HANDS DOWN Best SRS app!
The writing and tonal practice makes this stand out above other SRS apps that only really help recognition/conversational recall but not how to write (which learners often fall behind on when learning Chinese). Plus you can create your own decks and manage different topics into sub sections. Can’t recommend enough
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My New Favorite
If you’re learning to write characters, the iPad interface and an Apple Pencil works really well, and their library of decks matched to an almost ridiculous number of various textbooks and resources is amazing, as well as having their own courses.
I also like that they emphasize learning the tones.
My only gripe, on the web version, when quizzing for pinyin, you can type the answer, but you seem to be on the honor statement in the iOS app.
I also like that they emphasize learning the tones.
My only gripe, on the web version, when quizzing for pinyin, you can type the answer, but you seem to be on the honor statement in the iOS app.
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Best app for learning and retaining Chinese characters
This is the best app for learning and remembering Chinese characters. I don’t like writing reviews, but I figured I’d throw the folks at Skritter a bone. I so appreciate this program and can attest to its incomparable capacity to teach a high volume of characters in very little time. Thank you Skritter. I love you.
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Annoying visual update
The functionality has usually been good, but the recent visual update is unpleasant—now there’s only two higher-contrast options.
So worth it
Worth it for writing practice
Terrible visual update
The functionality has usually been good, but the recent visual update is terrible—now there’s only two super high-contrast options, it’s really unpleasant to use now.
Can’t beat free
Love this app
Sentence practice
Love the app but it would be even better if it had sentence practice modes. E.g ordering words into sentences, filling gaps.
To help learn sentence structures and how to form them.
To help learn sentence structures and how to form them.
well planned for long term
I just started but it feels very well planned for the long term study of Mandarin. I've used other apps and was surprised that they abruptly ended at A2. I feel this app can take you to HSK 3 & beyond. I'll update my review after a year.
Underrated app
For learning to read and write Hanzi, this is the best app Ive found. Paired with readers from Du Chinese or other apps, Skritter has been amazing for actually retaining new characters.
Some of the decks that other users have created are just amazing for learning characters in an optimal order instead of just following HSK. Spaced repetitions, writing practice, and most importantly for me, even decks that were uploaded with simplified characters automatically become available in traditional! This is an amazing feature. Most apps support both character sets, but most of them do not auto-translate from one to the other when it’s user-uploaded content. This is a huge benefit.
Some of the decks that other users have created are just amazing for learning characters in an optimal order instead of just following HSK. Spaced repetitions, writing practice, and most importantly for me, even decks that were uploaded with simplified characters automatically become available in traditional! This is an amazing feature. Most apps support both character sets, but most of them do not auto-translate from one to the other when it’s user-uploaded content. This is a huge benefit.
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Great !
This appli is wonderfull and complete
Response from developer
Thank you so much for the 5-star review, and for taking the time to share your feedback! If you ever have any questions, you can reach us at team@skritter.com!
Kim waree
This app is amazing it helped me learn and write Chinese very well
Great App
Skritter is the best app I’ve used to study Chinese.
Best for Characters
I prefer the flexibility of Anki for most things but if you’re looking to learn to write characters Skritter is awesome.
lag greatly improved
In the past there were issues with this otherwise excellent app lagging and failing to load. These seem to have been mostly fixed and I’ve renewed my subscription. If you want to learn a large number of hanzi, there’s no better app. And I appreciate the integration with dictionary entries in Pleco, the overall most essential app for Chinese learners. Thanks!
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Pretty good, minor drawbacks
This app is pretty good for learning how to write or read Chinese. I like it cause it gives you the option to choose between traditional and simplified. One of the drawbacks is that it automatically defaults to HSK 2.0, even though it has HSK 3.0. Another thing is that’s it’s pretty pricey for what it’s worth. The worst thing for me is probably the font it’s in. In the real world in China they use a more blocky font (Heiti, Songti, Mingti) and the one skritter uses is very calligraphy like, where there are nice angles and such (Kaiti), but in the real world instead of that specific angle they just do a 90 degree turn, or maybe just smush everything down so everything is even. An example of this is the word 哪 , in the app the Kou portion is sitting comfortably up in the top left corner. In heiti font it’s thin and reaches from top to bottom. The second part, 冄 , in skritter is pretty evenly spaced. And probably the one that was most difficult for me was 阝, in Skritter (Kaiti) it hangs below the rest of the character, in real life (heiti) it doesn’t. Heiti likes everything evenly spaced. Maybe add like a feature where you can add the font that’s used in mainland China so you can get used to it, cause it’s kinda difficult adapting. Like maybe show it right below the Kaiti font when on the reading and definition, and you can maybe like choose which one (Songti, Mingti, or Heiti). Cause I do understand you need to use Kaiti to learn how to write. But even when trying to learn to read. I’ve been living in China for the past month, and have only been able to recognize maybe a dozen characters due to the real world using Heiti. For comparison it’s like a foreigner in China learning how to read English by learning to read founding father style cursive, but when they actually go to an English speaking country, they realize the world is dominated by Arial and Helvetica. This is not just a problem for the real world, this is also a problem because all formalized online testing systems use Heiti, some of these exams include AP Chinese Language and Culture, HSK, and even AAPPL. Overall pretty good app though. (Edit, changed to 4 stars since the developers actually responded, and it seems like they actually care about feedback compared to some other apps ahem Duolingo, it seems that most of the reviews are responded to, so it’s nice to see that they actually care about their work!🙂)
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Goated
I owe my year to it
obsessed
Can’t stop won’t stop
Pretty good, minor drawbacks
This app is pretty good for learning how to write or read Chinese. I like it cause it gives you the option to choose between traditional and simplified. One of the drawbacks is that it automatically defaults to HSK 2.0, even though it has HSK 3.0. Another thing is that’s it’s pretty pricey for what it’s worth. The worst thing for me is probably the font it’s in. In the real world in China they use a more blocky font and the one skritter uses is very calligraphy like, where there are nice angles and such, but in the real world instead of that specific angle they just do a 90 degree turn, or maybe just smush everything down so everything is even. Maybe add like a feature where you can add the font that’s used in mainland China so you can get used to it, cause it;s kinda difficult adapting. Overall pretty good app though.
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Best ever way to study and review 中文！
Started studying Chinese in 1966. After many different classes and programs Skritter hits the sweet spot.
Response from developer
Thank you for the 5-star review, we appreciate it! We are collecting user-testimonials and would love to learn more about how Skritter is helping you. If you want to share more about your experience, you can let us know at team@skritter.com.
