Comparison

eChineseLearning vs Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases

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

Head to head
About

eChineseLearning

This app provides live, one-on-one Mandarin Chinese instruction with native, professional teachers. It offers flexible scheduling, interactive online classrooms with whiteboards, and progress tracking. Learn at your own pace with customized lessons available 24/7.

Highlights
  • One-to-one live online instruction
  • Native, professional teachers
  • 24/7 class availability
  • Customized learning pace and style
  • Interactive online classroom with whiteboard
  • Manual and automatic lesson scheduling
  • Push notifications for reminders
Features
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Over the past 18 years, eChineseLearning has provided the best Chinese language teaching services to Chinese language learners, companies and organizations from all over the world. Why choose eChineseLearning? • One-to-one learning • Live online instruction (Yes, real-time, real people!) • Native, professionally-trained and highly-experienced Chinese teachers • Classes available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week • Instruction customized to your own level, pace and style • Synchronized audio and video technology enables real-time face-to-face learning • Our online classroom supports interactive personalized learning materials and is equipped with an online whiteboard. – Send and receive messages, pictures and files from teachers through the classroom portal. The eChineseLearning app’s innovative features provide students an unmatched Chinese learning experience. FEATURES: • Manually schedule and manage your lessons - Book lessons by time. Schedule your lessons according to when YOU want to learn. - Book lessons by teacher. Find teachers suitable for you according to their areas of expertise or teaching styles. - If your schedule changes, easily reschedule a lesson or cancel your lesson in advance. • Automatically schedule lessons - The Automatic Scheduling feature allows you to choose several teachers and your preferred lesson time slots, automatically matching you up and booking lessons for you! • Stay on top of your timeline - Push notifications remind you of upcoming lessons and new announcements. Never miss a lesson, and always stay up to date on promotions and other events! • Manage your account and track your attendance - If you’ re busy and won’ t have time to take lessons for a while, just apply for a suspension of service. - Clearly track your attendance and stay consistent with your learning plan. • Leave ratings and comments - Rate each of your lessons and teachers you have lessons with. • Refer family members or friends to earn benefits and rewards - Earn free lessons and credit for you and others by referring new students. • Give your family and friends the gift of Chinese - Whether for a holiday, birthday, graduation or any other special occasion, you can grab an eChineseLearning gift card that best fits your needs. • Register for an immersion program - In addition to radically improving your Mandarin, immersion programs also offer you the chance to gain unique insights into life in China, Chinese culture, and local customs. IN THE NEWS eChineseLearning is an online Chinese language school providing customized one-on-one live instruction services to students worldwide of all ages and walks of life.... — US-CHINA REVIEW eChineseLearning, the world’s largest online Chinese school providing 1-to-1 lessons, is witnessing the changes and experiencing a sharp rise in the number of online learners. — YAHOO! FINANCE If you’re interested in eChineseLearning, sign up for a free trial now! Follow us on social media: WeChat: Search “eChineseLearning” in WeChat’s Official Accounts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eChineseLearningOfficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/eChineseLearning-school Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ECLSchool LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/echineselearning-com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/echineselearning/

About

Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases

Master Mandarin with a comprehensive, user-friendly course designed for beginners and travelers. Build fluency with over 8000 words, 200 topics, and 23 structured chapters, featuring native pronunciations and offline learning.

Highlights
  • Over 8000 words and phrases
  • 23 structured chapters
  • Native speaker pronunciations
  • Offline learning capability
  • 6 interactive quiz modes
  • Progress tracking and flashcards
Features
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Build your Mandarin Chinese for everyday conversations, family connections and travel. Learn useful phrases with Chinese characters, English meanings, Pinyin pronunciation guides and recorded audio. FOLLOW A STRUCTURED COURSE Explore 48 chapters and 432 short lessons with more than 5,000 word and phrase entries. Move from first conversations to more advanced communication, one lesson at a time. Begin with Greetings, Goodbyes, Polite Essentials and Simple Replies. Continue through Numbers and Time, People and Family, Food and Drink, Places and Directions, Shopping, Eating Out, and Planning and Taking a Trip. Explore Work and Jobs, Stories and Experiences, Discussion and Persuasion, and Flexible Communication as you progress. SEE THE CHARACTERS. HEAR THE SOUNDS. • Explore Mandarin sounds through character examples. • Read Chinese alongside English and Pinyin pronunciation guides. • Play included recordings without streaming. • Adjust playback speed, volume and repeat. • Reveal answers to practise recall or use Direct Learning. • Review with reading, listening, translation and true-or-false quizzes. A COURSE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN Save words to Favorites, organise them with color highlights and revisit their original lessons. Add chapters to My Interests and change their order. Follow learned words, completed lessons and quiz results, with a fresh daily practice task every 24 hours. START FREE Explore the sounds and characters section and Chapter 1 with ads. The first four lessons are available immediately; complete each preceding lesson to unlock the remaining lessons in that chapter. For Chapters 2–48, upgrade or watch an available rewarded ad for temporary chapter access during your current app session. Lesson progression still applies. FULL ACCESS Choose a Weekly or Yearly subscription, or a Lifetime one-time purchase, for full course access without ads. Eligible users may receive a 3-day free trial on the Weekly plan when offered by the App Store. Prices and trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. After a free trial, the selected plan renews at the displayed price unless canceled. Manage subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Canceling renewal keeps paid access until the current period ends; your saved learning progress remains after access expires. Course text and included recordings work offline. Purchases and ads require an internet connection. Start with a greeting and keep building your Mandarin vocabulary. Privacy Policy: https://owlspeak.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

eChineseLearning4 screens
Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases at 5.0 against eChineseLearning's 3.7. eChineseLearning's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. eChineseLearning asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eChineseLearning has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of eChineseLearning's written reviews are positive against 0% of Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eChineseLearning ships an update fortnightly, Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
eChineseLearning versus Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereChineseLearningLearn Chinese Mandarin Phrases
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB203 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShaanxi Hantang Zhongtian Information Technologies IncAli Umer

Customer experience

eChineseLearning

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

eChineseLearning

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases

Subscriptions3
  • Learn Chinese3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Learn Chinese$12.991 Month
  • Learn Chinese$34.991 Year
One-time5
  • Chinese$5.99
  • Chinese$7.99
  • Chinese$10.99
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  • Learn Chinese$12.99
  • Chinese$59.99

Questions

Is eChineseLearning free?
eChineseLearning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases free?
Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eChineseLearning or Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases?
Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases is rated higher. eChineseLearning averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do eChineseLearning or Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases have ads?
Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases shows ads; eChineseLearning does not.
Which is updated more often, eChineseLearning or Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases?
eChineseLearning ships an update fortnightly, and Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases every 2 months. Most recently, eChineseLearning was updated on November 3, 2026 and Learn Chinese Mandarin Phrases on November 3, 2026.

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