BW Hanzi Writer vs SynapText

BW Hanzi Writer began as a quiet handwriting companion I built for my own child. It is made for children, parents, and Chinese learners who want to practise correct writing without games, ads, or account setup. Practice 9,031 Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters, arranged in 9 progressive levels for each script. Explore 20 practical groups containing 1,000 curated words. Choose Simplified or Traditional, Pinyin or Zhuyin independently. Supports iCloud sync across devices without requiring an account, and core handwriting practice works offline. What you can do: • Watch every stroke: clear step-by-step animations show the correct order and structure • Trace with guidance: follow each path and receive instant audio feedback • Learn progressively: move from common characters to advanced and rare forms • Build vocabulary: reinforce characters through 1,000 useful words • Find and review: search by character, Pinyin, or meaning, then save favorites • Make it yours: create focused practice lists and track daily and weekly progress • Sync across devices: iCloud sync keeps your learning progress, favorites, and custom lists up to date everywhere Ideal for parents practicing with children, beginners building a solid foundation, and anyone who wants to regain confidence in handwritten Chinese. Core features are free. An optional Pro upgrade unlocks the complete character library, unlimited custom lists, and more detailed learning statistics.

See one thought in eight languages at once. SynapText is not a phrasebook and not a course. It is a sentence map. Choose the language you think in, stack the languages you are curious about underneath it, and watch curved threads connect the words that carry the same meaning across every layer. Grammar stops being a rule to memorise and becomes something you can see. Where a thread crosses, two languages disagree about word order. Where three threads land on one word, that language packed three ideas into one. Where a thread has nowhere to go, a language simply leaves the idea unsaid. WHAT IS INSIDE • 500 curated everyday phrases across 16 themes — food, travel, work, feelings, small talk, health, false friends and more • 8 languages: Turkish, English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. Any of them can be your base layer • Curator notes on every phrase: the word-for-word literal reading, and a short explanation of what each language is doing differently • Tap any word to light up its single thread from the top layer to the bottom and dim everything else • Romanization under Japanese, so the script is never a wall • Build-the-sentence practice to check whether the pattern actually stuck • A share card that puts one sentence in all eight languages • Favourites and a daily streak, so the habit has somewhere to live • Fully offline. No account, no sign-up, no connection required • The entire interface speaks all eight languages • Light, dark and system themes WHO IT IS FOR For anyone learning a second or third language who keeps wondering how the same idea is carried somewhere else. For travellers who want the phrase and the reason behind it. For translators and language lovers who enjoy noticing that Japanese puts the verb last, that German saves it for the end of the clause, and that Turkish stacks four suffixes where English needs four words. HOW IT WORKS Open the Stage and one phrase appears in your language. Add a layer for every language you want to compare. The threads draw themselves. Tap a word to isolate it. Read the curator note. Try to rebuild the sentence from scrambled words. Move on to the next phrase, or save it to Favourites. The Library holds all 500 phrases, grouped by theme and searchable, so you can go straight to the situation you need. FREE AND PRO The free version gives you two comparison layers at a time and three phrases in every theme, with all of the notes and practice included. Pro unlocks all eight layers at once and every phrase in the library. Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and it can be managed or cancelled in Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/6efb05a0-0c09-4a99-97cf-c6305cad49a2 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/