Comparison

Chinese Stories vs English German Basic Words

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

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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

English German Basic Words

Features
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In this App you can see the name of the common foods, fruits, animals, colors, nature and vegetables spelled and pronounced in Tigrigna. The words are written in English and in German. This App is OFFLINE and does not need the internet connection. The App will be updated in the future. Thank you very much for installing this app.

Screenshots

Chinese Stories4 screens
English German Basic Words3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chinese Stories at Free against English German Basic Words's $4.99. Chinese Stories also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.1). 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; English German Basic Words costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chinese Stories versus English German Basic Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChinese StoriesEnglish German Basic Words
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating1.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.1
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChinese Stories Publishing Co., Ltd.Filmon Eyassu

In-app purchases

None

Chinese Stories

No in-app purchases

None

English German Basic Words

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chinese Stories free?
Chinese Stories is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is English German Basic Words free?
English German Basic Words costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chinese Stories or English German Basic Words have ads?
Neither Chinese Stories nor English German Basic Words shows ads.

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