Flashcards vs Garden Creatures

Learn Mandarin Chinese a few minutes a day, with a daily lesson built around the words you actually need. Every day you get a short guided session: review your words, take a quick quiz, learn one grammar point and read a short story that uses what you just studied. WHAT'S INSIDE • 2,000+ essential Chinese words in Simplified characters, each with pinyin (with tone marks) and audio pronunciation • Example sentences for every word, with translations • Smart flashcards with spaced repetition: each word comes back right before you would forget it • Quizzes, listening and matching exercises • 66 grammar lessons, from 是 and 的 to 了 and 把 • Graded stories: tap any word to see its meaning and pinyin • Set your HSK goal and learn at your level • Show or hide pinyin anytime LEARN FROM REAL LIFE • Snap to learn: point your camera at a menu or a sign for an instant translation • Add your own words: snap your notes or type a word and it becomes a flashcard • Watch YouTube videos and tap any word in the subtitles to translate it • Chat with an AI tutor STAY ON TRACK • Home and lock screen widgets: word of the day, weekly goal and a quick quiz • Daily reminders, streaks and a weekly leaderboard with friends Whether you are starting from zero, preparing for the HSK or planning a trip to China, a few minutes a day turns into real progress. - PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION - Premium gives access to all the features of the application! The subscription will be billed in a single payment. Payment is made through iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will renew automatically within 24 hours before the end of the subscription. Your account will be debited 24 hours before your existing subscription ends, at the same price you paid the first time. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. If you pay for your subscription before the trial period expires, the remaining free trial period will be forfeited. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://weblogit.co.uk/privacy.html

Garden Creatures is an art experience to immerse players in the surreal, symbolic, and fantastical worlds of Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings. The experience combines exploration and artistic puzzles based on optical color mixing and figure rotation, offering a deep dive into the late medieval artist’s complex, thought-provoking works. Each level is inspired by Bosch’s masterpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights, with players exploring strange landscapes, interacting with characters, solving puzzles, and striving to bring color back to a world created by Bosch. The plot revolves around King Bird, a quirky monster who escaped the painting and stole the colors. As a player, you must follow the thief through mysterious, surreal places and help restore color to the painting! Features: • Richly Detailed, Mindful Experience Handcrafted visuals interpret the style of Bosch’s triptych. The aesthetics and pace create a calming, mindful environment that promotes focus and peaceful learning, blending art with fun. • Five Distinctive Levels Each level captures the bizarre and fantastical nature of Bosch's work, from dreamlike creatures to fantastical landscapes, while adapting them to fit modern audience's sensitivity. • Clever, Yet Accessible Puzzles Puzzles involve reconstructing elements of Bosch's work to progress in the experience, encouraging absorbing art through discovery. Recreating images from transparent color-field puzzle pieces requires planning ahead and breaking tasks into smaller steps. • Supporting Artistic Skills Development The puzzles are designed to enhance understanding of color theory through color mixing, as well as the painting process (e.g., starting with the background and finishing with the details). • Accessible Characters communicate using pictograms instead of typical dialogue, making the title accessible to a wider audience while introducing visual modes of communication. --- Note: Garden Creatures does not contain advertising, in-app purchases, or any other downloadable content.