PRAXIS vs Chinese Stories
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PRAXIS
Prepare for PRAXIS Math tests with comprehensive study guides and practice exams. Offers a free trial period to explore content before committing to a subscription.
- Study guides
- Practice tests
- Free trial
- Cancel anytime
- Mobile access
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Chinese Stories
This app offers e-books designed for learning Mandarin Chinese at various proficiency levels. It provides interactive features like definitions, pinyin, and quizzes to enhance the learning experience.
- Interactive e-books for Mandarin learning
- Definitions, pinyin, and HSK/TOP levels for words
- Save unfamiliar words for later memorization
- Hyperlinks for proper nouns to learn culture and history
- Full English translation and pinyin for each story
- Comprehension quizzes with progress tracking
- Audio versions for listening practice
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If you are learning Mandarin Chinese, our monthly E-books will provide you with the best learning experiences. Now we have two different levels of E-book collection, which are Beginner, Elementary and Intermediate. As for Advanced level, it is coming soon in six months. You can purchase the E-book in accordance with your language proficiency. The language used is carefully selected to correspond to official levels. For texts in Simplified Chinese, the characters are chosen in accordance with New HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) and YCT (Youth Chinese Test) levels in Mainland China. Our Beginner level corresponds to New YCT level 2&3, Elementary level to New HSK level 3, and Intermediate level to New HSK level 4. As for Traditional Chinese version, the words used are also carefully chosen on the basis of the TOP (the Test of Proficiency-Huayu) standard in Taiwan. Our Elementary level corresponds to TOP elementary level, and Intermediate level to TOP intermediate level. As for Beginner level, each E-book has 5 stories, and each story contains 150~200 Chinese characters. Elementary E-book has 12 stories, and each story contains 250~300 Chinese characters. Intermediate E-book has 12 stories, and each story contains 450~500 Chinese characters. Our Chinese learning E-books have features as followed: 1. Click on a colored words, and we will show you its English definition, pinyin, part of speech, sentences, and its HSK/TOP level. 2. Click on “More,” and you get to know different meanings of the same word. 3. You can save words you don’t know or aren’t familiar with to memorize later. 4. Click on hyperlinks of proper nouns such as place names or celebrity names, and learn more about Chinese geography, culture, and history while reading Chinese stories. 5. Every story comes with full English translation and pinyin. 6. We track your progress. After reading each article, a five-question quiz will test how well your understanding of the story is and will keep a record of your first-time test result. 7. The audio version of each story enables you to listen to standard Chinese and to train your Chinese listening skill.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PRAXIS at 78% against Chinese Stories's 0%. PRAXIS also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (125 vs 12). Chinese Stories's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads and device support 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. PRAXIS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Chinese Stories asks for nothing beyond the download.
PRAXIS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PRAXIS has 125 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of PRAXIS's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chinese Stories's.
PRAXIS ships an update every 7 months, Chinese Stories every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PRAXIS | Chinese Stories |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (125 ratings) — better | 1.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YourTeacher.com | Chinese Stories Publishing Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
PRAXIS
Chinese Stories
In-app purchases
PRAXIS
- PRAXIS Math Test Prep$9.991 Month
Chinese Stories
No in-app purchases
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