Comparison

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic vs Learn BOPOMO

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

Head to head
About

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic

Master basic Taiwanese Chinese with this engaging app. Learn vocabulary through beautiful flashcards, native speaker audio, and interactive modes. Explore over 30 categories and progress by playing and leveling up.

Highlights
  • Flashcard learning with images
  • Native speaker audio
  • Three learning modes (One-card, Overview, Shuffle)
  • Vocabulary categorized into 30+ topics
  • Gamified learning with experience points and leveling
  • Translations from 11 languages
Features
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“It’s the most beautiful language learning app” “I love the pretty photos in the app” “It is fun to learn a language with your app” “Thank you for creating the high quality and accurate contents” “What? It’s free!” --- Fun and Relaxing Learning Experience --- Look at the beautiful cards, listen to the native speaker’s voice and try to speak! Learn vocabulary effectively in an enjoyable way! 3 Learning modes: ・One-card Mode: Enjoy learning from the pretty pictures ・Overview Mode: Quickly overview all the cards ・Shuffle Mode: Help to memorize and examine your learning --- Learn from 11 Languages Translated by Native Speakers --- English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Portuguese, Korean, Turkish, Dutch, Polish Our international team loves promoting foreign languages and diverse cultures. We have 10-year experiences in teaching languages to foreigners and kids in the real life. This app is adopting our teaching experience plus scientific methods to raise your interests and enable you to learn effectively. Voice from native speaker, accurate grammar. --- FREE Contents --- Play cards, get experience points, level up and collect new cards for free! Let’s learn like playing games! More than 30 categories include: ・Basic Conversations, Greetings ・Numbers, Colors, Animals, ・Restaurant, Food, Vegetables, Fruits ・Sightseeing, Transportation, Shopping, Hotel (newly added) ・Body, Date, Family, Directions, Weather (newly added) ・Occupations, Hobbies and more (coming soon)

About

Learn BOPOMO

Master Chinese phonetic symbols with interactive Pinyin practice and writing exercises. Learn stroke order, pronunciation, and associate sounds with characters. Utilize flashcards to boost word recognition and memory.

Highlights
  • Pinyin phonetic symbol practice
  • Character association with Pinyin
  • Stroke order and pronunciation guide
  • Interactive writing practice
  • Sound and image flashcards
  • Chinese word recognition
Features
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Through Pinyin practice, learn how to pinyin phonetic symbols, the correct pinyin will automatically bring out common Chinese characters. In writing section, user can learn the stroke order and pronunciation of phonetic symbols, and immediately practice writing in the practice area. The card function combines sounds and images to enhance memory and effective learning. Flashcard function helps you to enhance Chinese words recognition.

Screenshots

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic4 screens
Learn BOPOMO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Learn BOPOMO at 5.0 against Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's 4.0. Learn BOPOMO also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). On price 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

Both are free to download. Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Learn BOPOMO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn BOPOMO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic has 55 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's written reviews are positive against 50% of Learn BOPOMO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic ships an update every 5 weeks, Learn BOPOMO every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic versus Learn BOPOMO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Taiwanese Chinese BasicLearn BOPOMO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (55 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings55 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLETS LimitedChi-Cheng Liao

Customer experience

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic

All ratings55 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive66.9%
Neutral12.0%
Negative21.1%

Learn BOPOMO

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic

One-time1
  • Unlock All: Traditional Chinese (LingoCards)$17.99
None

Learn BOPOMO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic free?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn BOPOMO free?
Learn BOPOMO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or Learn BOPOMO?
Learn BOPOMO is rated higher. Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic averages 4.0 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while Learn BOPOMO averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or Learn BOPOMO have ads?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic shows ads; Learn BOPOMO does not.
Which is updated more often, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or Learn BOPOMO?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic ships an update every 5 weeks, and Learn BOPOMO every 9 months. Most recently, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic was updated on September 21, 2026 and Learn BOPOMO on June 1, 2026.

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