Learn Chinese vs Chinese Words (Thai)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn Chinese
Learn Mandarin Chinese through engaging games, a comprehensive phrasebook, and structured courses for beginners and intermediates. Master essential vocabulary and pronunciation with authentic audio and diverse learning activities.
- Fun language games
- Extensive phrasebook
- Beginner & intermediate courses
- Authentic native speaker audio
- Pinyin and character learning
- Multiple learning styles catered for
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Learn to speak Mandarin Chinese with fun games, phrasebook, beginner and intermediate level courses. Listen to all the essential words and phrases you need to build a solid foundation of Chinese. This app was created by a language teacher who found that students learn language more effectively through fun and repetition. Different learning styles are catered to with the many games and quizzes: - Visual (picture quiz) - Auditory (listening quiz) - Read-Write (multichoice quiz, word guess) Learn common words and phrases that are sorted into many useful categories. Phrasebook sets include: greetings, hobbies, conversation, food, animals, language difficulties, travel phrases, adjectives, verbs, countries, clothing, colors, emergencies, shopping, directions, numbers, school, work, and telling the time. Learn the Chinese pinyin and pronunciation in the Alphabet Section. Listen to authentic, high quality audio of a beautiful Chinese native speaker with clear pronunciation (north east China with no local accent). This app will help you learn Mandarin Chinese for travel in China & Taiwan, work, school, fun, or to talk to your friends or partner. All words and phrases are in Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters, as well as Pinyin. Study a new language set every day and practice it in the Games Section. Learn language tips and grammar in the Grammar Section. Quickly find a word in the Search Section. Change user language and romanisation (pinyin) in the App Settings. Words and phrases have been translated by native speakers into English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese (simplified and traditional characters), Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese Korean, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. All language is carefully translated by native speakers and NOT by computers/online translators. Created by a team of Chinese native speakers, language teacher and iOS developer. If you have any feedback, please let us know what you think. There will be regular updates and improvements in the future. PLEASE NOTE:This app has subscriptions to access all content and features in the app. The 1 month/year subscriptions renew automatically. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. Manage your subscriptions in your Account settings. Auto renewal may be turned off in your Account settings. The Lifetime purchase is a one time payment. All purchases will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. http://www.luvlingua.com/privacy/Privacy_Policy_Learn_Chinese_LuvLingua.html LuvLingua - Love Learning Languages https://www.luvlingua.com/learnchinese.html
Chinese Words (Thai)
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"ร้านอาหาร" (restaurant) is 饭店 in Chinese, read in pinyin as fàn diàn. "พลอย" (gem) is 珠宝 (zhū bǎo) and "รูปภาพ" (picture) is 图片 (tú piàn). This app is a Thai–Chinese word collection: search in Thai and see the Chinese characters beside it, each with its pinyin so you can say it out loud. Made for people travelling or working in China, doing business with Chinese partners, students of Chinese and beginners learning Mandarin. The app is in Thai. What you can do • Type a Thai word in search, see suggestions as you type, then read the Chinese with its pinyin • Word pages show the Chinese equivalents, each with pinyin; copy them in one tap • Browse by Thai letter from ก to ฮ, sorted alphabetically, by popularity or newest first • Translate a sentence from Thai to Chinese or Chinese to Thai, with a Thai-letter reading (a daily allowance applies) • Tap the heart to save words you want to remember; the app reminds you to review on day 1, 3, 7 and 14 and sends a word-of-the-day reminder, with a home-screen widget • 3 practice games: picture guess, match, guess the word from its meaning • Share a word as an image in your choice of colour, or send a greeting card to LINE and social media • Chinese articles and lessons in the Articles tab • Adjustable text size and dark mode for night reading • Words you have opened can be read again offline (the first view needs a connection) • Can't find a word? Tap to report it so the team can add it • Favourites from the previous version of the app are still there The content is the same as wordyguru.com and is reviewed and updated continually. Free to use, with ads. Developed by Wordy Guru
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chinese Words (Thai) at none against Learn Chinese's 3. Learn Chinese's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Learn Chinese sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Chinese Words (Thai) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Learn Chinese ships an update every 2 months, Chinese Words (Thai) every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn Chinese | Chinese Words (Thai) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Tonkin | Kittipong Intaboot |
In-app purchases
Learn Chinese
- Premium Package - 1 month$2.991 Month
- Premium Package - 1 year$18.991 Year
- Premium Package - Lifetime$29.99
Chinese Words (Thai)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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