Comparison

Learn Chinese vs Math Puppy

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

Head to head
About

Learn Chinese

This app makes learning Mandarin vocabulary fun for young children with over 500 words, pictures, and sounds. It features interactive modes and professional voiceovers to aid memory and engagement.

Highlights
  • Over 500 words, pictures, and sounds
  • 10 learning categories
  • Video flashcards
  • Professional native Mandarin voiceovers
  • Question mode for interaction
  • Large text and buttons
Features
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Building strong Chinese (Mandarin) vocabulary has never been so exciting for preschoolers and toddlers. * 10 Categories - All in 1 App! * Over 500 words, pictures, voiceovers and sounds! * Kids tested - they love it! Parents tested - they love it! * Building vocabulary has never been so much fun * Video flashcards in animals and transportation categories * Large words and letters * Large icons and buttons * Professional native Mandarin voiceovers recorded in production studio * High quality images * Real sounds where applicable * Question mode for parent-child interaction * Great memory building exercise * FREE! Categories include: Food items, Animals, Transportation, Numbers, Colors & Shapes, Clothing, Household items, Body Parts, Outdoor items, Music Instruments/Arts & Learning. EFlashApps Chinese Mandarin Educational Baby Flash Cards features over 500 high quality images with text and voiceovers. There are additional real sounds where applicable (such as a lion's roar or an ambulance siren) to enhance visual and auditory learning and memory simultaneously. Parents have the option to turn voiceovers off during parent-child learning session and turn voiceovers on when the child is self-learning. They can enable Question Mode to display 4 images and ask the child to click on the right answer. Complexity of words is perfect for ages 1 to 4 so two or more young siblings can play together and even teach each other!

About

Math Puppy

This app offers an engaging math adventure for children of all ages, from toddlers to grade schoolers. It provides a fun, interactive environment to master basic math skills through two distinct game types and multiple difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Math Bingo game
  • Math Challenge game
  • Animated math calculator
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division modes
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Customizable avatars and personalization
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~ The Most exciting math-adventure App on the Appstore ~ ~ Best selling educational math app ~ ~ Selected as New & Noteworthy! ~ Math Puppy will take you on a journey of educational fun like never before! From toddlers to grade school, for Children of all ages – Math Puppy is the perfect way to build up your math skills. Your child will be able to enjoy a constructive, supportive, interactive fun filled environment while mastering the arts of basic math. What’s inside: ~ Two game types: Bingo / Challenge. ~ Full featured animated math calculator ~ Five game modes: Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, All in One ~ Three well balanced difficulty levels from beginner to advanced ~ Bingo Scoreboard to keep track of results ~ Select from three adorable avatar puppies to play with you ~ Enter your name and personalize the game Math Puppy is designed with 3 difficulty levels and 5 game types that provide complete coverage of basic math skills for preschool, elementary school, grade school and more. How to play Math Puppy: Math Puppy comes with 2 full game types: ~ Math Bingo – The purpose of the game is to fill a complete row or column with math puppies and win a Bingo. Collect math puppies by matching the correct answer to the math question. ~ Math Challenge – Your challenge is to calculate the correct answer and tap it. Answer 5 questions correctly in order to pass the next level. Complete all levels to become a math expert. ABOUT TabTale With over 1.5 billion downloads and growing, TabTale has established itself as the creator of pioneering virtual adventures that kids and parents love. TabTale’s apps spark children’s imaginations and inspire them to think creatively while having fun! Visit us: http://www.tabtale.com/ Like us: http://www.facebook.com/TabTale Follow us:@TabTale Watch us: http://www.youtube.com/Tabtale CONTACT US Let us know what you think! Questions? Suggestions? Technical Support? Contact us 24/7 at WeCare@TabTale.com FOR PARENTS The app is free to play but certain in-game items may require payment. You may restrict in-app purchases by disabling them on this device. The app may include advertising for TabTale and certain third parties which will redirect users to our sites, apps or third-party sites. Your privacy matters. The app may enable collection of limited user data by TabTale or its carefully selected providers (e.g. ad networks and analytics) for limited purposes described in our Privacy Policy (e.g. respond to support queries; enable, analyze and improve the app’s features and services; serve contextual ads and measure their performance). For more information (notably on the providers), please read our Privacy Policy: https://tabtale.com/privacy-policy/ . By downloading, updating or using the app you consent (in your personal capacity and for other users of your device) to this collection and use of limited device information for ad display and reporting purposes and you accept our Terms of Use: https://tabtale.com/terms-of-use/.

Screenshots

Learn Chinese3 screens
Math Puppy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Math Puppy at 3.9 against Learn Chinese's 3.3. Math Puppy also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 59%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Learn Chinese's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Learn Chinese sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Math Puppy 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

Math Puppy holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Learn Chinese's written reviews are positive against 81% of Math Puppy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Chinese ships an update every 6 months, Math Puppy every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Learn Chinese versus Math Puppy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn ChineseMath Puppy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (8 ratings)3.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.2% of reviews80.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings817 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereFlashApps, LLCKids Games Club by TabTale

Customer experience

Learn Chinese

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive59.2%
Neutral22.5%
Negative18.3%

Math Puppy

All ratings17 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral11.8%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative14.4%

User reviews

Learn Chinese

From 8 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for learning Mandarin
  • 👍 Clear pronunciation
  • 👍 Fun for kids
  • 👍 Good for beginners
  • 👍 Lots of categories

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Incorrect characters
  • 🐛 Audio/picture mismatch
  • 🐛 App freezes/locks up
  • 🐛 Ads are intrusive/scammy
  • 🐛 Small characters

Math Puppy

From 17 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging for kids
  • 🚀 Helps improve math skills
  • 💡 Cute puppy avatar and animations

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited functionality in free version
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and issues
  • 💡 Needs more math operations beyond subtraction

Bugs and requests

Learn Chinese

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App locks up on intro screen
  • Categories won't open after purchase
  • Some Chinese characters are wrong (e.g., number five)
  • Audio doesn't match pictures (peanuts/pancakes, peanuts/pear)
  • New update makes app unusable
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  • Button too close to ads
  • Numbers section sometimes doesn't move
  • VoiceOver not working in free version
  • Food category flashcards and audio mismatch (pancake, peanut, pear, peas)
  • Animal category: starfish wrong
  • Vehicle category: bulldozer named bicycle
  • Pronunciation error for 蝙蝠
  • Flashcards with missing audio or flashcards without audio

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add Pinyin option
  • Larger characters
  • Option to hide English text
  • Traditional Chinese characters
  • More vocabulary categories
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  • Better safeguards against scam ads
  • Tap image to repeat sound
  • Sentence structure help

Math Puppy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect answers sometimes marked as correct
  • Saved high scores not recorded properly
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more math operations (addition, multiplication, division)
  • Expand difficulty levels and content
  • Improve graphics and visuals

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Chinese

One-time1
  • Mandarin Baby Flash Cards Ad-Free$1.99
1 purchases

Math Puppy

One-time1
  • full version with all game features$3.99

Questions

Is Learn Chinese free?
Learn Chinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Math Puppy free?
Math Puppy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Chinese or Math Puppy?
Math Puppy is rated higher. Learn Chinese averages 3.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Math Puppy averages 3.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Learn Chinese or Math Puppy have ads?
Neither Learn Chinese nor Math Puppy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Chinese or Math Puppy?
Learn Chinese ships an update every 6 months, and Math Puppy every 12 months. Most recently, Learn Chinese was updated on November 1, 2026 and Math Puppy on November 6, 2026.

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