Comparison

Chinese21 vs LangPanda

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

Head to head
About

Chinese21

Features
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Master Chinese in 21 days with Chinese21! Learn Chinese through a structured 21-day course designed for real-world conversations. Practice with Speech recognition, track your progress, get advice from a teacher, and learn while driving your car.

About

LangPanda

Learn languages by watching videos. Save sentences, look up words instantly, and review them with adaptive flashcards. Study real language in context, not just word lists.

Highlights
  • Learn from YouTube videos
  • Instant word lookup
  • Spaced repetition flashcards
  • Native language context
  • AI explanations
  • Speech shadowing
  • Progress tracking
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LangPanda turns the videos you watch into language learning. Save sentences with one tap, look up unfamiliar words instantly, and review them later with FSRS spaced repetition that adapts to how well you remember. Every flashcard is native content which lets you study real language in real context, not isolated word lists. FREE FEATURES - Watch YouTube videos and learn from subtitles - Look up words with dictionaries - See frequency ranking on each word - Japanese Furigana on subtitles - Japanese Pitch Accent on dictionary lookups - Chinese pinyin support on subtitles - Cantonese Jyutping support subtitles - Tone coloring on subtitles PAID FEATURES - Track known and learning words - AI Explanations in 1 Click - Shadow native speech to build fluency - Save sentences from videos - FSRS-5 spaced-repetition flashcards - Global leaderboards - Detailed analytics and review stats - Video Comprehension stats - Sync across devices SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: - LangPanda Pro Monthly — $8.99 / month - LangPanda Pro Yearly — $89.99 / year (best value) - 7-day free trial for new subscribers - Auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours before period ends - Manage / cancel anytime in iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions 36 Languages Supported: Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic, Cantonese, Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Khmer, Lao, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian Send any feedback to ios@langpanda.com Terms: https://langpanda.com/terms Privacy: https://langpanda.com/privacy

Screenshots

Chinese214 screens
LangPanda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LangPanda at 15.1 against Chinese21's 17.6. 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. Chinese21 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LangPanda sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chinese21 versus LangPanda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChinese21LangPanda
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size335 MB76 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOLE PETTER HAUGENChristopher LaBonty

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chinese21

One-time1
  • Chinese21 Pro$19.99
2 purchases

LangPanda

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Chinese21 free?
Chinese21 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LangPanda free?
LangPanda is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chinese21 or LangPanda have ads?
Neither Chinese21 nor LangPanda shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chinese21 or LangPanda?
Chinese21 ships an update weekly, and LangPanda weekly. Most recently, Chinese21 was updated on September 20, 2026 and LangPanda on July 23, 2026.

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