Comparison

ELi APPBook vs Chinese Stories

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

Head to head
About

ELi APPBook

Access your digital primary school textbooks on any device. Students can enter a code from their physical book to unlock the digital version. Teachers can request access to digital editions for their classrooms.

Highlights
  • Digital textbook access
  • Student code redemption
  • Teacher access requests
  • Offline browsing
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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L’app ufficiale per accedere ai tuoi libri digitali della scuola primaria. Con ELi APPBook puoi consultarli ovunque in modo semplice e veloce. Sei uno Studente? Inserisci il codice che trovi sul retro della copertina del libro cartaceo e sfoglia subito la versione digitale. Sei un Docente? Richiedi la dotazione per l'insegnante al tuo distributore di zona. Scarica l’app, accedi con il tuo account Gruppo ELi, seleziona il volume e invia la richiesta di attivazione. Tutte le informazioni su: https://www.gruppoeli.it/libri-digitali

About

Chinese Stories

This app offers e-books designed for learning Mandarin Chinese at various proficiency levels. It provides interactive features like definitions, pinyin, and quizzes to enhance the learning experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive e-books for Mandarin learning
  • Definitions, pinyin, and HSK/TOP levels for words
  • Save unfamiliar words for later memorization
  • Hyperlinks for proper nouns to learn culture and history
  • Full English translation and pinyin for each story
  • Comprehension quizzes with progress tracking
  • Audio versions for listening practice
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If you are learning Mandarin Chinese, our monthly E-books will provide you with the best learning experiences. Now we have two different levels of E-book collection, which are Beginner, Elementary and Intermediate. As for Advanced level, it is coming soon in six months. You can purchase the E-book in accordance with your language proficiency. The language used is carefully selected to correspond to official levels. For texts in Simplified Chinese, the characters are chosen in accordance with New HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) and YCT (Youth Chinese Test) levels in Mainland China. Our Beginner level corresponds to New YCT level 2&3, Elementary level to New HSK level 3, and Intermediate level to New HSK level 4. As for Traditional Chinese version, the words used are also carefully chosen on the basis of the TOP (the Test of Proficiency-Huayu) standard in Taiwan. Our Elementary level corresponds to TOP elementary level, and Intermediate level to TOP intermediate level. As for Beginner level, each E-book has 5 stories, and each story contains 150~200 Chinese characters. Elementary E-book has 12 stories, and each story contains 250~300 Chinese characters. Intermediate E-book has 12 stories, and each story contains 450~500 Chinese characters. Our Chinese learning E-books have features as followed: 1. Click on a colored words, and we will show you its English definition, pinyin, part of speech, sentences, and its HSK/TOP level. 2. Click on “More,” and you get to know different meanings of the same word. 3. You can save words you don’t know or aren’t familiar with to memorize later. 4. Click on hyperlinks of proper nouns such as place names or celebrity names, and learn more about Chinese geography, culture, and history while reading Chinese stories. 5. Every story comes with full English translation and pinyin. 6. We track your progress. After reading each article, a five-question quiz will test how well your understanding of the story is and will keep a record of your first-time test result. 7. The audio version of each story enables you to listen to standard Chinese and to train your Chinese listening skill.

Screenshots

ELi APPBook4 screens
Chinese Stories4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ELi APPBook at every 3 weeks against Chinese Stories's every 3 months. Chinese Stories's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ELi APPBook ships an update every 3 weeks, Chinese Stories every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ELi APPBook versus Chinese Stories: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterELi APPBookChinese Stories
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.66.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperELI SrlChinese Stories Publishing Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

ELi APPBook

Written reviews47 reviews
Positive4.3%
Neutral8.5%
Negative87.2%

Chinese Stories

All ratings12 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative93.3%

In-app purchases

None

ELi APPBook

No in-app purchases

None

Chinese Stories

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ELi APPBook free?
ELi APPBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chinese Stories free?
Chinese Stories is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ELi APPBook or Chinese Stories have ads?
Neither ELi APPBook nor Chinese Stories shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ELi APPBook or Chinese Stories?
ELi APPBook ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chinese Stories every 3 months. Most recently, ELi APPBook was updated on November 6, 2026 and Chinese Stories on November 1, 2026.

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