Comparison

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic vs Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese

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

Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese

Features
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Cantonese has six tones. Say the same syllable on the wrong pitch and you have said a different word — or nothing at all. Most language apps gloss over this. Hou² is built around it. Every word you learn shows its tone. Every word you say gets scored against the pitch contour it should have followed. You see your own pitch drawn next to the target, so you know exactly what to fix instead of guessing why you sound off. WHAT'S INSIDE • 20 chapters, 64 lessons, from your first hello to talking about your week • 475 words and phrases, each with Jyutping romanisation and tone marks • 650+ exercises: speaking, listening, sentence building, tone identification • 21 Hong Kong dialogues — ordering dim sum, the MTR, markets, hotel check-in • A test at the end of every chapter • Grammar notes on the things that actually trip learners up: sentence-final particles, classifiers, aspect markers HOW SPEAKING PRACTICE WORKS Tap, speak, get scored. Hou² tracks the pitch of your voice, compares its shape to the expected tone contour, and colour-codes the result syllable by syllable. Speech recognition checks that you said the right thing; pitch analysis checks that you said it the right way. There is also a dedicated tone trainer for telling the six tones apart by ear, a pronunciation drill for practising any word from any chapter, and spaced review that brings vocabulary back before you forget it. REAL HONG KONG CANTONESE This is the Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong, written in Jyutping and traditional characters. Colloquial, not textbook-formal. Chapters cover buying things, getting around, work, weather, feelings, telling stories about your weekend — the things you need in the city. BEFORE YOU START Hou² teaches pronunciation using your iPhone's built-in Cantonese voices. The app walks you through installing one during setup — it takes about a minute in iOS Settings, and it is free. Installing two lets dialogue speakers sound different from each other. Your progress syncs across your iPhone and iPad through iCloud. FREE AND PRO Chapters 1 and 2 are free forever — the six tones, the sound system, greetings, numbers and money. They are complete lessons, not a demo. Chapters 3 to 20 need Hou² Pro, available monthly or annually. PRIVACY Pronunciation scoring happens on your iPhone. Hou² never stores or uploads your recordings. Speech recognition uses Apple's on-device engine where your device and language support it; otherwise iOS may send the audio to Apple to transcribe, exactly as it does for dictation. Your progress is yours, stored on device and in your own private iCloud. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS • Hou² Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, offered monthly or annually • Title: Hou² Pro Monthly (1 month) and Hou² Pro Annual (1 year) • Price is shown in your local currency on the subscription screen before purchase • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period • Manage your subscription or turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings • Chapters 1 and 2 remain free whether or not you subscribe Privacy Policy: https://www.hou2hou2.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.hou2hou2.com/terms Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic4 screens
Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese at none against Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's shown. Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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 Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic versus Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Taiwanese Chinese BasicHou²Hou² Learn Cantonese
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLETS LimitedBenjamin Schubert

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic

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

Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic free?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese free?
Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic or Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese have ads?
Learn Taiwanese Chinese Basic shows ads; Hou²Hou² Learn Cantonese does not.

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