StudyChat Chinese vs JTC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StudyChat Chinese
Practice Chinese conversation skills with anime-style dialogues. Focus on listening and translation recall for everyday situations and HSK 1-2 vocabulary. Track progress and enjoy randomized conversations to keep learning engaging.
- Learn socializing phrases
- Practice listening skills
- Familiarize with everyday situations
- HSK 1-2 vocabulary practice
- Progress tracking
- Randomized conversations
- Anime conversation practice
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=[ FEATURES ]= - Learn socialising phrases, to help you meet others. - Practice listening skills for the Asia traveller. - Familiarise yourself with common everyday situations, so you're aware of useful phrases - HSK 1 + HSK 2intermediate word level, for those who want more practice tools - Your progress for each phrase is tracked in the background, so you don't repeat phrases too frequently. - Phrases are randomised in semi-artificial conversations, so there is some "variety" to keep your mind awake. - Focus on listening, and translation recall. The two most important skills for everyday socialising. - Practice Chinese with anime conversations. =[ HOW IT WORKS ]= - Listen to a conversation: a list of phrases. - After each repeat, any phrase has been seen enough will be replaced by a new phrase to learn. - Best used as an intermediate practice tool. - Combine with SCRIBE ORIGINS series to learn basic vocab and hanzi. StudyChat Chinese is designed for you as the intermediate-level traveller who wants to become familiar with phrases from different situations. If you already know the basics of the language and you want another tool to practice with, then this is for you. StudyChat Chinese has been intentionally designed as a fun supplementation to existing study methods. There are many excellent resources for learning grammar and vocabulary. But there are few tools, aside from watching TV with subtitles, that simulate conversations for practicing what you have already learnt. StudyChat Chinese also includes a bucketload of background and character styles, to keep your mind as interested as "study" possibly can be. StudyChat feedback: "I gotta say I love your app" "So far I think it's fantastic. The most creative language app I've ever seen. No other has managed to combine an interesting light novel manga style with learning a language." "This is a great learning tool" "Hello! Your app is simply amazing!" "Best learning language app ever! Was worth everytime cent!" "I want to say I absolutely love this app. Ever since I've downloaded it, I have been using it at least half an hour everyday. I have recommended it to my friends in class! Your app is so awesome that I decided to use the in app function to purchase the upgrade to unlock over 1000 new sentences." "I love this it's awsome" "I love this app!!! I always wanted to learn how to speak!!!" "I love this app! I love learning new languages and love to widen my knowledge on other countries. This app is very handy and the graphics are good, the phrases are easy to understand too." "Your app is a really fun learning tool." "Thank you for creating the app...." "I love this app so much" "I love these apps. They awesome and I use the constantly. The artwork is great to and I love that I can slow down the speech and learn the words properly. This is a HUGE help as this is the ONLY app I have found that offers this feature." "This is amazing, please continue to do what you do, much love and support :-)" "The app is awesome thx for putting it out there" "I love this it's so cool" "This app is fabulous." "Thank you for this wonderful app!" "I love this app it's awesome :)" "Great app, I like it. Thank you!" "This is the best studying app 0.0" "I think that this is a great app idea!! Thank you very much" "I really love this app..... It's cool :)"
JTC
Learn Mandarin Chinese with interactive lessons, pronunciation practice, and engaging content. Build vocabulary, master grammar, and track your progress with personalized statistics. Explore Chinese culture through comics and cartoons.
- Interactive lessons with guide
- Pronunciation practice with feedback
- Themed vocabulary and personal vocabulary list
- Pinyin chart with audio and feedback
- Comics and cartoons for learning
- Vocabulary games and progress tracking
- Personalized learning statistics
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JTC - Journey to Chinese Make your dream come true and learn Chinese in a new, easy and effective way using the numerous functions of our app! Our learning system is made in accordance with many years of our teachers experience! Our guide Sun Wu Kong will lead you within interactive lessons which will help you to gain a base for speaking Chinese and creating sentences by yourself! Moreover, you have a chance to practice your pronunciation in every step of learning process! So what is inside? - 1300+ words in themed vocabulary; - interactive PINYIN CHART where you can not only hear how to pronounce syllables but also to get a feedback about your pronunciation accuracy. Keep practicing and get your pronunciation to a next level; - colorful COMICS with a story of our guide which you can get after each successfully finished lesson are made in accordance with traditional Chinese “Manhua”. Travel the unique world of China from your phone screen; - CARTOONS with an explanation of theoretical material and grammar; - themed vocabulary where you can form your PERSONAL VOCABULARY; - different GAMES for words practicing and different levels of language competence; - upgrade your RANK according to your learning progress; ⁃ PERSONAL PROFILE with learning statistics; ⁃ 24/7 SUPPORT via email; If you have any suggestions about material improving feel free to contact us via email. Learning Chinese has never been easier! PLEASE NOTE: This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. You will need a membership in order to access all courses and features. Monthly subscription for 5,99$ Six months subscription for 19,99$ Annual subscription for 26,99$ More information about subscription: - The above prices are for U.S. customers. Pricing in other countries may vary, and changes may be converted to your local currency depending on your country of residence. - payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Instagram: @jtc_chinese Facebook: @JourneyToChinese Terms of Use: http://educar.study/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: http://educar.study/privacy-and-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: StudyChat Chinese at free with in-app purchases against JTC's subscription. StudyChat Chinese also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). JTC's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 1) and review sentiment (96% vs 77%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. StudyChat Chinese sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and JTC sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StudyChat Chinese holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JTC has 80 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of StudyChat Chinese's written reviews are positive against 96% of JTC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
StudyChat Chinese ships an update every 3 months, JTC every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StudyChat Chinese | JTC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 96.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guiix Pty Ltd | Kotyk Anton |
Customer experience
StudyChat Chinese
JTC
In-app purchases
StudyChat Chinese
- Unlock: Boy Meets Girls, Boy Meets Girl Long, Difficult Pickup.$0.99
- Unlock: Supportive, Phone Conversation, Dinner Date$0.99
- Unlock: Guy's Conversation +$0.99
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- Unlock Conversation: At home$0.99
- Unlock Tense and People Description conversations$0.99
- Unlock all conversations$5.99
JTC
- 1 Week Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- 1 Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Full Access Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- One year3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- 6 Month3 Days trial$19.996 Months
- Full Access Subscriptions3 Days trial$19.996 Months
- Full Access Subscriptions3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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