Macalaoshi vs eUDLAPx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macalaoshi
Learn Mandarin Chinese through an interactive, story-driven flashcard experience. Build consistent learning habits with progress tracking and engaging challenges. Collect characters and level up as you progress through a captivating narrative.
- Story-driven learning mode
- Progress and daily streak system
- Over 1,300 Chinese characters
- Purchasable premium content
- Unlockable cosmetic skins
- Available in English and Spanish
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Learn Mandarin Chinese by playing. In Macalaoshi you collect Chinese characters, level them up in challenges and beat bosses to help Lili save the world from the Empress. Macalaoshi is a family project: Maca Laoshi, a Chinese teacher, and her son Manu, a content creator, built the app they wished they had to learn Chinese every day and actually enjoy it. ▶ LEARN CHINESE STEP BY STEP • Flashcards with pinyin, meaning and audio, made for learning Chinese from scratch. • 2,000+ Chinese characters from HSK 1 to HSK 4 to collect. • Every character levels up when you get it right, so you know what you've mastered and what to review. • Writing mode: learn to write Chinese characters stroke by stroke, in the correct stroke order. • Create your own units: build notebooks with words from your textbook, your teacher or a song, and share them. ▶ A REAL GAME • Timed challenges with lives and rewards. • Bosses you can only beat with your vocabulary: cross the Forest, the Sea and the Mountain until you face the Empress. • Story mode with Lili: new chapters unlock as your Mandarin improves. • Lili's shop with upgrades and skins. ▶ A HABIT THAT STICKS • A short plan for every day: learn, review and complete challenges. • Daily streak, study calendar and achievements. • Leaderboard to compete with other Chinese learners. • Study offline: your progress syncs when you're back online. ▶ WHO IT'S FOR • Beginners who want to learn Mandarin Chinese from scratch. • Students preparing for HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3 or HSK 4. • Anyone already studying Chinese who wants to review vocabulary with fun flashcards. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean. Download Macalaoshi and start learning Chinese today. It's free to start, with optional premium content.
eUDLAPx
This app provides secure campus access for the university community and authorized individuals. It requires institutional authentication for UDLAP members.
- Secure campus access
- Institutional authentication
- Community access
- Authorized visitor access
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Diseñada para facilitar el acceso seguro de la comunidad UDLAP, familiares y personas autorizadas al campus universitario. Requiere autenticación institucional para miembros de la comunidad UDLAP.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Macalaoshi at 4.9 against eUDLAPx's 2.0. Macalaoshi also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 1). eUDLAPx's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Macalaoshi sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. eUDLAPx asks for nothing beyond the download.
Macalaoshi holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Macalaoshi has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Macalaoshi ships an update every 2 weeks, eUDLAPx weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macalaoshi | eUDLAPx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 254 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MANUEL SHI | Universidad de las Americas Puebla |
In-app purchases
Macalaoshi
- Upgrade Super Support$6.99
- Premium Access$11.99
- Super Support$18.99
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- Ultra Support$34.99
eUDLAPx
No in-app purchases









