Comparison

ChineseSkill vs Hmong M(A)L

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

Head to head
About

ChineseSkill

Master Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Hokkien with this comprehensive learning app. Featuring game-based lessons, speech recognition, and structured courses, it takes you from beginner to conversational fluency. Learn characters, tones, and practical language skills for travel, study, or cultural understanding.

Highlights
  • Game-based learning lessons
  • Bite-sized curriculum
  • Speech recognition for pronunciation
  • Handwriting practice
  • Immersive real-life conversations
  • Personalized study paths
  • Offline accessibility
Features
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ChineseSkill is the best Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese learning app for beginners! Featured by the App Store in "New Apps We Love" and "The Best Language-Learning Apps"! Built by professional Chinese teachers with 20+ years of experience teaching Chinese as a foreign language, ChineseSkill makes learning Chinese fun, effective, and genuinely rewarding. Trusted by millions of learners since 2014, our game-based lessons take you from your very first character to real-life conversations — with structured courses, interactive practice, and real cultural context. With ChineseSkill, you can start from Pinyin, tones, and basic Chinese characters, then build listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills step by step. Whether your goal is to travel, study, pass HSK tests, talk with Chinese-speaking friends, or understand Chinese culture, ChineseSkill helps you make steady progress every day. What makes ChineseSkill different: Unlike other Chinese learning apps, ChineseSkill offers three complete, expertly-designed courses so you can learn exactly the Chinese you need: ■ Simplified Chinese – Mandarin from Mainland China (standard Putonghua) ■ Traditional Chinese – Mandarin from Taiwan ■ Cantonese – as spoken in Hong Kong Features:
 ■ Game-based Chinese learning: lessons so fun you'll never get bored. ■ Bite-sized curriculum to fortify your Chinese listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. ■ Speech recognition corrects your pronunciation and tones, making speaking Chinese a breeze. ■ Handwriting practice specially designed to learn Chinese characters at a faster rate. ■ Immersive lessons help you have real-life, practical conversations quickly. ■ Self-adaptive learning games that personalize your study path. ■ Graded stories and listening practice tailored to your level. ■ The well-designed Pinyin and Tone courses for newbies. ■ Authentic videos featuring native Chinese speakers. ■ Systematic courses based on HSK levels. ■ Study progress tracking across multiple devices. ■ Offline accessibility: once a course is downloaded, no internet connection is required.
 With these tools at your disposal, nothing can stop you from mastering Chinese. Start your path to fluency today! ChineseSkill Premium offers: ■ One-month subscription for $11.99 ■ Three-month subscription for $24.99 ■ Twelve-month subscription for $59.99 The above prices are for U.S. customers. Pricing in other countries may vary, and charges may be converted to your local currency depending on your country of residence. Once purchased, subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off in your iTunes Account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the payment period. Terms of Service: https://www.chineseskill.com/terms-conditions-html Privacy Policy: https://www.chineseskill.com/privacypolicy-html Contact Us: nihao@chineseskill.com Supported languages: English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Turkish, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian, Hindi, Arabic, Thai. *Videos, additional vocabulary, and Booster content are currently only available for Mandarin (Mainland).

About

Hmong M(A)L

This app offers a fun and engaging way to learn the Hmong language. It features interactive games, tests, and study materials to help users practice and improve their Hmong language skills at their own pace.

Highlights
  • Hmong language learning games
  • Hmong language tests
  • Study and learn Hmong
  • Practice at your own pace
  • Interactive challenges
Features
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Learn Hmong Language (Hmoob) Uniquely designed to challenge your abilities and help you Learn and practice at your own pace Play Hmong Learning Games, Take Hmong Tests, Study and Learn May The Love of God Be With You All. God Loves You. God Is Love. Visit our Website: https://www.masteranylanguage.com

Screenshots

ChineseSkill4 screens
Hmong M(A)L3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ChineseSkill at 4.8 against Hmong M(A)L's 1.0. ChineseSkill also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 1). Hmong M(A)L's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ChineseSkill sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Hmong M(A)L asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChineseSkill holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChineseSkill has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChineseSkill versus Hmong M(A)L: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChineseSkillHmong M(A)L
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (15K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings15K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size360 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYIYAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Enterprise Matchmakers, LLC

Customer experience

ChineseSkill

All ratings15,398 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews1,451 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.5%

Hmong M(A)L

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

ChineseSkill

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Issues with syncing progress across devices
  • Screen elements getting cut off on iPhone X
  • Inconsistencies in lesson content and translations

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more male voice options
  • Improve lesson navigation and progress tracking
  • Introduce gamification elements for motivation
  • Provide more flexibility in disabling English translations

Hmong M(A)L

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ChineseSkill

Subscriptions8
  • Premium (Monthly)$11.991 Month
  • Monthly premium subscription$12.991 Month
  • Full Access (1 month)$14.991 Month
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  • Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual Chinese Learning Plan$79.991 Year
  • Full Access (1 Year)$79.991 Year
  • Full Access (1 Year)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium+ (Annual)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime membership$159.99
  • Lifetime membership$399.00
None

Hmong M(A)L

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChineseSkill free?
ChineseSkill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hmong M(A)L free?
Hmong M(A)L is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChineseSkill or Hmong M(A)L?
ChineseSkill is rated higher. ChineseSkill averages 4.8 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Hmong M(A)L averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ChineseSkill or Hmong M(A)L have ads?
Neither ChineseSkill nor Hmong M(A)L shows ads.

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