Comparison

Chinese Mandarin Handwriting vs ChineseWriter Full

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

Head to head
About

Chinese Mandarin Handwriting

Master Chinese character writing with animated stroke orders and pronunciation guides. This app helps beginners learn over 20,000 characters, their meanings, and stroke sequences, making calligraphy and character formation accessible.

Highlights
  • 20,000+ Chinese strokes and meanings
  • Pinyin annotation
  • Real voice pronunciation
  • Simplified and traditional conversion
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Animated stroke order display
Features
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Chinese Mandarin Handwriting is the best Mandarin Chinese learning app for beginners, especially Chinese characters and meanings. ►How can you improve Chinese character writing skills in 90 days just using one app? Awesome feature: 1. More than 20000 Chinese stroke+ & meaning 2. Pinyin annotation 3. Real voice 4. Simplified and traditional conversion 5. Support handwriting recognition. ►Chinese learners all encounter the same problem: How to write Chinese characters? You probably think learning how to write in Chinese is impossible. And I get it. I’m a native English speaker, and I know how complex Chinese characters seem. But you’re about to learn that it’s not impossible. All you need to know is black magic – Chinese Mandarin Handwriting. ►What is Chinese Mandarin Handwriting? Strokes are the classified set of line patterns that are arranged and combined to form Chinese characters. Once you’ve mastered the strokes and learned the logic behind the radicals, learning Chinese writing will become a lot easier. ►Why Chinese Mandarin Handwriting is so hard to learn? Learning Chinese Stroke+ can be a bit scary and seems impossible at the first glance. They just seem like scary blocks of words if you don’t know the idea of how they were formed. Before you start learning Chinese writing, you need to know the Chinese writing system first. ►How you can make use of it? All you have to do is simply type in a Chinese character and let the app show you its animated stroke order instantly. You can easily change the stroke speed in the app’s settings if you find it hard to keep up, as well. It helps a lot with calligraphy and visualizes stroke order. ►Understand Chinese calligraphy Extremely simple, efficient, and easy to use, it is sure to help you understand Chinese calligraphy and its meaning. ►SUPPORT Contact me: ichitech89@gmail.com

About

ChineseWriter Full

Learn to write Chinese characters with detailed stroke guidance and practice exercises. This app supports both Simplified and Traditional characters, offering phonetic pronunciations and component analysis for each character. It works offline and allows customization of writing speed and stroke color.

Highlights
  • Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters
  • Stroke order and direction guidance
  • Writing practice with error correction
  • Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation and meaning
  • Component analysis and example words
  • Customizable stroke color and writing speed
  • Offline functionality
Features
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* Salient features + The data includes full Chinese characters both Simplified and Traditional + Identification through hard typing, pinyin... + Guide the order and direction of writing Chinese characters correctly and correctly. + Practice writing and writing instructions when writing wrong + Each character has Sino-Vietnamese, analysis of components by set, words containing it, Sino-Vietnamese meaning + Support setting stroke color and writing speed + The application works independently, without using the network --------------------------------------------- ***SUPPORT: Software : ChineseWriter Author: Nguyen Van Duy Call/SMS/Fb/Zalo : 0868934697 Email: Leo.appvn@gmail.com

Screenshots

Chinese Mandarin Handwriting4 screens
ChineseWriter Full4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chinese Mandarin Handwriting at every 2 weeks against ChineseWriter Full's every 20 months. Chinese Mandarin Handwriting also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 5) and review sentiment (72% vs 64%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Chinese Mandarin Handwriting sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and ChineseWriter Full sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Chinese Mandarin Handwriting against 5.0 for ChineseWriter Full. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chinese Mandarin Handwriting has 43 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Chinese Mandarin Handwriting's written reviews are positive against 64% of ChineseWriter Full's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chinese Mandarin Handwriting ships an update every 2 weeks, ChineseWriter Full every 20 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chinese Mandarin Handwriting versus ChineseWriter Full: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChinese Mandarin HandwritingChineseWriter Full
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (43 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings43 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 20 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB61 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBinh TranDuy Nguyen Van

Customer experience

Chinese Mandarin Handwriting

All ratings43 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral13.9%
Negative13.9%

ChineseWriter Full

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

Bugs and requests

Chinese Mandarin Handwriting

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App lags and freezes
  • Ads block 95% of the screen and cannot be closed
  • Difficulty searching for words using Pinyin
  • No sound when pressing the speaker icon
  • Pronunciation audio is unclear or distorted
Show 3 more
  • HSK search results show only '語'
  • Bug in HSK 4
  • Payment method not clear (one-time use confusion)

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Thai language support
  • Add feature for writing on the app
  • Develop more example sentences with translations
  • Improve pronunciation feature
  • Add Hanzi stroke order details

ChineseWriter Full

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chinese Mandarin Handwriting

One-time3
  • Unlock Unlimited Search$1.99
  • Writing Practice$2.99
  • Lifetime: No Ads, All Features$5.99
1 purchases

ChineseWriter Full

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99

Questions

Is Chinese Mandarin Handwriting free?
Chinese Mandarin Handwriting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChineseWriter Full free?
ChineseWriter Full is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chinese Mandarin Handwriting or ChineseWriter Full?
ChineseWriter Full is rated higher. Chinese Mandarin Handwriting averages 4.9 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while ChineseWriter Full averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Chinese Mandarin Handwriting or ChineseWriter Full have ads?
Both Chinese Mandarin Handwriting and ChineseWriter Full show ads.
Which is updated more often, Chinese Mandarin Handwriting or ChineseWriter Full?
Chinese Mandarin Handwriting ships an update every 2 weeks, and ChineseWriter Full every 20 months. Most recently, Chinese Mandarin Handwriting was updated on November 3, 2026 and ChineseWriter Full on November 3, 2026.

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