Pandaist vs +1 Chinese | Mandarin Input
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pandaist
This app offers a graded reading experience to help users learn Chinese characters. It includes a dictionary and quizzes, with progress tracking and regularly updated content. Subscription options are available for enhanced features.
- Graded Chinese readers
- Integrated dictionary
- Character quizzes
- Progress tracking
- Updated news and stories
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Pandaist is a graded reader, dictionary and quiz app that lets you practice Chinese characters. The app allows you to keep track of scores, settings, and has constantly updated news and stories! To see the subscription terms of use, go to https://pandaist.com/terms
+1 Chinese | Mandarin Input
This app generates personalized Chinese language learning podcasts based on your vocabulary level and interests. It offers live transcripts to aid comprehension and a community library of user-created content. Learn Mandarin through engaging, AI-powered audio experiences.
- Personalized AI-generated podcasts
- Adjustable vocabulary level
- Topic-based content creation
- Live transcripts for audio
- Community content library
- Cancel anytime subscription
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Maximizing comprehensible input is a great way to learn Chinese, but it's not always easy to find interesting Chinese content at your current level. Plus One Chinese makes this content for you using generative AI. How it works: Personalized Podcasts: Input the number of Chinese words you know and your desired topic, and in less than 5 minutes Plus One generates an interesting podcast episode just for you. Live Transcripts: Follow along with live transcripts as the episode plays, helping you connect spoken words to their written forms. Community Content: Access an unlimited number of personalized episodes and explore a rich library of content created by other learners in the Plus One community. Subscription Details: Membership is a month-to-month subscription that begins at sign up. You can easily cancel anytime, online, 24 hours a day. There are no long-term contracts or cancellation fees. We just want you to love learning Chinese What Users are Saying: “Have been using and it's epic.” – Plus One user “It's better than Christmas” – Plus One user “Wow, I did not even know this kind of thing was possible with today's AI.” – Reddit comment Privacy Policy: https://plusonechinese.com/terms-of-service Terms of Service: https://plusonechinese.com/privacy-policy Support: support@plusonechinese.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pandaist at 4.8 against +1 Chinese | Mandarin Input's 4.2. Pandaist also leads on ads (none vs shown). +1 Chinese | Mandarin Input's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Pandaist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and +1 Chinese | Mandarin Input sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pandaist holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Pandaist's written reviews are positive against 80% of +1 Chinese | Mandarin Input's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pandaist | +1 Chinese | Mandarin Input |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.2 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrew Alexander | Thomas Joseph Shelley |
Customer experience
Pandaist
+1 Chinese | Mandarin Input
In-app purchases
Pandaist
- Pandaist Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pandaist Yearly$99.991 Year
+1 Chinese | Mandarin Input
- Full Access$14.991 Month
- Full Access14 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Full Access7 Days trial$14.991 Month
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