Comparison

trainchinese vs CC Chinese

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

Head to head
About

trainchinese

Learn Chinese with a comprehensive dictionary, flashcards, and OCR. Access example sentences, audio, and character animations. Supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with customizable phonetic input.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive Chinese dictionary
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • Spaced Repetition flashcard system
  • Character animations and handwriting training
  • Support for Simplified and Traditional Chinese
  • Multiple phonetic input options (Pinyin, Zhuyin)
Features
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Learn Chinese with an amazing dictionary (plus OCR) and flash card system. trainchinese will teach you Chinese, with a free and complete dictionary, thousands of vocab lists, example sentences, audio recordings, measure words, character animations and Optical Character Recognition — not to mention a powerful flash card training system that even includes handwriting training! • Our dictionary prioritises commonly-used words and phrases above the obscure and obsolete, while example sentences and measure words (classifiers) provide crucial context to help you decide which Chinese word is the most appropriate translation. Other dictionaries just leave you guessing! • We've got Optical Character Recognition (OCR) too. Spotted some Chinese you can't read? Capture a photo of some Chinese text from a menu, book or sign, and the app identifies and translates the characters for you. • Search for words by part of speech • Mistyped a word? Helpful spelling suggestions get you to the right results fast. • Words feature both example sentences and measure words for nouns. It's time to move beyond "个"! And best of all it's all connected: tap examples and measure words to open them as full dictionary entries. • trainchinese is great for students: it includes more than a thousand vocabulary lists covering topics from International Relations to American Football Teams and more. Feel like something's missing? Users often get in touch to ask for lists on the topics they're studying, and we're happy to oblige! You'll also find lists containing HSK-level words (both old and new standards), plus TOCFL lists for students in Taiwan! • Highlight words with your finger for super-fast access to character animations, related searches and more! • Whether you're studying the Simplified (mainland China and Singapore) or Traditional (Hong Kong and Taiwan) variants, we've got you covered! Easily switch between them or choose to display both in dictionary results and on flash cards. Even better, you can use the phonetics you're comfortable with - choose from Pinyin with tone marks, Pinyin with tone numbers or even Zhuyin characters (from the BoPoMoFo system used in Taiwan). • Create flash cards with audio and animation from dictionary entries. Organise them into lists, and share them with friends (or students). • Our Spaced Repetition system ensures you'll memorize words for good. • Train your way: each card is available in four different modes to test different aspects of Chinese study. See Chinese, Pinyin or English and get tested on translation, and even compare your handwriting to a stroke-order animation side-by-side, synchronized! Or if you prefer, there's multiple choice training too (for a real challenge, try it in "Dictation" mode!). • Flash cards are saved on your device and synchronized with trainchinese.com, where you can also train with them and find more great content. • Add study notes to your flash cards - they're saved and backed up at trainchinese.com. Don't forget to check out our other apps (tap our company name in the App Store for more info): - Chinese Writer - Chinese Audio Trainer - Pinyin Trainer - Number Trainer - Chinese Challenges

About

CC Chinese

Master Chinese with animations, video lessons, comics, and interactive games. Practice pronunciation with speech recognition and learn grammar and culture through engaging content. Ideal for beginners looking for a fun and effective way to learn.

Highlights
  • Animated character memorization
  • Video grammar and culture lessons
  • Interactive learning games
  • Handwriting input for characters
  • Speech recognition for pronunciation practice
  • Podcasts and stories for listening comprehension
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Твой первый день в китайском? Приложение CC Chinese — идеальное решение для тебя. Люди тратят годы на изучение китайского языка. Большинство сталкиваются с проблемой запоминания иероглифов и правильного произношения. И мы знаем, как сложно понять чужой язык и его культуру самостоятельно. Поэтому, мы упростили подход и объединили все лучшее в одном приложении CC Chinese для быстрого, легкого и эффективного обучения. Наша уникальная методика Clever Creative Chinese (CC Chinese) поможет тебе всего за пару минут запомнить сложные иероглифы и уже через несколько месяцев разговаривать на базовые темы. Как? • Смотри наши анимации и запоминай произношение, правописание, перевод каждого иероглифа за пару минут! • Погружайся в грамматику и культуру Китая с помощью наших видеоуроков • Читай и закрепляй изученный материал по захватывающим комиксам CC Chinese • Мы также создали свою обучающую игру • Запоминай правописание иероглифов используя рукописный ввод • Смотри видео, слушай аудио и практикуй с носителями языка • Совершенствуй свое произношение используя функцию распознавания речи • Конечно, мы не забыли создать для тебя топики на разнообразные темы! • Закрепляй изученный материал на основе различных упражнений • Слушай и наслаждайся интересными историями в наших подкастах! • Знакомься с колоритной жизнью Китая от самого основателя CC Chinese! Весь обучающий контент приложения распределен по разделам Введение, СС курс, Разговорный, Тематический и Фишки. А основой твоего обучения будет структурированный СС курс. Всё это создано с любовью нашей командой CC Chinese для того, чтобы твое обучение китайскому языку было легким и интересным. Но, это еще не всё. Скоро мы будем добавлять еще больше крутого и познавательного контента, так как это лишь начало пути CC Chinese! Скачай приложение, подписывайся и будь с креативом. Условия использования: https://ccchinese.io/ru/terms-of-use Политика конфиденциальности: https://ccchinese.io/ru/privacy-policy Служба поддержки: contact@ccchinese.io Техническая поддержка: support@ccchinese.io

Screenshots

trainchinese4 screens
CC Chinese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: trainchinese at 76% against CC Chinese's 33%. trainchinese also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 3). CC Chinese's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. trainchinese sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and CC Chinese sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CC Chinese holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: trainchinese has 2.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of trainchinese's written reviews are positive against 33% of CC Chinese's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

trainchinese ships an update fortnightly, CC Chinese every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
trainchinese versus CC Chinese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertrainchineseCC Chinese
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertrainchinese B.V.CC Chinese Inc.

Customer experience

trainchinese

All ratings2,367 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral7.6%
Negative16.0%

CC Chinese

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

trainchinese

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to move or add words to lists
  • Audio playback not working for some words
  • Writing recognition feature is unreliable
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between app and website

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to learn on multiple languages (e.g. English and Russian)
  • Improve organization and navigation of word lists
  • Implement more engaging learning games and activities
  • Allow users to easily add their own custom words and phrases

CC Chinese

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

trainchinese

One-time10
  • OCR Feature$4.99
  • 3 months$11.99
  • 3 months + 10 lists$15.99
Show 7 more
  • 6 months$19.99
  • 6 months + 10 lists$23.99
  • 3 months + 30 lists$25.99
  • 12 months$34.99
  • 6 months + 30 lists$34.99
  • 12 months + 10 lists$37.99
  • 12 months + 60 lists$54.99
2 purchases

CC Chinese

Subscriptions2
  • Ежемесячная подписка$29.991 Month
  • Подписка на год$79.991 Year

Questions

Is trainchinese free?
trainchinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CC Chinese free?
CC Chinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, trainchinese or CC Chinese?
CC Chinese is rated higher. trainchinese averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while CC Chinese averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do trainchinese or CC Chinese have ads?
trainchinese shows ads; CC Chinese does not.
Which is updated more often, trainchinese or CC Chinese?
trainchinese ships an update fortnightly, and CC Chinese every 4 weeks. Most recently, trainchinese was updated on November 10, 2026 and CC Chinese on November 3, 2026.

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