](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/impulsepause/id6761416859) - [Type Insight](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/type-insight/id6761469287) - [One-Screen Metronome](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/one-screen-metronome/id6761506831) - [RepayMemo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/repaymemo/id6761517590) - [Nook Buddy](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nook-buddy/id6761606796) - [AnyMK](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anymk/id6762540103) All apps by ZHENZHOU SHI: https://appshunter.io/developer/1889489141 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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