Comparison

Copybook vs Write Chinese

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Write Chinese

Features
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Write in Chinese characters 2A is the most suitable for Primary school 2st Grade children's education apps. Simple and effective. For the Primary school 2st Grade language. 250 Chinese characters Pinyin and 246 phrases learning and practice.

Screenshots

Copybook4 screens
Write Chinese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Write Chinese at none against Copybook's 1. Copybook's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 16 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Copybook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Write Chinese asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Copybook ships an update every 5 months, Write Chinese every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Copybook versus Write Chinese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCopybookWrite Chinese
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (69 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUbik Technology LLC向军 贾

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Copybook

One-time1
  • Chinese Copybook Volume 1 and Features Unlock$2.99
None

Write Chinese

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Copybook free?
Copybook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Write Chinese free?
Write Chinese is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Copybook or Write Chinese have ads?
Write Chinese shows ads; Copybook does not.
Which is updated more often, Copybook or Write Chinese?
Copybook ships an update every 5 months, and Write Chinese every 16 months. Most recently, Copybook was updated on October 23, 2026 and Write Chinese on October 5, 2026.

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