Comparison

Copybook vs WriteChinese

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

WriteChinese

Learn the correct stroke order for Chinese characters with animated guides and pronunciation. Supports text recognition, offline lookup, and practice writing with error correction. Ideal for students and learners of Chinese.

Highlights
  • Stroke order lookup and animation
  • Pinyin annotation and voice pronunciation
  • Text recognition for input
  • Offline dictionary
  • Writing practice with error alerts
  • Simplified and traditional Chinese support
Features
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"WriteChinese" is an app for learning the stroke order of Chinese characters, featuring functions such as stroke order lookup, pinyin annotation, and voice pronunciation. It is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Apple Pencil for writing. The application strictly adheres to the latest standards for the stroke order of Chinese characters, including tens of thousands of commonly used characters, meeting the retrieval needs of a wide range of teachers, parents, and children. The reference for stroke order and radical is based on the "Elementary School Student Stroke Radical Structural Character-level Stroke Order Dictionary" and the "Modern Chinese Stroke Radical Structural Character-level Stroke Order Standard Dictionary." "WriteChinese" annotates all over 20,000 Chinese characters with pinyin, allowing users to click the play button to hear the pronunciation. Features: * Support for taking photos or selecting images for text recognition, helping users input the characters they want to practice. *Supports automatic translation of English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese into Chinese after text recognition for easy comparison Study Chinese * Support for offline dictionary function, allowing users to look up unfamiliar characters through the dictionary. * Automatic saving of input or text recognition history for convenient practice later. * Almost all Chinese characters' stroke order practice is supported. * Support for playing the standard stroke order of characters in an animated way. * Support for practicing writing Chinese characters; if there are errors, the app will alert users to the incorrect strokes. * Support for displaying or hiding stroke orders, facilitating character dictation and enhancing memory. * Automatically annotate pinyin when inputting any Chinese characters. * Support for voice playback of Chinese characters; if a user doesn't know how to pronounce a certain character, they can simply click the voice button to hear the pronunciation. * Support for sharing handwritten characters with friends. * Support for simplified and traditional Chinese as well as English explanations. Discover more features... Chinese characters have a history of over six thousand years, making them the world's oldest continuously used writing system without a break. Chinese characters are the only surviving ideographic characters created by ancient people, representing an essential part of Chinese culture. We sincerely hope that "Stroke Order" can assist Chinese language learners globally, helping billions of Chinese users learn how to write Chinese characters. Unlimited Access Membership Subscription - You can use all in-app features without restrictions through this subscription. - Subscriptions are charged weekly, monthly, or annually, depending on the selected plan. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. - You can turn off auto-renewal 24 hours before the current subscription period ends, or it will automatically renew. - Renewal will be charged to your account within 24 hours before the current subscription period ends, depending on the chosen plan. - Users can manage subscriptions and go to account settings to turn off auto-renewal after purchase. - Any unused free subscription time will be forfeited after purchasing a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.dazhuogroup.com/writechinese/privacy_statement_en.php Terms of Use: https://www.dazhuogroup.com/writechinese/terms_of_use_en.php

Screenshots

Copybook4 screens
WriteChinese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Copybook at 50% against WriteChinese's 25%. Copybook also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 21) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15). WriteChinese's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Copybook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WriteChinese sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WriteChinese holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Copybook's written reviews are positive against 25% of WriteChinese's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Copybook ships an update every 5 months, WriteChinese every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Copybook versus WriteChinese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCopybookWriteChinese
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (68 ratings)4.5 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB353 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUbik Technology LLCShanghai Dazhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Copybook

All ratings68 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

WriteChinese

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Copybook

One-time1
  • Chinese Copybook Volume 1 and Features Unlock$2.99
3 purchases

WriteChinese

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Copybook free?
Copybook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WriteChinese free?
WriteChinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Copybook or WriteChinese?
WriteChinese is rated higher. Copybook averages 4.2 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while WriteChinese averages 4.5 from 21 ratings.
Do Copybook or WriteChinese have ads?
Neither Copybook nor WriteChinese shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Copybook or WriteChinese?
Copybook ships an update every 5 months, and WriteChinese every 7 months. Most recently, Copybook was updated on September 23, 2026 and WriteChinese on September 22, 2026.

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