Mandaboo vs HSK Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mandaboo
A fun, improv-style game designed to improve Mandarin speaking and listening skills. Players guess Mandarin words by following clues, avoiding specific taboo words to enhance comprehension and vocabulary. Play solo or with friends for an engaging learning experience.
- Guess Mandarin words with clues
- Avoid taboo words
- Improve listening comprehension
- Enhance speaking skills
- Play solo or with friends
- Create custom word lists
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Start playing Mandaboo today—a game of unspeakable Mandarin fun. Follow clues to guess the Mandarin word in this Mandarin game of improv, learning and laughs. Some clues are taboo to challenge your Mandarin listening comprehension and get your mind’s gears turning in Mandarin to guess the word in question. WHAT’S A MANDABOO? It’s a guessing challenge where the speaker gives you clues but they are not allowed to say certain taboo words to keep you guessing longer. You’ll hang on every clue until you make a Mandarin breakthrough…or bust! Will you be stumped? Only one way to know! ARE YOU UP FOR THE GUESSING CHALLENGE? Play on your own with the built-in Mandaboos or play with friends by creating your own Mandaboos for friends to guess, or try your guessing prowess with your friends’ Mandaboos and keep the learning going. Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HSK Widgets
Learn Chinese vocabulary quickly with home screen widgets displaying HSK words. Access over 5000 words across six levels to reinforce your learning and improve recall.
- Home screen widgets for vocabulary
- Learn Chinese language faster
- 5000+ HSK words
- HSK 1-6 levels
- Reinforce word recall
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This app will help you have your favorite level of HSK words on your home screen (Using Widgets), This new method, can help you learn the Chinese language quicker than usual. There are many words which sound familiar but you can never use them cause you haven't learned them enough! widgets can complete the process of learning. besides the widgets feature, you can have access to 5000 HSK separated into 6 different levels(HSK1 ~ HSK6) Privacy Policy: https://shiranmahan.wixsite.com/home/about-us terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mandaboo at weekly against HSK Widgets's every 6 weeks. Mandaboo also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Mandaboo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and HSK Widgets sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mandaboo against 5.0 for HSK Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mandaboo has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Mandaboo ships an update weekly, HSK Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mandaboo | HSK Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mandarin Monkey Ltd | Nezam Ansari |
Customer experience
Mandaboo
HSK Widgets
In-app purchases
Mandaboo
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Six Month Subscription3 Days trial$54.996 Months
- Annual Subscription$99.991 Year
HSK Widgets
- Premium$0.997 Days
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