Comparison

Chinese Stroke Order Character vs Sinograms

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

Head to head
About

Chinese Stroke Order Character

Master Chinese character writing with animated stroke order guides. This app helps beginners learn to write characters correctly, offering features like Pinyin annotation, real voice pronunciation, and multi-language support. It's designed to make learning Chinese calligraphy systematic and efficient.

Highlights
  • Animated stroke order guides
  • Pinyin annotation
  • Real voice pronunciation
  • Simplified and traditional conversion
  • Handwriting correctness check
  • Multi-language dictionary
Features
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Chinese characters is difficult to write for beginner. This app help you lookup Chinese characters with strokes order and master your writing skill. Awesome feature: 1. More than 20000 Chinese strokes 2. Pinyin annotation 3. Real voice 4. Simplified and traditional conversion 5. Picture to text 6. Voice to text 7. Handwriting correctness check function 8. Multi-language dictionary Arabic French German Greek Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Malay Persian Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Thai Vietnamese Chinese learner all encounter the same problem: How to write Chinese characters? You probably think learning how to write in Chinese is impossible.And I get it. I’m a native English speaker, and I know how complex Chinese characters seem. But you’re about to learn that it’s not impossible. All you need to know is a black magic – Chinese Stroke Order. What is Chinese Stroke Order? Strokes are the classified set of line patterns that are arranged and combined to form Chinese characters.Once you’ve mastered the strokes and learned the logic behind the radicals, learning Chinese writing will become a lot easier. Why Chinese Stroke Order is so hard to learn? Learning Chinese Strokes Order can be a bit scary and seems impossible at the first glance. They just seem like scary blocks of words if you don’t know the idea of how they were formed. Before you start learning Chinese writing, you need to know the Chinese writing system first. Chinese learners are all struggle with writing Chinese characters. It is very different from writing English, all you need to do is write every letter on the same line and space them well, you than have nice clean readable words. But Chinese characters are a lot more difficult and more complicated. Each character can be separated in to different little sections, and putting them together in a structure is not an easy task. Stroke order can help you structure the Chinese character in a more systematic way, it also help you to learn Chinese better. What’s the best way to overcome this difficult and how to master it? Don's waste money to buy many books and apps to learn how to write Chinese characters, none of them actually help me improve your skill, until you find this amazing app – Chinese Strokes Order! You can write Chinese characters so much easier and faster! Why this app extreme help? Chinese Strokes Order is the easy way to learn Chinese writing and calligraphy. Learn not only to write and recognize Chinese characters, but also to understand their meaning. How you can make use of it? All you have to do is simply type in a Chinese character and let the app show you its animated stroke order instantly. You can easily change the stroke speed in the app’s settings if you find it hard to keep up, as well. It helps a lot for calligraphy and visualize stroke order. Understand Chinese calligraphy Extremely simple, efficient, and easy to use, it is sure to help you understand Chinese calligraphy and its meaning. In addition, Chinese Strokes Order supports both simplified and traditional Chinese! The simple way to learn Chinese words and characters! ==================================== Auto Renewable Subscription Terms: - Monthly subscription for US $5.99 - Yearly subscription for US $11.99 * Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. * Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. * Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and will identify the cost of the renewal. * Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. * Privacy Policy: https://www.zhongwenbishun.com/privacy/chinesestrokesorder/privacy.html * Terms of Service: https://www.zhongwenbishun.com/privacy/chinesestrokesorder/terms.html

About

Sinograms

Explore over 10,300 Chinese characters with detailed information, including stroke order, pronunciation, and usage examples. Practice writing characters and learn about the fundamentals of Chinese writing.

Highlights
  • 10,300+ simplified and traditional characters
  • Customizable character grid browsing
  • Search and filter functionality
  • Favorites list
  • Stroke order decomposition
  • Detailed character information
  • Writing practice module
Features
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● More than 10.300 characters, in their simplified and traditional forms ● Browse the characters in a customisable grid (groups, order, levels) ● Search and filter ● Favorites list ● Usage frequency, HSK and Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用 规范 汉字 表) level ● Strokes order - stroke by stroke decomposition ● Detailed information for each character (pronunciation, translation, decomposition, etymology and usage examples) ● Writing practice to master every character ● General information about Chinese writing - basic strokes, order and difficult characters English, Français, Español, Italiano, Deutsch, Русский язык, ภาษาไทย, Tiếng Việt, 한국어, हिन्दी, 汉语, 日本語, العربية

Screenshots

Chinese Stroke Order Character4 screens
Sinograms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chinese Stroke Order Character at Free against Sinograms's $3.99. Chinese Stroke Order Character also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (688 vs 3). Sinograms's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). On rating, device support and iOS requirement 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

Chinese Stroke Order Character is free to download; Sinograms costs $3.99 up front. Chinese Stroke Order Character sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Sinograms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sinograms holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chinese Stroke Order Character has 688 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Chinese Stroke Order Character's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sinograms's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chinese Stroke Order Character ships an update every 4 days, Sinograms monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Chinese Stroke Order Character versus Sinograms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChinese Stroke Order CharacterSinograms
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (688 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings688 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size431 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer健生 任Samuel REAUD

Customer experience

Chinese Stroke Order Character

All ratings688 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative34.8%

Sinograms

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Chinese Stroke Order Character

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App opens upside down
  • Stroke order checking not working correctly
  • Freezing on login screen
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Pro version not working with ad blockers

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for additional romanization systems (e.g., Yale, Jyutping)
  • Ability to mix practice modes (normal, tracing, blank grid)
  • Option to change character color in practice mode
  • Automatic new line creation when entering text
  • Native system dark mode support

Sinograms

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Chinese Stroke Order Character

Subscriptions4
  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 week$2.997 Days
  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 month$4.991 Month
  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 week3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Chinese Stroke Order 1 year$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • A cup of coffee$2.99
  • HSK 1-6 Book$4.99
  • Base All Book$4.99
Show 5 more
  • Ren Jiao Ban All Book$4.99
  • Common Book$4.99
  • Pro Version(Lifetime)$12.99
  • All Books$19.99
  • Pro(Life Time) & All Books$29.99
None

Sinograms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chinese Stroke Order Character free?
Chinese Stroke Order Character is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sinograms free?
Sinograms costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chinese Stroke Order Character or Sinograms?
Sinograms is rated higher. Chinese Stroke Order Character averages 4.5 out of 5 from 688 ratings, while Sinograms averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Chinese Stroke Order Character or Sinograms have ads?
Chinese Stroke Order Character shows ads; Sinograms does not.
Which is updated more often, Chinese Stroke Order Character or Sinograms?
Chinese Stroke Order Character ships an update every 4 days, and Sinograms monthly. Most recently, Chinese Stroke Order Character was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sinograms on October 30, 2026.

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