Write Chinese vs Basana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Write Chinese
Master Mandarin Chinese with this educational app. It offers interactive lessons on 300 essential characters, complete with stroke order and spoken pronunciation. Ideal for beginners looking to build a solid foundation in the language.
- Learn 300 common Chinese characters
- Includes stroke order for writing
- Features spoken pronunciation
- Designed for beginners
- Interactive educational software
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Simple and effective learning Chinese Mandarin Chinese educational software. 300 commonly used Chinese character strokes writing, spoken pronunciation.
Basana
Master Mandarin Chinese quickly and easily with this educational app. Start reading sentences in minutes and enjoy a fun, effective learning experience. Ideal for career, travel, or personal enrichment.
- Learn Chinese quickly
- Easy to use interface
- Effective learning methods
- Read first sentences in minutes
- Content for career, travel, and fun
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Learning Chinese is very fast end easy with Basana. In just minutes you’ll be reading your first sentences. Basana is fun and easy to use, and at the same time very effective. Whether you want to learn Chinese for career, travel, family, friends, school, or just for fun, we believe you will love learning with Basana. Much more content will be added in upcoming updates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Basana at 100% against Write Chinese's 47%. Basana also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Write Chinese's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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. Write Chinese sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Basana asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basana holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Write Chinese has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Write Chinese's written reviews are positive against 100% of Basana's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Write Chinese | Basana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 向军 贾 | SpF Eagle |
Customer experience
Write Chinese
Basana
In-app purchases
Write Chinese
- Unlock function and off AD$3.99
Basana
No in-app purchases
