Very nice and clear
Deceptively Simple but Amazing App
Low cost and teaches grammar
if teaches words too but I mostly care about the grammar stuff rn
it’s only a couple quid to access everything and can probably be finished in a month if you use it a lot
Underrated
Worth a lifetime subscription
You got it & easy to learn: Chinese
Одно из лучших приложений
Good potential, but one big issue
When you couldn’t hear or understand something, there needs to be a quick and easy way to go back to that card (especially when using it while exercising, etc).
I contacted the developer and he responded quickly, but said that it was too difficult to get those buttons to work correctly on iOS, so they disabled them instead…
Great app!
A very useful resource
The interface is very clean and easy to use, even on the go. The recordings are very clear and recorded consistently. Most important here is there is no extraneous content, like music or intro nonsense. So it is pure listening content with no wasted time.
What I like most is that there is lots of variations in sentence construction, like you might run into in real life.
Also lots of settings to control auto repeat and delays so that you can get the most out of listening time.
A very well constructed learning tool that I really enjoy using. I highly recommend this app!
Simply Brilliant!
The learning curve is smooth from absolute beginner, with repetition training and male/female audio recordings.
I cannot rate this app highly enough.
Pure joy
A fantastic and underrated app to learn chinese
Perfect
Great content, but app has limits.
Excellent resource
Keep up the great work!
Excellent App
Good app, but what am I paying a subscription for?
Update: thanks for the lifetime subscription option. Here’s some other things that I hope you can implement in the future:
Save and retrieve repetition training criteria - this will make the feature much more useful
Bookmarks - right now there’s no easy way to get back to where we last were.
English audio translations - this would be very helpful
Response from developer
Actually, I've recently added a one-time option on the web browser version (console.immersivechinese.com). It will be added to iOS too shortly, although there's still a little bit of development to do first. The website purchase should be a little cheaper compared to the App Store, and it applies to all three platforms (iOS, Android, and web), while the App Store purchase only applies to iOS devices, so I recommend that. I'll keep the subscriptions as well for those who just want to try it for a couple of dollars without making a bigger commitment. In my defence, subscription models are now the standard for language learning software, even for those that don't update or add any new content. I'm still adding new features regularly, and I'm planning to add more content soon (male audio for all sentences), and about 50 more lessons before the end of the year. Anyway, I accept that not everyone likes subscriptions, so I'll see how the lifetime option performs.
Great
Response from developer
The Cantonese version is being worked on, and it's coming on well. I recruited a Hong Konger to help me, and we've written most of the lesson content already (we started last November and write 10 lessons per week). We still need to find someone to record the audio (hopefully a professional broadcaster), and editing so many audio files takes a while. There's also a lot of programming work to do. All sentences in the Mandarin app will have a Cantonese version available for reference, and all sentences in the Cantonese app will have a Mandarin version (although the course structure is slightly different between the two). It means you can do Repetition Training and have it automatically play Mandarin and Cantonese back to back for all sentences. I don't want to give a specific release date because it's too hard to predict. All I'll say is it should be sometime this year.
Full version Gone?
Response from developer
Hi, glad you like the app. Yes, there is a slightly different system now, although purchases under the old system remain valid forever (some users will need to pick "restore purchase"). The old system was entirely local and I had basically no control over it, whereas the new system has a degree of integration between the three different platforms (iOS, Android, and web) and I can provide better support for users. I'm not sure what your exact situation is, but rest assured that nobody loses anything from the new arrangement. If you have an old App Store purchase, contact me at support@immersivechinese.com and I'll happily apply that to your Immersive Chinese user account so you can get the same access on Android and web (and it will remove any need to "restore" a purchase on iOS in future). And if you have any other queries feel free to contact me, whether it's regarding the app or about learning Chinese in general!
