Chinese Learning Apps: Competitors

Skritter

• Focus: learning to write Chinese characters. 
• Website and app links: https://skritter.com/, Android, iOS 
• Pricing: Android (One month subscription: $14.99 , One year subscription: $99.99) & iOS (One week free trial, $7.50-14.99/month after that).

FluentU

• Focus: Learn Chinese through videos.
• Website and app links: https://www.fluentu.com, Android, iOS 
• Pricing: annual billing-$240/yr or monthly billing-$30/month (valid for Website, iPhone app, iPad app, Android app use).

ChinesePod

• Focus: Learn Chinese through podcasts.
• Website and app links: https://chinesepod.com/, Android, iOS 
•  Pricing: monthly (basic-$14, premium-$49), quarterly (basic-$39, premium-$79, annual (basic-$124, premium-$248)

The Chairman’s Bao:

• Focus: Learn Chinese by reading the news .

• Website and app links: https://www.thechairmansbao.com/, Android, iOS 
• Pricing: premium version (1 month-$10, 3 months-$25, 6 months-$45, 1 year-$80, 2 years-$140)

Memrise

• Focus: Learn Chinese via flashcards.
• Website and app links: https://www.memrise.com/app/, Android, iOS 
• Pricing: iOS 1 month-$8.99 , 3 months-$18.99 , 12 months-$59.99 , Lifetime-$99.99 ). According to Sapore di Cina, the app is free for both Android and iOS and also has a pro version

Hello Talk, We Chat

• Focus: Learn Chinese by talking with native speakers.
• Website and app links:, Hello Talk (https://www.hellotalk.com/, Android, iOS), We Chat (https://www.wechat.com/en, Android, iOS)
• Pricing: Free for both Android and iOS with pro-versions available

Pleco

• Focus: is an all-in-one app with off-line dictionary, flashcards, optical character recognizer, handwriting recognizer, stroke order diagrams, audio pronunciation, and text reader.
• Website and app links: http://www.pleco.com/, Android, iOS 
•  Pricing: Basic bundle-$29.99, professional bundle-$59.99