Comparison

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic vs MonChinese

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

MonChinese

Master Mandarin spoken in Taiwan with this comprehensive learning tool. It covers characters, tones, everyday language, and exam preparation, offering features like camera translation, pronunciation practice, and offline study.

Highlights
  • Camera-based translation
  • Voice search dictionary
  • Taiwanese Mandarin pronunciation training
  • TOCFL vocabulary with example sentences
  • Grammar explanations and stroke-order writing
  • Interactive mini-games and role-play conversations
  • Offline learning capabilities
Features
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MonChinese is a Traditional Chinese learning app built around Taiwan's TOCFL framework. Learn the words and grammar for each level, read and listen to stories written for your level, practise writing characters, and check where you stand with adaptive mock exams. VOCABULARY BY TOCFL LEVEL • Around 8,000 learning words across Foundation, Beginner (A1–A2), Intermediate (B1–B2) and Advanced (C1), plus a "Working in Taiwan" survival set • Pinyin and Zhuyin (Bopomofo) for every word, audio, example sentences and related words • Flashcards with five ways to practise: flip, learn, match, spelling and test • Decks for the textbooks 當代中文課程 and 時代華語, lesson by lesson SMART REVIEW • Spaced repetition schedules each word for the right day, so you review before you forget • Flip-and-swipe review cards, with honest progress that doesn't jump just because you practised early READING AND LISTENING • 175 original graded passages (A1–C1) with natural voice audio and word-by-word highlighting • 50 two-person dialogues with role-play and shadowing • Tap any word for its meaning; build your own word list as you read TOCFL MOCK EXAMS • Adaptive test (CAT): listening or reading, the questions adjust to your level and the result shows the level you have reliably reached • Band A, B and C papers modelled on the official exam structure, with timed listening and reading sections • Not affiliated with or endorsed by the TOCFL testing organisation WRITING • Stroke-order practice in 8 stages, from the first strokes to complex characters • Recall Grid: type each word from memory in a spreadsheet-style grid; only answers you recall unaided count towards your review schedule GRAMMAR AND EXPLORE • 462 grammar points from A1 to C1 with explanations and examples • Easily confused word pairs, measure words, collocations, antonyms, word families built on a shared character, and 300 four-character idioms • Taiwan youth slang, kept up to date LOOK-UP TOOLS • Search by characters, pinyin or meaning, or by camera, voice or handwriting • A dictionary of over 60,000 entries based on the Ministry of Education dictionary, plus place names and slang • AI translation of sentences and short passages MADE FOR YOU • Interface and explanations in English, Vietnamese and Indonesian • Progress syncs across your iPhone and iPad • Designed for iPad with a sidebar and multi-column layouts • Daily goals, streaks, quests and achievements keep you going MonChinese is free to use with ads. MonChinese Premium removes ads and unlocks all reading levels, dialogues, Explore collections and more. Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://monchinese.me/privacy Terms of Use: https://monchinese.me/terms

Screenshots

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic4 screens
MonChinese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MonChinese at 5.0 against Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's 3.9. MonChinese also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and MonChinese sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MonChinese holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic has 60 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic ships an update every 5 weeks, MonChinese fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic versus MonChinese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Taiwanese Chinese BasicMonChinese
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (60 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB228 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLETS LimitedHung Vi Van

Customer experience

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic

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

MonChinese

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic

One-time1
  • Unlock All: Traditional Chinese (LingoCards)$17.99
3 purchases

MonChinese

Subscriptions2
  • MonChinese Premium$2.991 Month
  • MonChinese Premium$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$14.99

Questions

Is Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic free?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MonChinese free?
MonChinese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or MonChinese?
MonChinese is rated higher. Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic averages 3.9 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while MonChinese averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or MonChinese have ads?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic shows ads; MonChinese does not.
Which is updated more often, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or MonChinese?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic ships an update every 5 weeks, and MonChinese fortnightly. Most recently, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic was updated on November 6, 2026 and MonChinese on November 5, 2026.

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