Copybook vs Write Chinese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Copybook
Learn to write Chinese characters with interactive stroke animations and pronunciation guides. Practice writing digitally, track progress, and access English and French translations. Ideal for self-learners and children.
- Writing stroke animations
- Mandarin, English, French pronunciation
- Character definitions and translations
- Pinyin and Zhuyin support
- Writing practice spaces
- Progress tracking and scoring
- Email and social sharing
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Want to learn Chinese writing? Either you want to teach yourself or teach your kids how to write Chinese, this Copybook can help you. Practice makes perfect and you do not need to worry about buying paper copybook. This Copybook app provides you with more writing spaces than traditional copybook. Children usually learn fast by practice writing Chinese through imitation. Copybook will definitely be an effective learning tool for you. Besides learning Chinese writing, you can also learn the zhuyin and pinyin pronunciation, which is the fundamental building block for learning to speak mandarin. Chinese character definition is also translated to English and French, which are two of the most widely spoken world languages. Therefore, in this app, you can actually learn traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, English and French at the same time. Features Copybook provides the following useful functions: - Writing animation illustrates the correct writing order of the strokes - Mandarin pronunciation - English translation and pronunciation - French translation and pronunciation - Number of strokes - Radical - Pinyin and Zhuyin - Examples of using the Chinese character - Mandarin pronunciation - English definition - Pinyin and Zhuyin - 12 blank spaces in the copy book for practicing writing - Replay in stroke-by stroke how you wrote the selected written Chinese character(s) in the copybook. This allows teacher or parent to check the homework - 5 stars scoring system provides teacher or parents to score the homework - Email your completed copybook page to teacher or parents so that they can monitor your learning progress - Share your Chinese character writing with others via social networks - Statistics summary provides your writing status, progress and scores - WYWIWYG - What You Write Is What You Get. When you are ready to learn more Chinese characters, in-app purchase is available. This version also provides - Three times more blank spaces to practice writing (up to 36 spaces) - Multiple select function for sharing and printing - Printing the written Chinese characters in the copy book - Printing the blank copybook for practice writing with pen or pencil - Advertisements Free environment
Write Chinese
Master Mandarin Chinese with this educational app. It offers interactive lessons on 300 essential characters, complete with stroke order and spoken pronunciation. Ideal for beginners looking to build a solid foundation in the language.
- Learn 300 common Chinese characters
- Includes stroke order for writing
- Features spoken pronunciation
- Designed for beginners
- Interactive educational software
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Simple and effective learning Chinese Mandarin Chinese educational software. 300 commonly used Chinese character strokes writing, spoken pronunciation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Copybook at 4.2 against Write Chinese's 3.5. Copybook also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Write Chinese's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Copybook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Write Chinese sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Copybook holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Copybook's written reviews are positive against 47% of Write Chinese's.
Copybook ships an update every 5 months, Write Chinese every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Copybook | Write Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (68 ratings) — better | 3.5 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 46.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ubik Technology LLC | 向军 贾 |
Customer experience
Copybook
Write Chinese
In-app purchases
Copybook
- Chinese Copybook Volume 1 and Features Unlock$2.99
Write Chinese
- Unlock function and off AD$3.99
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