First Mandarin vs Design Thinking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Mandarin
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This language learning application is to complement our Chinese learning program and enable the children to practice speaking Mandarin as they follow the lessons in the application.
Design Thinking
This app provides a structured approach to the design thinking process, guiding users through understanding user needs, generating ideas, prototyping, and testing. It serves as a tool for designers to enhance their brainstorming sessions and refine their creative thinking.
- Four-stage design thinking process
- Brainstorming guidance
- Inspiration for originality
- Multiple language support
- Planning and design workflow aid
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The design thinking cards are one of the designer’s hand card series. The technological processes and development procedures of design thinking are divided into four stages in total, including: understanding (understanding user demands), ideation(developing creative concepts), prototyping(designing concept prototypes), and testing (assessing user experience). While the designer carries out the design working, brainstorming plays a very important role. The designer’s method card can guide the designer’s thinking processand remind the designer of relevant design methods, as well as being conducive to inspiring the designer’soriginality and good thinking in brainstorming meetings. Dear designers, We are very happy to inform you that this version is support to multiple languages include English, Japanese, Korean, & Chinese. We hope this card deck could help you doing a better planning and design works. Try it now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: First Mandarin at none against Design Thinking's 1. Design Thinking's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). 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. Design Thinking sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. First Mandarin asks for nothing beyond the download.
First Mandarin ships an update every 7 months, Design Thinking every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Mandarin | Design Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EDNOVATION (SEA) PTE. LTD. | PURPLEFISH LAB LTD. |
In-app purchases
First Mandarin
No in-app purchases
Design Thinking
- Upgrade to Full Version$5.99
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