Comparison

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic vs Monkey Lingo

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

Monkey Lingo

Features
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Monkey Lingo teaches you sentences instead of individual words and it allows you to practice those sentences orally in untimed and timed conversations. In this way, you will be swinging ahead of everyone else learning with Duolingo or any other current language app. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTMTc3cMc59dKXTFUDBkyDXFW-9BCImNfXmDEvAbRBi2bS3OoPssNwnA9LNxj7GWkzAQr4OfFoZ9OcK/pub Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic4 screens
Monkey Lingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Monkey Lingo at none against Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's shown. Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Monkey Lingo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic ships an update every 5 weeks, Monkey Lingo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic versus Monkey Lingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Taiwanese Chinese BasicMonkey Lingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLETS LimitedDane Reeves

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic

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

Monkey Lingo

Subscriptions3
  • Spanish to English Monthly$34.991 Month
  • English to French Monthly$34.991 Month
  • English to Spanish Monthly$34.991 Month

Questions

Is Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic free?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monkey Lingo free?
Monkey Lingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or Monkey Lingo have ads?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic shows ads; Monkey Lingo does not.
Which is updated more often, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or Monkey Lingo?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic ships an update every 5 weeks, and Monkey Lingo every 2 months. Most recently, Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic was updated on November 11, 2026 and Monkey Lingo on November 9, 2026.

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