ChineseG vs Read Chinese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChineseG
Learn Mandarin through engaging comics and interactive lessons. This app offers a fun and fast-paced approach to mastering Chinese characters and vocabulary with personalized quizzes and a comprehensive dictionary. It includes clear audio, animations, and a free Chinese keyboard.
- Engaging comic-based lessons
- Personalized learning paths
- Interactive quizzes
- Comprehensive Chinese dictionary
- Clear audio recordings and animations
- Built-in Chinese keyboard
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ChineseG - The Fun and Effective Way to Learn Chinese! Immerse yourself in the world of Mandarin with engaging and hilarious comics. ChineseG makes chinese learning easy and enjoyable with its unique blend of educational content and comic entertainment. Say hello to a fun and fast-paced chinese learning experience with personalized lessons, quizzes, and a comprehensive chinese dictionary with thousands of words and phrases. Master chinese characters, learn mandarin with ease, and even use the built-in chinese keyboard for free with ChineseG's user-friendly interface, clear audio recordings, and animations. Say goodbye to boring lessons and hello to a fun and effective way to learn chinese, with ChineseG. Download now for a comprehensive chinese phrasebook, chinese translation, and the ultimate way to learn chinese for free! Terms of Use And Privacy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yp7LQCW95ePoFYcgaB4jabLeK9wWd_bpgITK10wwNaM/edit?usp=sharing
Read Chinese
Master Mandarin Chinese through engaging stories and phrases. This app offers voiced pronunciations, pinyin support, and detailed translations to enhance your learning journey. It's designed for users of all levels to build vocabulary and comprehension.
- Read Mandarin stories
- Learn Chinese phrases
- Phrases sorted by HSK level
- Voiced pronunciations
- Pinyin representation
- Sentence and word translation
- Free to use
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Learn Mandarin Chinese by reading and listening different phrases and stories. - Read stories in Mandarin. - Learn different Chinese phrases. - Phrases are sorted by HSK level. - All phrases are voiced and can be represented as pinyin. - Translation for each sentence is represented as a whole or each word individually. - Translate any word or phrase inside the app. - Completely free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Read Chinese at every 2 days against ChineseG's every 6 days. Read Chinese also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. ChineseG sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Read Chinese sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for ChineseG against 4.6 for Read Chinese. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively.
ChineseG ships an update every 6 days, Read Chinese every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChineseG | Read Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arman Turalin | Vladislav Alikov |
Customer experience
ChineseG
Read Chinese
In-app purchases
ChineseG
- Premium$4.997 Days
- Premium$5.991 Month
- Premium3 Days trial$12.996 Months
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- Premium14 Days trial$24.991 Year
- ChineseG Lifetime Subscription$9.99
Read Chinese
- Remove ads$1.99
