Comparison

Chinese Stories vs Genius Part 2

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

Head to head
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.

About

Genius Part 2

Features
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• Application features: 1 - 20 interactive scientific experiment. 2 - Explain scientific experiments and steps animation, which helps to understand how things happen. 3 - the possibility of interactive application of each scientific experiment. 4 - an interesting and simplified scientific interpretation of each experience and how it occurs. Experiments of Genius Part 2 : -------------------------------------------------- 21. How do you prevent gravity from doing its work? 22 - How to impress your friends (fork)? 23 - How to play the ghost of the candle? 24 - How to divide me salt water and fresh water? 25- How to make a thunderstorm in the room? 26. How do you make a jet boat? 27- How to get rid of aquarium water effortlessly? 28- How do you draw water? 29 - How to make a solar clock 30- How do you paint the eggs silver? 31- How to put the needle in the balloon blown without exploding? 32- How to differentiate between boiled and non-boiled egg? 33. How do you make your musical instrument? 34. How do you predict the weather? 35- How do you control the size of your balloon? 36 - How to make a wind vane yourself? 37- How to make a phone for you and your friend? 38. How do you measure wind speed? 39- How to make a motor boat? 40- How do you keep the water in the inverted pot?

Screenshots

Chinese Stories4 screens
Genius Part 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chinese Stories at Free against Genius Part 2's $1.99. Chinese Stories also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 38 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 9.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Chinese Stories is free to download; Genius Part 2 costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chinese Stories ships an update every 3 months, Genius Part 2 every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chinese Stories versus Genius Part 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChinese StoriesGenius Part 2
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating1.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChinese Stories Publishing Co., Ltd.Mohamed Khairy

In-app purchases

None

Chinese Stories

No in-app purchases

None

Genius Part 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chinese Stories free?
Chinese Stories is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Genius Part 2 free?
Genius Part 2 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chinese Stories or Genius Part 2 have ads?
Neither Chinese Stories nor Genius Part 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chinese Stories or Genius Part 2?
Chinese Stories ships an update every 3 months, and Genius Part 2 every 38 months. Most recently, Chinese Stories was updated on November 1, 2026 and Genius Part 2 on November 3, 2026.

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