# iLearn Chinese Characters Lite — user reviews > 68 indexed App Store user reviews of iLearn Chinese Characters Lite by YOYASOFT LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 42 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ilearn-chinese-characters-lite/id349253256/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ilearn-chinese-characters-lite/id349253256.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 28 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of iLearn Chinese Characters Lite? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great for beginners - 💡 Explains characters well - 💡 Visual breakdowns helpful - 💡 Stroke demo useful - 💡 History and etymology engaging - 💡 Good organization - 💡 Progressive study mode effective - 💡 Covers basics and advanced usage - 💡 Practice writing characters - 💡 Informative and detailed - 💡 Makes Chinese less intimidating - 💡 Useful for reviewing characters - 💡 Addictive learning - 💡 Good for visual learners - 💡 Clear pronunciation - 💡 Well presented - 💡 Easy to remember - 💡 Stable app - 💡 Good features **Cons** - 🎨 App is a little ugly - 🎨 Needs a facelift - 🐛 Some freezes - 🐛 Stroke recognition issues - 🐛 Writing practice bugs - 🐛 New updates make modes unusable - 🐛 Misses plenty of characters - 🐛 Animated writing too slow - 🐛 Sound does not work on iPad - 🐛 Font size too small - 🐛 Touch strokes sensitivity can be improved - 🐛 Does not teach stroke order (in some reviews) - 🐛 Some characters lack explanation/writing demo - 🐛 Organization in index mode painful **Commonly reported bugs** - New updates make it unusable in some modes - Animated writing is too slow - Sound does not work on iPad - Stroke recognition issues - Writing practice bugs - Touch strokes sensitivity can be improved - App freezes - Missed characters - Some characters lack explanation/writing demo - Organization in index mode painful **Most requested features** - More advanced lessons and tests - Tests for writing characters - Include traditional characters - Include ancient pictograms - Quizzes with drawing characters - Audio for example sentences - Search function - Section on measure words - More categories - Add more characters - Add Chinese grammar characters - Better looking pictures - Option for writing speed - Discussion of grammar considerations - Add compounds, idioms, and sentences - Expand meanings of characters - Make full version free - Add traditional characters - Add search function - Add measure words section - More categories - More characters - More grammar characters - Better pictures - Option for writing speed - Grammar considerations - Compounds, idioms, sentences - Expand meanings - Make full version free ## Newest reviews (14 of 68) ### 4/5 — Good app, room for improvement *2014-12-22* I really love the way this app explains Chinese, and it's a really good app for learning the language. However, i do agree that the app is a little ugly and I do want there to be more advanced lessons and tests, and also tests that quiz your ability to write the characters as well as read and comprehend. Overall great app! ### 4/5 — The best, but room for improvement *2014-05-14* The organization is excellent. In 'progressive study' mode, you learn characters based on their frequency of use, and have to pass a quiz to move on to the next few (6-12) characters. Or you can look up characters based on category without taking quizzes. In either mode, you get both basic and advanced examples of how the character is used in a phrase. There's also an index organized 'alphabetically' by pronunciation. The app would be improved by placing the traditional character (and the ancient pictogram, when available) in an obvious and consistent spot on every page. It would also be cool if the quizzes gave you a definition/pronunciation and asked you to draw the character. ### 4/5 — Very informative, but ugly *2013-08-01* The best information and detail I've seen so far to break down Chinese characters with their original meanings, and then contrasting simplified vs traditional. Understanding the history and reason for the pictograms makes everything much easier to remember. The downside is the app is very ugly and a face lift would really do this app justice! This should be one of the top Chinese apps. ### 4/5 — Useful app to start Chinese *2013-05-31, version 2.2.5* Great app to start as a beginner. It would be good if the examples of how characters are used also had the audio to hear how the sentence is read. ### 4/5 — Great *2013-03-13, version 2.2.3* I needed help with writing. The stroke demo is really helpful. ### 5/5 — Good job *2012-08-13, version 1.7.0* I love this all my friend are learning chinnese now. ### 4/5 — Very simple & easy to learn *2012-08-05* This version very good & simple, easy to Lerner ### 5/5 — Creat one *2012-08-01, version 1.7.0* Very good ### 5/5 — Great app! *2012-07-09* The app covers everything from different pronunciations to how to write the characters, allowing you to also practice writing the character on your touch screen. It gives basic to advanced usages in the Chinese language and later tests your understanding-how you pronounce characters, what they mean, and what combinations of characters mean! This lite version has me convinced enough to buy the full version! ### 4/5 — very helpful *2012-07-06, version 1.7.0* great app ### 5/5 — Boo ya *2012-07-01, version 1.7.0* Nice ### 5/5 — Well done! *2012-06-27, version 1.7.0* Very thorough. Great for a beginner that needs a lot of explanation as well as practice. Transitions smoothly. ### 4/5 — Fun *2012-06-25, version 1.7.0* I am very keen about foreign languages and cultures and I just love Chinese. This app has kept me moving and motivated in my hobby. This may end up taking me to China on a visit one day...on practice...satisfying my yearn. ### 5/5 — Fab *2012-06-13, version 1.7.0* Really great app to get you started ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2012-09-26, version 2.0* Don't download rely bad ### 1/5 — Rate it *2012-09-14, version 1.7.0* Makes me rate it before trying it! ### 1/5 — Learn Chinese *2012-09-01, version 1.7.0* Lame and boring ### 1/5 — Rate without using first? *2012-06-06, version 1.7.0* This app immediately told me to rate the app and would not let me try it first........odddd! ### 1/5 — Uhhh *2011-06-30* It's mandarin ### 2/5 — Ok *2013-12-14* Great if all you're looking for is simplified. Don't download otherwise. ### 2/5 — Let me try it first *2012-08-19, version 1.7.0* Let me try it first ### 2/5 — Not worth the time *2011-12-24* This app missed plenty of characters. Also, it is DEFINITELY not worth the time. ### 3/5 — Can I try it first before I review? *2012-06-23, version 1.7.0* To be fair, let me try first ### 3/5 — Good *2012-05-17, version 1.7.0* Fab ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Such a useful and pleasant to work with app *2019-09-01* Thank you, developer!!! For a few years I am coming back to this app and found it so helpful to review characters. ### 5/5 — Great for teaching *2015-02-08* My husband is very visual and prefers understanding the visual breakdowns of the characters. He is absorbing so much better. Thanks!! ### 5/5 — Addictive! *2013-11-26, version 2.2.5* I have been looking for something like this for ages： an app (or any easily obtainable information) to help me learn Chinese characters. This app is exactly what I was hoping for! It is so addictive and has been an enormous help to endear stand the construct of characters in an interesting and addictive way! 谢谢 Xièxiè ### 5/5 — Need more apps like this! *2013-10-05* I've been meaning to learn Chinese for a while. Being the basics or more interestingly the characters. After trying multiple apps, I found this to be a great resource for beginners who are passionate about learning Chinese. It breaks the writing, history and how-to to help you start Chinese very quickly. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you can immediately enable he Chinese writing and practice some of these characters that you learn. Great work.. ### 5/5 — Simple, understandable. Makes Chinese the rather easy language it really is. *2013-07-25* As a historian of ideas, I've had to learn to make my way through a number of languages, to date, I can read without over-dependence on a dictionary etc. around twelve. Like most Westerners, I was at first intimidated by Chinese because of the characters. However, I found that learning characters is no more difficult than learning any set of vocabulary and the manner this program teaches characters makes even that fairly straightforward, and it's etymological approach to explaining characters appeals to persons who see history as a wonderful type of storytelling. The fact that compared to Sanskrit and Classical Greek, Chinese grammar, such as it is could be described as either non-existent or a "cake walk" only serves to make things more easy and more enjoyable, is just an added benefit to the program's manner of treating the primary difficulty Chinese does present. ### 5/5 — Thank you *2012-12-04* Words cant express my gratitude for those that put minds in creating this app. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Chinese *2012-09-18, version 1.7.0* Excellent app. I have really learned the numbers and basics. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Nice app, good explanations. *2012-09-15, version 1.7.0* Does a good job teaching words, explaining the characters, and showing how to draw them. ### 5/5 — Very nice *2012-08-28, version 1.7.0* Useful app ### 5/5 — Great app *2012-08-26, version 1.7.0* It's pretty good. It is a great app for beginners. --- *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 2026-08-25.*