Comparison

Scrollingo vs Kylin

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

Head to head
About

Scrollingo

Features
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Quickly master new languages with Scrollingo's fun swipe-based quiz system! Answer fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and multiple-choice questions by simply swiping, and get instant feedback on every answer. In the Learn section, find clear explanations and examples for each question to deepen your understanding. Swipe through interactive language quizzes at any level (beginner to advanced). Get detailed answer explanations in the Learn section to track your progress. Practice English, Spanish, German, or French with exercises tailored for beginners to advanced learners. Boost your skills with AI-powered practice: personalized tips and sample sentences. Some features require a paid subscription. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://www.termsfeed.com/live/3a9cab72-ffb0-4b50-b618-379b95e98645 https://www.termsfeed.com/live/b6479382-c8b4-4a1e-9bf5-b9c26bdfe777

About

Kylin

Features
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Kylin teaches Mandarin on the new HSK 3.0 syllabus, in force since July 2026. Most published word lists are still the older ones. Three levels in all: 1,011 words and 655 characters, with 22 graded readings. HSK 1 is free and complete. All 300 words, all 248 characters, the grammar behind them, and eight short readings built only from what you have already met. HSK 2 and HSK 3 come with Kylin Pro. HOW IT TEACHES You produce the answer. Multiple choice happens once, the first time an item appears. After that you say it out loud, or you write it by hand. Picking the right option out of four is an easier thing than remembering, and only remembering survives a conversation. Nothing appears out of nowhere. A sentence never holds more than one piece you have not been taught, so reading stays reading instead of turning into decoding. The pace follows you. A run of correct answers speeds things up, and a lapse slows it down. An item leaves your queue when you can recall it, not because you tapped past it. CHARACTERS, PROPERLY Every character is taken apart into the pieces it is actually built from, and the pieces are taught before the characters that use them. Stroke order is animated, and the characters you write by hand are graded stroke by stroke. Tones get a drill of their own. ๅฆˆ and ้ฉฌ are one syllable and two different words, so the tone is the word. The drill works in pairs, because the mistakes that last are the ones between two tones in a row. Each one carries a short story tying its pieces to its meaning, and a painting of that story to remember it by. NOTHING TO PROTECT Miss a day and nothing breaks. Your reviews move, and the app stays quiet about it. What gets measured is what you can still recall weeks later, which is the only figure worth anything. YOUR OWN LANGUAGE, WHERE IT COUNTS Word meanings, character stories, grammar notes and reading glosses are written in English, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Italian, French and Turkish. Not only the buttons, the part that does the teaching. WORKS OFFLINE The whole course sits on your phone. No download before a lesson, no blank screen on a bad connection. KYLIN PRO Unlocks HSK 2 and HSK 3: 711 more words, 407 more characters, their grammar and fourteen more readings. Monthly, yearly, or a single payment that never renews. Dictionary glosses come from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0. Stroke data comes from Make Me a Hanzi under the Arphic Public License, component data from the same project under the GNU LGPL 3.0. Both are credited in the app. Privacy: https://iocodo.com/apps/kylin/privacy.html Support: https://iocodo.com/apps/kylin/support.html Terms: https://iocodo.com/apps/kylin/terms.html

Screenshots

Scrollingo3 screens
Kylin4 screens

Verdict

The call

Scrollingo and Kylin are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Scrollingo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Kylin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Scrollingo versus Kylin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollingoKylin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS15.115.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB101 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMehmet Ozan TUNAIOCODO LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scrollingo

Subscriptions2
  • Scrollingo Plus Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Scrollingo Plus Yearly$67.991 Year
3 purchases

Kylin

Subscriptions2
  • Kylin Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Kylin Pro Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kylin Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Scrollingo free?
Scrollingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kylin free?
Kylin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scrollingo or Kylin have ads?
Neither Scrollingo nor Kylin shows ads.

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