Read Chinese vs Learn Chinese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Learn Chinese
Master basic Chinese characters and conversations in 30 days with daily, short lessons. This app uses a picture-based approach and includes common dialogues, character practice, and intelligent translation tools.
- Picture-based learning
- Daily lessons
- Basic character acquisition
- Common dialogue practice
- Intelligent translation
- Character picture book
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A Brilliant Way to Learn Chinese Through Pictures. It only takes a few minutes every day to learn basic Chinese characters and conversations in 30 days. Includes commonly used Chinese characters, common dialogues, Mandarin practice, Chinese character picture book reading, intelligent translation, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Learn Chinese at 5.0 against Read Chinese's 4.6. Read Chinese's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Read Chinese sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Learn Chinese sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Learn Chinese holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively.
Read Chinese ships an update every 2 days, Learn Chinese fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Chinese | Learn Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislav Alikov | 森 袁 |
Customer experience
Read Chinese
Learn Chinese
In-app purchases
Read Chinese
- Remove ads$1.99
Learn Chinese
- Get the full version$9.99
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