Comparison

WriteChinese vs Chinese Character Strokes

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

Head to head
About

WriteChinese

Learn the correct stroke order for Chinese characters with animated guides and pronunciation. Supports text recognition, offline lookup, and practice writing with error correction. Ideal for students and learners of Chinese.

Highlights
  • Stroke order lookup and animation
  • Pinyin annotation and voice pronunciation
  • Text recognition for input
  • Offline dictionary
  • Writing practice with error alerts
  • Simplified and traditional Chinese support
Features
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"WriteChinese" is an app for learning the stroke order of Chinese characters, with stroke order lookup, pinyin annotation, voice playback, flashcards and vocabulary review. It works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Pencil. The app strictly follows the latest standards for Chinese character stroke order and includes tens of thousands of common characters, meeting the lookup needs of teachers, parents and children. Stroke order and radicals are based on the "Elementary School Students' Stroke-Radical-Structure Character-level Stroke Order Dictionary" and the "Modern Chinese Stroke-Radical-Structure Character-level Stroke Order Standard Dictionary." All of the more than 20,000 Chinese characters supported by "WriteChinese" are annotated with pinyin, and users can tap the play button to hear the pronunciation. Features: * Take a photo or choose an image for text recognition to help you input the characters you want to practice. * Handwriting lookup: find the character you want by writing it by hand, even if you can't type Chinese. * New flashcards: turn characters into cards for reviewing and memorizing anytime, anywhere. * New vocabulary book: automatically collect new characters for repeated review. * New word list quiz: test how well you've mastered a list, with your progress at a glance. * After text recognition, automatically translate English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese into Chinese for easy comparison while learning Chinese. * Offline dictionary: look up characters you don't know. * Automatically save your input or text-recognition history for easy practice later. * Supports stroke order practice for almost all Chinese characters. * Play the standard stroke order of characters as an animation. * Practice writing Chinese characters; if there is a mistake, the app alerts you to the incorrect stroke. * Show or hide the stroke order to help with dictation and to strengthen memory. * Automatically annotate pinyin when you input any Chinese characters. * Voice playback of Chinese characters: if you don't know how to read a character, just tap the voice button to hear it. * Share your handwritten characters with friends. * Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English explanations. Discover more features... Chinese characters have a history of more than six thousand years; they are the world's longest continuously used writing system, with no break in transmission. They are the only surviving ideographic script created by ancient people and an important part of Chinese culture. We sincerely hope "WriteChinese" can help Chinese learners around the world and help billions of Chinese users learn how to write Chinese characters. Unlimited Access Membership Subscription - Use all in-app features without restrictions through this subscription. - Subscriptions are charged weekly, monthly or yearly, depending on the selected plan. - Payment is charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. - You can turn off auto-renewal 24 hours before the current period ends, or it will renew automatically. - Renewal is charged to your account within 24 hours before the current period ends, depending on your plan. - Users can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in account settings after purchase. - Any unused free subscription time is forfeited after purchasing a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.dazhuogroup.com/writechinese/privacy_statement_en.php Terms of Use: https://www.dazhuogroup.com/writechinese/terms_of_use_en.php

About

Chinese Character Strokes

Master Chinese characters with interactive writing practice. This app guides learners through correct stroke order, provides demonstrations, and offers intelligent identification to ensure accuracy. Achieve proficiency in reading, understanding, and writing Chinese characters.

Highlights
  • Stroke order demonstration
  • Writing practice function
  • Intelligent stroke identification
  • Correctness feedback
  • Character sound and interpretation
  • Commonly used character list
Features
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This application for Chinese characters and Chinese learners, including the commonly used Chinese characters of the stroke, sound, interpretation, application. Especially for the writing practice can read can not write, provides the writing demonstration, writing training function, can intelligently identify the user's stroke, the correctness of the stroke, only in accordance with the correct stroke to complete the writing. Users through repeated practice, to achieve not only can read, read, understand the meaning of the word, but also can write the right word, write a good word.

Screenshots

WriteChinese4 screens
Chinese Character Strokes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WriteChinese at 4.5 against Chinese Character Strokes's 3.7. WriteChinese also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (21 vs 6). Chinese Character Strokes's advantage is review sentiment (65% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. WriteChinese sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Chinese Character Strokes sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WriteChinese holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of WriteChinese's written reviews are positive against 65% of Chinese Character Strokes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WriteChinese ships an update every 7 months, Chinese Character Strokes every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WriteChinese versus Chinese Character Strokes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriteChineseChinese Character Strokes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (21 ratings) — better3.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews65.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size356 MB258 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShanghai Dazhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.乃 樊

Customer experience

WriteChinese

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Chinese Character Strokes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WriteChinese

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
7 purchases

Chinese Character Strokes

One-time7
  • Unlimited search.$6.99
  • Base book$6.99
  • Common book$6.99
Show 4 more
  • HSK book$6.99
  • Elementary Chinese lesson$6.99
  • Elementary Chinese lesson (63)$6.99
  • All books$12.99

Questions

Is WriteChinese free?
WriteChinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chinese Character Strokes free?
Chinese Character Strokes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WriteChinese or Chinese Character Strokes?
WriteChinese is rated higher. WriteChinese averages 4.5 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Chinese Character Strokes averages 3.7 from 6 ratings.
Do WriteChinese or Chinese Character Strokes have ads?
Chinese Character Strokes shows ads; WriteChinese does not.
Which is updated more often, WriteChinese or Chinese Character Strokes?
WriteChinese ships an update every 7 months, and Chinese Character Strokes every 2 months. Most recently, WriteChinese was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chinese Character Strokes on November 3, 2026.

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