Best Mandarin alternatives: apps like Mandarin

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Updated November 2026

Mandarin

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📚 Education

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Mandarin is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 7+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

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Mandarin - Speak Chinese by IcePenguin's cruise diary

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📚 Education

3.0(1 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Learn practical Mandarin vocabulary and phrases used in popular Chinese apps and real-life situations. This app offers bite-sized lessons, quizzes, and progress tracking to help intermediate and advanced learners master the language in just 5 minutes a day.

First Mandarin by EDNOVATION (SEA) PTE. LTD.

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📚 Education

0.0(0 ratings)

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Shangri Lingua by TENET INC.

Chinese Dictionary

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📚 Education

5.0(1 ratings)

Free

Master new vocabulary in Chinese through immersive learning and organized review lists. Build your personal word bank to reinforce your language acquisition journey.

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Chinese Words 4 Beginners - PE

Touch, Hear and Learn!

$1.99

This app helps beginners learn written Chinese by matching words to pictures and hearing native pronunciation. It offers touch, review, and play modes with 288 basic words and over 500 characters.

Touch mode for hearing wordsMatch words to picturesLearn basic characters

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