Comparison

Stroker vs ezWrite Chinese

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

Head to head
About

Stroker

Master the art of Chinese calligraphy with this app. It offers animated guides for over 9000 characters, helping you learn correct stroke order. Browse or search for characters to begin your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Learn proper Chinese writing
  • Master stroke orders
  • Over 9000 Chinese characters
  • Animated character guides
  • Browse by category
  • Search characters
Features
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Want to learn the proper way of writing Chinese? Having trouble remembering the correct stroke orders? Then this app is for you! Stroker Calligraphy has over 9000 Chinese characters! See characters by browsing categories or by searching. Each character is animated for you to know the way! Download this free app now so you can master the stroke orders.

About

ezWrite Chinese

Features
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ezWriteChinese is an auxiliary app designed for people who want to learn writing traditional Chinese words. This App has more than 6,000 words. It’s critical that auxiliary learning App provides correct content. In order to confirm the accuracy of our database, stroke order, annotated sound and Regular Script font all follow the standards released by the Ministry of Education (R.O.C.). The copyright is at the end of the article. Features: . Animation for correct stroke order of each Chinese word. You can easily learn how to write by following the animation. . Voice-assisted learning It motivates pre-school children to learn by voice interaction. . Build your own exercise library! “What words should my kids learn at their age?” Every mom or dad has different idea. Now you can customize your own exercise library for practice based on your kid’s learning level. . Correct Stroke order The stroke order has to be followed in order to complete an exercise. . Artificial Intelligence (AI) Evaluation Misalignment may happen while writing. This APP adopts AI to tolerant reasonable misalignment to prevent frustration while learning. . Color coded result Parents can understand the result of exercises by different colors. . Each word is shown with annotated sound (Bopomofo) Children can learn how to pronounce each word while writing. The pronunciation of this program adopts the built-in speech synthesis technology of mobile phone or tablet.  We manually test all pronunciations on the latest version of iOS/iPadOS to avoid errors. If you have pronunciation problems, make sure your iPhone or iPad is updated to the latest version. Copyright Notice: . The data of stroke order are from the Ministry of Education (R.O.C.)’s “Learning Program for Stroke Order of Chinese Characters” (https://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/home.do). (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 TW) . The data of Regular Script font are from the Ministry of Education (R.O.C.)’s “Standard Regular Script file.” (CC BY-ND 3.0 TW) . The data of phonetic are combined from the Ministry of Education (R.O.C.)’s “Revised Chinese Dictionary,” “Concise Chinese Dictionary,” and “Mini Chinese Dictionary.” (CC BY-ND 3.0 TW) This app using the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stroker4 screens
ezWrite Chinese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stroker at none against ezWrite Chinese's 4. ezWrite Chinese's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ezWrite Chinese sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Stroker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stroker ships an update every 8 months, ezWrite Chinese every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stroker versus ezWrite Chinese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrokerezWrite Chinese
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParagon Codeworks LLCMing-hua Wu

In-app purchases

None

Stroker

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

ezWrite Chinese

Subscriptions3
  • print feature 1 month3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • print feature 6 months$3.996 Months
  • print feature 12 months$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Removed AD$4.99

Questions

Is Stroker free?
Stroker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ezWrite Chinese free?
ezWrite Chinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stroker or ezWrite Chinese have ads?
Both Stroker and ezWrite Chinese show ads.
Which is updated more often, Stroker or ezWrite Chinese?
Stroker ships an update every 8 months, and ezWrite Chinese every 6 weeks. Most recently, Stroker was updated on October 13, 2026 and ezWrite Chinese on October 4, 2026.

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