These Apps are geared toward Generalized Learning, we also have App collections for Learning Characters, Reading, and more! These icons indicate what you can expect regarding the app:
- ❤️ – Completely Free
- 💙 – Free Content Available, but predominately paid app
- 💲 – Paid App but may offer a trial
- 🎲 – Game Style
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Through games you can learn such things as foods, numbers, colors and more. Available Platforms: iOS and Android
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This developer offers 5 apps designed to help you pass the HSK 1-5 tests. Pricing: $17.99 each Available Platforms: Android and iOS.
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This app uses “fill in the blank”exercises to help you learn sentences and vocabulary. Available Platforms: Web, Android and iOS.
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This app focuses on vocabulary and conversational Chinese rather than grammar. Learn 1700 words across 99 topics. Pricing: Free for casual learners. To progress faster and have unlimited learning time plans are $7.49 per month, $48.99 per year or $109.99 once.
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This is a subscription based reading app recommended by professional teachers. Single tap dictionary and English is provided. Over 1,000 Beginner to Advanced lessons available with 5-6 new ones each week. Pricing: Limited access is free, and subscription prices vary from $11.99 a month to $89.99 for a yearly plan. Available Platforms: Android and iOS.
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Duolingo is the most popular gamification learning app. All content is free with ads & you encounter other annoying things related to “health,” etc. Premium version available. Available Platforms: iOS and Android
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This simple app is based on HSK test questions and uses a spaced repetition algorithm. More advanced students may become irritated in the beginning as it starts at absolute beginner and unlocks slowly. Available Platforms: Android only.
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This HSK test prep app offers "personalized study paths and expert guidance." Pricing: $5.99 monthly to $37.99 lifetime. Essay corrections also offered for a fee. Available Platforms: iOS and Android.
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This game app is great for total beginners and covers reading, writing, speaking (record your voice), vocabulary and grammar. Quizzes provided. Pricing: From $8.99 per month for "premium" to $149.99 annually for "premium plus." Available Platforms: iOS and Android.
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This app teaches the books of the bible, grammar and useful vocabulary with audio lessons, matching games and flash cards. Simplified and Traditional Chinese are available. Available Platforms: iOS, Android, Microsoft & Amazon
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L-Lingo allows you to learn 1,000s of words and sentences, complete with images. Pricing: Offers 10 free lesson. $14.99 for 65 lessons. $19.99 for 105 lesson or $9.99 per stage, 105 lessons are divided into 3 stages. Available Platforms: Website, iOS and Android.
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Learn pinyin, 2000 beginner vocabulary words and basic sentences, along with famous idioms. Available Platforms:Android Only.
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This app works offline. Learn 2,000+ essential words and phrases, covering 16+ topics. You can save your “favorite” words and phrases. Available Platforms: Android Only.
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This app claims to contains 10,000+ practical sentences. While it boasts a 4 1/2 star rating on Google Play, some reviewers complained that many entries have no or bad audio. A paid version of the app is available that may be better. Available Platforms: Android Only.
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This game app teaches basic vocabulary and sentence structure. It is not for the serious student or advanced learner. Pricing: $11.99/month to $55.99/year with plans in between. Available Platforms: iOS and Android.
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Loecsen provides “survival” Chinese for travelers. Sentences are accompanied by illustrations of the situation where conversation happens. Available Platforms: Website, Android and iOS.
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Memrise focuses on learning words and phrases. You can add your own mnemonic to aid your memory. Free users have access to the first three of six learning modules. However, there is a large selection of user created free content with varying quality. Available Platforms: Web, iOS and Android.
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This app teaches you to talk in Chinese first. Then you learn related vocabulary and grammar. Pricing: Free Daily Lessons. Plans are $9.99 per month or $47.99 per year Available Platforms: Android and iOS.
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This game app offers material to beginner and advanced students. Pricing: Limited access is free, and subscription prices vary from $10 a month to $96 for a yearly plan. Available Platforms: Web Edition, iOS and Android.
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Rosetta Stone has been around for years. It uses a conversational approach. You learn to talk and then add additional vocabulary and grammar. Pricing: $94.99 per year or $199.99 once Available Platforms: Android, iOS and Web
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As the name implies this app is a Phrasebook rather than a full learning app. The free version offers 300 words and phrases. The paid, 900. Pricing: $1.99 per category or $9.99 for full app. Available Platforms: Amazon, Android and iOS.
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Learn how to read and write Chinese with the #1 character-learning app. Boasts 10,000+ characters and 400,000+ words. Can be used offline. Simplified and Traditional characters offered. Pricing: 1 week free trial, then $7.50-14.99/month. Available Platforms: Web Edition, iOS and Android.
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Standard Mandarin specializes in getting your pronunciation right and even tells you what facial muscles to use to sound more native! Available Platforms: iOS (Free, $9.99 to remove ads) and Mac Edition ($39.95).
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This app breaks down characters into their component parts and uses images and funny stories to help you remember them. Tones are represented by animals to aid recall. Pricing: 1 week free trial. Subscription start at $9.99/month and go all the way up to 3 years for $159.99. Individual character packs are $49.99 each. Available Platforms: iOS and Android.
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