HSK Stroke Order vs Learby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HSK Stroke Order
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Most stroke-order apps play you an animation and hope for the best. This one makes you write. Draw each stroke with your finger. It is accepted only if it starts in the right place, ends in the right place, stays close to the center line, and comes at the right point in the sequence. Draw 一 from right to left and it fails — direction is half of what stroke order means. Draw a stroke that belongs later in the character and the app tells you which one it was. VERIFIED, NOT GUESSED Every character here has been checked against GB/T 39100-2020, the national stroke-order standard issued by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission. 3,075 characters pass that check automatically. The other 13 were reviewed by hand, stroke by stroke, and the app marks them, so you always know which is which. The Sources tab names all 13 and shows the whole method: the standard, the character inventory, how each character was tested, the licenses, and the measured accuracy of the check. WHAT'S INSIDE • 3,088 characters from the current HSK 3.0 character syllabus, bands 1 through 7–9 • 1,200 marked 手写字 — the ones the exam asks you to write by hand, not merely recognize • 9,371 syllabus words • The official stroke-order code (笔顺编码) for every character, spelled out stroke by stroke with names: 横 竖 撇 点 折 LEARN Watch the character written on a 米字格 grid — a brush sweeping along each stroke's center line, not an outline fading in. Pause, step, scrub, change speed, or reveal the finished character. Tap any stroke to jump straight to it. Search by character, word, pinyin (with or without tones) or English meaning. Every character shows its radical, its meaning, and the syllabus words that use it. PRACTICE Pick a band, or let the app choose what you have met but not yet mastered. Two wrong attempts bring up a guide stroke with a starting dot. "Show me" replays the whole character. A character counts as mastered after three faultless writings — three, and faultless, not three views. The rules behind the order are there too, with a worked example for each: 先横后竖, 先撇后捺, 从上到下, 先外后内, 先里头后封口. PROGRESS Mastery rings per band, and an honest count of what you have actually written correctly rather than what you have looked at. FREE TO START Your first 50 characters are free, with everything: the animation, the stroke code and the writing practice. Every character you open stays free for good. A single in-app purchase unlocks all the others. No subscription. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE No account and no sign-up. The entire dataset ships inside the app, so it works on a plane, on the subway, and anywhere else. Your progress file never leaves your device. — Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the HSK examination authorities. Stroke graphics derive from Make Me a Hanzi under the Arphic Public License; definitions from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0. Full attribution is inside the app.
Learby
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Learby бол монгол сурагчдад зориулсан хятад хэл сурах систем. HSK флаш карт, 17 000+ үгийн сан, сонсох·унших·бичих дасгал, хүүхдийн номнууд, сурагчдын нийгэмлэг — бүгд монгол орчуулгатай, нэг дор. Эхлэн суралцагчаас HSK 6 хүртэл. HSK ФЛАШ КАРТ HSK 1–6 түвшний үгс. Мэддэг, мэдэхгүй үгээ тэмдэглээд зөвхөн хэрэгтэйгээ давтана. ХЯТАД ҮГСИЙН САН Ханз, пининь, монгол утга, жишээ өгүүлбэр, дуудлага бүхий 17 000+ үг. Түвшин бүрээр хайж, өөрийн багц үүсгэж, PDF-ээр татна. СОНСОХ Бодит яриан дээр суурилсан харилцан яриа. Мөр бүр аудио, пининь, монгол орчуулгатай. Хялбар, дундаж, хүнд гурван түвшин. УНШИХ Богино текстийг өгүүлбэр бүрээр уншиж, ойлгосноо тэмдэглэнэ. Өгүүлбэр дээр дарахад пининь, орчуулга, дуудлага гарна. БИЧИХ 田字格 нүдэнд ханзыг зөв дарааллаар бичиж, үр дүнгээ шууд харна. Алдсан ханзаа дахин давтана. ХҮҮХДИЙН БЯЦХАН НОМНУУД Хуудас хуудсаар уншиж, сонсож, орчуулгатай нь харьцуулна. Шинэ үгээ шууд багцдаа нэмнэ. СУРАГЧДЫН НИЙГЭМЛЭГ Нийтийн чат, хувийн чат, найзууд, сошиал фийд. ЗОРИЛГО БА СТАТИСТИК Өдрийн зорилго, хичээллэсэн хугацаа, давтсан үг, дараалсан өдөр. Өдөрт 15–20 минут хангалттай. Бүртгэл үнэгүй. Интерфейс монгол, англи, хятад гурван хэл дээр. ГИШҮҮНЧЛЭЛ (Learby Gold) • Learby Gold — Сар бүр: 1 сарын хугацаатай, автоматаар сунгагдана • Learby Gold — Жил бүр: 1 жилийн хугацаатай, автоматаар сунгагдана Үнийг аппын худалдан авах цонхонд болон App Store дээр харуулна. Төлбөрийг худалдан авалт баталгаажих үед таны Apple ID дансанд бичнэ. Хугацаа дуусахаас хамгийн багадаа 24 цагийн өмнө цуцлаагүй бол гишүүнчлэл автоматаар сунгагдаж, тухайн 24 цагийн дотор төлбөр хийгдэнэ. Тохиргоо → [таны нэр] → Subscriptions хэсгээс удирдах, цуцлах боломжтой. Үйлчилгээний нөхцөл (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Нэмэлт нөхцөл: https://learby.io/terms Нууцлалын бодлого: https://learby.io/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Learby at weekly against HSK Stroke Order's every 3 weeks. Learby also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. HSK Stroke Order sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Learby sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HSK Stroke Order ships an update every 3 weeks, Learby weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HSK Stroke Order | Learby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bechample GmbH | Boldbaatar Dagvadorj |
In-app purchases
HSK Stroke Order
- Unlock Unlimited Characters$0.99
Learby
- Learby Gold - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Learby Gold - Yearly$19.991 Year








