Comparison

Learn Chinese vs SEEMILE Chinese

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 offers interactive games and activities designed to help children learn Mandarin Chinese. It focuses on virtual language immersion and everyday vocabulary, encouraging early speaking skills through engaging challenges. The content is safe, ad-free, and suitable for offline use.

Highlights
  • Interactive learning games
  • Virtual language immersion
  • Everyday vocabulary
  • Speaking challenges
  • Ad-free and safe for kids
  • Offline learning
Features
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From the award-winning creators of Studycat for Schools, comes Learn Chinese! The #1 way for kids to learn 中文 (mandarin)! From preschool and beyond, Learn Chinese by Studycat inspires children's innate love of learning with interactive games and activities. Our bite-sized lessons will keep your child motivated while they discover a new language and build bilingual skills for a lifetime! WHY STUDYCAT? • Learn Chinese, in Chinese. All our activities focus on virtual language immersion, which means your child won't be hearing any English, only Chinese! This might be confusing at first, but trust us, it's the best way to learn. • Everyday Language. Our lessons teach words and expressions that kids can apply in their everyday lives, so they can get a head start developing their bilingual abilities. • Get Talking Fast. With our interactive speaking challenges, kids will be encouraged to speak entire words and phrases on their own! The earlier kids start their language-learning journey, the more likely they are to reach proficiency quickly. • Vocal Variety. Our characters' voices use different tones, expressions, and accents so that kids can pick up on the subtleties of pronunciation from different speakers. • Designed by Experts. All our activities are designed by language and early-education experts. Thoughtfully developed lessons will build your child's confidence with every step. • Learner Profiles (coming soon). Create up to four personalized profiles for different family members, allowing tailored learning paths and individual progress tracking. • Safe for Kids & Ad-Free. Parents can rest easy knowing that there are no pesky ads to distract children from their learning. All content is appropriate for ages 3 and up. • Offline Learning. On a plane, at a restaurant, or in a park? No problem! Learn Chinese by Studycat is available for both online and offline use. WHAT ARE PARENTS SAYING? “As a parent trying to raise bilingual children at home, Studycat is a helpful app to start them off and create excitement about the language.” — Fluent in 3 Months “Everything has been thought out carefully and the games and activities are really engaging.” — Bilingual Kidspot “The concept is so simple but extremely effective. I even found myself learning at the same time.” — Bump, Baby & You -- If you like Learn Chinese by Studycat, try it out for 7 days free! Empower your child to learn like never before, and get extras like printable worksheets. If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your Apple account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://studycat.com/about/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://studycat.com/about/terms-of-use/

About

SEEMILE Chinese

Master Chinese pronunciation and grammar through engaging animations and interactive exercises. This app offers a structured daily learning plan, focusing on sentence decomposition and word assembly for natural language acquisition. Learn essential vocabulary and sentence structures conveniently on your smartphone, anytime and anywhere.

Highlights
  • Animated lessons
  • Daily sentence learning
  • Word and sentence assembly
  • Professional voice actor recordings
  • Offline learning capability
  • Patented academic method
Features
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Learn the difficult Chinese easily and enjoyably through animations! The process of viewing, listening and repeating the sentences is everything you need to learn Chinese. You can start learning Chinese at the price of just one regular meal. You will learn 4 sentences daily for 145 days. In total, you will learn 600 sentences and 1300 basic words. Chinese is just in the palm of your hand! You can learn Chinese through a Smartphone anywhere, at anytime. We have expressed the life of 5 different characters inside the animation through sentences and words. As 5 professional Chinese voice actors recorded the words and sentences, you can practice learning an accurate Chinese pronunciation. We have applied a unique, patented academic method of sentence decomposition and word assembly. After you listen to a Chinese sentence, you will undergo a process of decomposing the sentence into words, and then assembling the words back to a sentence. In this process, you will naturally learn the sentence structure, grammar and pronunciation of Chinese. Language is not something to be learned. It is something to be used for listening and speaking. Don't learn a language. Language is just a form of speaking. Speak a language with SEEMILE Chinese. This app can be used for offline learning. Once you download the app, you do not have to reconnect online to use the program. Also, you can use the app forever after a single purchase. One purchase gives you access to all of our services- there is no monthly payment. Although it's cheap, SEEMILE Chinese has the best effect. "SEEMILE Chinese" was created by the team that created "SEEMILE Korean." "SEEMILE Korean"" is an academic brand used by over a million people worldwide.

Screenshots

Learn Chinese4 screens
SEEMILE Chinese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Learn Chinese at 4.5 against SEEMILE Chinese's 3.3. Learn Chinese also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 44%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 6). SEEMILE Chinese's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and SEEMILE Chinese 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

Learn Chinese holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Chinese has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Learn Chinese's written reviews are positive against 44% of SEEMILE Chinese's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Chinese ships an update every 2 weeks, SEEMILE Chinese every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Learn Chinese versus SEEMILE Chinese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn ChineseSEEMILE Chinese
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better3.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews82.3% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB363 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudycat LimitedSeungjae Kang

Customer experience

Learn Chinese

All ratings1,154 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews356 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative10.7%

SEEMILE Chinese

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

Learn Chinese

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Subscription issues and double charges
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Crashes and freezes during gameplay

Requested features

4 requests
  • More language options and accents
  • Expanded vocabulary and content
  • Ability to access content across devices
  • Improved pronunciation and audio quality

SEEMILE Chinese

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Learn Chinese

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Learn Chinese7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
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  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Learn Chinese7 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • Animals Lesson$2.99
  • Four Lesson Pack$6.99
1 purchases

SEEMILE Chinese

One-time1
  • SEEMILE Free pass ticket$8.99

Questions

Is Learn Chinese free?
Learn Chinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SEEMILE Chinese free?
SEEMILE Chinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Chinese or SEEMILE Chinese?
Learn Chinese is rated higher. Learn Chinese averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while SEEMILE Chinese averages 3.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Learn Chinese or SEEMILE Chinese have ads?
Neither Learn Chinese nor SEEMILE Chinese shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Chinese or SEEMILE Chinese?
Learn Chinese ships an update every 2 weeks, and SEEMILE Chinese every 3 weeks. Most recently, Learn Chinese was updated on November 1, 2026 and SEEMILE Chinese on November 2, 2026.

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