Mandarin Quest vs Gam

Mandarin Quest helps families build real Traditional Chinese reading skills, the Taiwan way. A parent signs in and creates learner profiles. Each learner follows a playful, self-paced path with short lessons, spoken Taiwanese Mandarin, review activities, games, streaks, and rewards. Progress stays with the family across iPhone, iPad, and the web. FEATURES • Traditional Chinese characters aligned to Taiwan MOE grade levels • Choose Zhuyin (Bopomofo) or Pinyin for each learner • Character, word, idiom, sentence-pattern, reading, and culture tracks • Spaced review, pronunciation audio, typing practice, and field trips • Multiple learner profiles for one parent account • Secure progress sync across supported devices • Ad-free and parent-directed Start with the free tier. Mandarin Quest Premium unlocks unlimited lessons through an auto-renewing monthly subscription. The current price is shown before purchase and subscriptions can be managed in Apple Account settings. Mandarin Quest is a supplemental learning tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Gam is a small, friendly way to start speaking Teochew (Chaozhou / Chaoshan, 潮汕话) — the language of eastern Guangdong and of Teochew families all over Southeast Asia and the world. Follow Gam, a little New Year mandarin, through the words and phrases you would really use at the family table: • 171 everyday words — people, food, actions, numbers, time, places • 216 phrases — greetings, thanks, “have you eaten?”, and more • Every word taken apart: initial, final and tone, with a plain-English note on how each one sounds • Peng’im, the standard romanisation for Teochew, next to every character • Eight tones, drawn as pitch curves, and how they change when words run together (tone sandhi) • Short drills — pick the meaning, pick the word — that come back to what you missed • Streaks, mastery dots and a progress page, so you can see yourself improving The standard here is the Chaozhou prefecture-city accent. Free, with no ads. Your progress stays on your device (and in your own iCloud, if you turn that on). No account, and it works offline.