Comparison

Write Chinese vs Let's learn Chinese PinYin

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Learn 300 common Chinese characters
  • Includes stroke order for writing
  • Features spoken pronunciation
  • Designed for beginners
  • Interactive educational software
Features
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Simple and effective learning Chinese Mandarin Chinese educational software. 300 commonly used Chinese character strokes writing, spoken pronunciation.

About

Let's learn Chinese PinYin

This app helps preschool and early elementary children learn Mandarin Pinyin through engaging games and exercises. It covers listening, writing, reading, and practicing Pinyin with hundreds of stages and combinations.

Highlights
  • Interactive stage mode with hundreds of levels
  • Learn Pinyin pronunciation and writing
  • Practice listening and writing skills
  • Pinyin atlas with life-related pictures
  • Comprehensive Pinyin list with tones
Features
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"Let's learn Chinese PinYin" is an APP that designed for preschool children and children of lower grades to learn Pinyin. The game has an interesting stage mode, children can play games and do exercises. Also they can learn pinyin and related knowledge while playing games, including listening, writing, reading and practicing. The game contains 3 pinyin classification, finals, initials, the whole-read syllables, including the minor classification, single finals, nasal finals, 63 pinyin in total. There are hundreds of pinyin combinations and common Chinese characters in the game. Game features: 1.” Interesting stage mode”, 6 pinyin castles, and hundreds of stages for you to challenge. Complete the stages and capture the castle, experience the games and practice, learn pinyin while playing games. 2.” Lots of pinyin”, the game includes finals, initials, the whole read syllables and so on, 3 big pinyin classification in total. Each category has specific games and exercises, so the children can learn the characteristics of each pinyin. 3.” Listen, write, read and practice”, each stage will introduce the pronunciation, writing, and related words of the pinyin. Meanwhile, listening and writing practice will strengthen the children's memory of pinyin. 4 .” Pinyin atlas”, The atlas contains pictures related to pinyin, and each picture is related to life. Just play games and increase your collection. 5. “List of pinyin”, open the list, and check the pronunciation, writing and tone of each pinyin.

Screenshots

Write Chinese4 screens
Let's learn Chinese PinYin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Write Chinese at 47% against Let's learn Chinese PinYin's 0%. Write Chinese also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Let's learn Chinese PinYin's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Write Chinese sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Let's learn Chinese PinYin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Let's learn Chinese PinYin holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 59 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Write Chinese's written reviews are positive against 0% of Let's learn Chinese PinYin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Write Chinese ships an update every 2 months, Let's learn Chinese PinYin every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Write Chinese versus Let's learn Chinese PinYin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrite ChineseLet's learn Chinese PinYin
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (36 ratings)4.6 (59 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3659 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer向军 贾Happy Box 欢乐盒子

Customer experience

Write Chinese

All ratings35 ratings
Positive62.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative46.7%

Let's learn Chinese PinYin

All ratings45 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Write Chinese

One-time1
  • Unlock function and off AD$3.99
1 purchases

Let's learn Chinese PinYin

One-time1
  • Ads Remove$1.99

Questions

Is Write Chinese free?
Write Chinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Let's learn Chinese PinYin free?
Let's learn Chinese PinYin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Write Chinese or Let's learn Chinese PinYin?
Let's learn Chinese PinYin is rated higher. Write Chinese averages 3.6 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Let's learn Chinese PinYin averages 4.6 from 59 ratings.
Do Write Chinese or Let's learn Chinese PinYin have ads?
Both Write Chinese and Let's learn Chinese PinYin show ads.
Which is updated more often, Write Chinese or Let's learn Chinese PinYin?
Write Chinese ships an update every 2 months, and Let's learn Chinese PinYin every 5 months. Most recently, Write Chinese was updated on October 26, 2026 and Let's learn Chinese PinYin on October 24, 2026.

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