Comparison

HaoSay vs CodeTales

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

Head to head
About

HaoSay

Features
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HaoSay is a Chinese speaking practice app built around curated city scenarios. Instead of only memorizing words or repeating fixed sentences, you practice Mandarin through guided city scenes, character roleplay, and real conversation tasks designed by HaoSay. Step into Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and more. Order coffee, ask for directions, bargain, travel, chat with locals, and handle everyday moments in Chinese. What you can do with HaoSay: Talk with characters such as baristas, drivers, shop owners, travelers, and local residents. Practice in city scenes including cafes, metro stations, shopping streets, night markets, teahouses, and startup spaces. Use photo vocabulary to learn Chinese words from objects around you. Save useful words to your word bag and turn them into spoken mini dialogues. Practice freely with Aocheng, your Chinese speaking partner. Get feedback that helps you speak more naturally. HaoSay is built for learners who want to actually speak Chinese, not just study it. It helps you build confidence through short, useful, culturally grounded conversations. Your practice inputs, photo vocabulary results, and saved word cards are used for your private learning experience, not as public community posts. HaoSay includes free access and optional HaoSay Plus subscriptions. Plus opens the first three city routes, adds unlimited Aocheng chat and unlimited energy, adds more word expansion and mini dialogue practice, and gives you a larger word-card pocket. Later cities still unlock through route progress. HaoSay may request access to microphone, speech recognition, camera, and photo library features for speaking practice, photo vocabulary, and avatar setup. The app includes a Report & Safety entry for reporting unsafe content or behavior. Privacy Policy: https://haosay.chat/privacy Terms of Service: https://haosay.chat/terms

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CodeTales

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CodeTales turns coding into an adventure kids aged 6โ€“14 actually want to go on. Each story follows a character on a quest โ€” and at key moments, your child has to solve a real coding challenge to move the story forward. No videos. No passive watching. Just hands-on coding that feels like gameplay. What kids learn JavaScript fundamentals and core programming concepts: variables, loops, conditions, and logical thinking โ€” introduced naturally through story context, not textbooks. Three challenge types โ€ข Code Gap โ€” fill in the missing piece of code to complete the line โ€ข Code Reorder โ€” drag the lines of code into the correct order โ€ข Debug Fix โ€” find and fix the bug before the story can continue Built for kids, designed for parents Create a separate profile for each child. Every profile tracks XP, daily streaks, and progress independently. No ads, no social features, no external links โ€” just focused learning. Subscription A free trial gives access to starter stories. Premium unlocks the full story library and all challenge types, billed monthly at the price shown at purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime via your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HaoSay4 screens
CodeTales4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CodeTales at 3 against HaoSay's 1. CodeTales also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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. HaoSay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and CodeTales sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
HaoSay versus CodeTales: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaoSayCodeTales
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size101 MB55 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAILIFE TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.Arturs Torsters

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HaoSay

Subscriptions2
  • HaoSay Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Haosay Plus3 Days trial$79.991 Year
1 purchases

CodeTales

Subscriptions1
  • Codetales monthly subscription$1.991 Month

Questions

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

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