Comparison

Copybook vs ChineseWriter Full

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

ChineseWriter Full

Learn to write Chinese characters with detailed stroke guidance and practice exercises. This app supports both Simplified and Traditional characters, offering phonetic pronunciations and component analysis for each character. It works offline and allows customization of writing speed and stroke color.

Highlights
  • Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters
  • Stroke order and direction guidance
  • Writing practice with error correction
  • Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation and meaning
  • Component analysis and example words
  • Customizable stroke color and writing speed
  • Offline functionality
Features
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* Salient features + The data includes full Chinese characters both Simplified and Traditional + Identification through hard typing, pinyin... + Guide the order and direction of writing Chinese characters correctly and correctly. + Practice writing and writing instructions when writing wrong + Each character has Sino-Vietnamese, analysis of components by set, words containing it, Sino-Vietnamese meaning + Support setting stroke color and writing speed + The application works independently, without using the network --------------------------------------------- ***SUPPORT: Software : ChineseWriter Author: Nguyen Van Duy Call/SMS/Fb/Zalo : 0868934697 Email: Leo.appvn@gmail.com

Screenshots

Copybook4 screens
ChineseWriter Full4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ChineseWriter Full at 5.0 against Copybook's 4.2. ChineseWriter Full also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 50%). Copybook's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 23 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and ChineseWriter Full sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChineseWriter Full holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Copybook has 68 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Copybook's written reviews are positive against 64% of ChineseWriter Full's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Copybook ships an update every 5 months, ChineseWriter Full every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Copybook versus ChineseWriter Full: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCopybookChineseWriter Full
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (68 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews63.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings68 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 23 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB66 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperUbik Technology LLCDuy Nguyen Van

Customer experience

Copybook

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

ChineseWriter Full

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Copybook

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

ChineseWriter Full

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99

Questions

Is Copybook free?
Copybook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChineseWriter Full free?
ChineseWriter Full is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Copybook or ChineseWriter Full?
ChineseWriter Full is rated higher. Copybook averages 4.2 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while ChineseWriter Full averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Copybook or ChineseWriter Full have ads?
ChineseWriter Full shows ads; Copybook does not.
Which is updated more often, Copybook or ChineseWriter Full?
Copybook ships an update every 5 months, and ChineseWriter Full every 23 months. Most recently, Copybook was updated on September 23, 2026 and ChineseWriter Full on September 18, 2026.

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