Reviews for HelloChinese: Learn Chinese

I was only going to use this app to learn pinyin but it's so fun, I think I might learn a few phrases. I like how they ease you into learning characters starting from pinyin (if you want) or starting from pronunciation and building up from easier words and integrating characters as well. You practice speaking, listening, and a little writing and reading.

Great app perfect for my needs couldn't have asked for anything better Edit: just spent forever working through the new main course without logging into my account, which I had forgotten that I had made. I logged in to my account to purchase premium so I could continue since they lock you out, and they erased everything I had been working on. Infuriating.

Seems a lot better than any app I tried to learn a language with 10 years ago at the very least. Vaguely fun. I wouldn't mind buying pro for a single price, I don't do subscription services. I'm pairing this with watching YouTube videos. I have no idea if I'm actually pronouncing anything correctly but i can understand a little bit now. Overall I like it. Not having the option to outright buy the pro version takes a star off for me.

Very close to the lessons in my daughter's Chinese immersion classes, this app helping us be closer as a family because I can help her with her homework. I like the variety of learning exercises and the writing section in the practice tab- I just wish there was an option so I could practice writing ALL of the characters I've encountered in the lessons in the practice writing section instead of just a select few. It works better than flashcards to help me remember.

If you want to learn Mandarin then this is the best app. You can choose from traditional/simplified characters, practice writing, and they have extra activities to play with outside of lessons, like learning games and short stories both that are geared to where you are in the lesson plan. I also have to give a big shout-out to their support team. I got a new phone and was having difficulty accessing my account and they were able to find and restore everything within a few days. Thanks again!

This made it super easy to learn chinese. I've been on it for a week now and i can type different sentences, but the only thing that i think should be different is having the ability to make an account on here. Because what if i get a new phone and i hadn't upgraded it. I would have lost all my progress and have to re-do it. When you upgrade, you gain access to alot more on the app. But i think its fair for everyone to be able to make their own account without upgrading. Great app though.

(2022) Pretty good and as a beginner it is easy to use. (2024) Now that I have been on the app for a while, I found that once you get to a certain point, it does in fact make you pay to continue on through the lesson. It does provide some free additional learning materials like stories, reading, writing, and listening exercises but when getting into about the third module

Amazing! Totally comprehensive, specialized, and you get so much for free, so you can still learn even if you can't afford a subscription! I love when it uses photos of things to teach you what something means! Though I do wish characters weren't still black on dark mode, as I can't really use it that way, and am trying to learn my characters. I always do a lesson before bed, so dark mode is important for me :)

This app is really good for those who want to start Chinese but don't know how. It teaches vocabulary in small chunks, has native speakers examples, and shows how to write some character. Plus, you can redo the same lesson multiple times for better retention. And tips for those who want to learn Chinese: really understand tones. While tones appear in 1st lesson, if you don't know why they are important you may not pay them attention.

Allows disabling writing exercises, which is fantastic. The content is solid, and the review feature is great. If you have used the free version for a while, Premium is not really worth it though. The premium games' level is not tied to your progress, so you're really just paying $7 to re-learn "cat" and "mother" over and over with no option to skip ahead, and there's a daily level cap to keep you from grinding it, so you don't really learn much.

Edit: The app remains one of the more useful ones on the market but over time the gamification of the app has become more and more annoying. Little animations about combos interrupting my study, animations of points going into bags after finishing a short segment, messages about daily streaks - it's too much. I'd have liked to work my way through the new course as it does have some words/grammar I am unfamiliar with but the repetition of known words plus that fluff makes it unbearable.

The best app for beginners, but the new HSK 3.0 course feels very rushed. The exercises are often not clear showing an image for which you need to come up with a relevant statement, and various exercises feel AI generated. The voice speaking words out loud is different for different words, and the speaking speed setting is ignored when switching between the courses. With time it will likely become as polished as their HSK 2.0 course, but for now it's not worth paying to be a beta tester.

With this app, I got to hsk 3 or 4 (old standard) in about 6 months of 30 min per day of casual study. You can learn a decent amount for free, and the premium subscription is worth it. I didnt try premium plus which includes more stories and audio lessons. Recently they even added the new hsk 1 content, so it's even better value.

Similar to Duolingo, but does a better job of explaining the direct translations and symbols. There are two versions of learning you can choose from, with the first giving you ways to remember what a symbol means and sometimes showing you the proper way to draw them, and the second version being just like duo where it doesn't explain any of that. I tried both and much prefer the former

Was great until I realized how much of what was in the app actually wasn't available to me. Most of it is shut behind the Premium+ paywall, and there's no way to sort the paywalled items out of the way to see what's actually available. I'm pretty disappointed with the limited items even though I purchased the Premium. Always advertising new stories I can't access. Oh, and XP is worthless. Subtracted a star. I asked how often to use the Difficult Words test to up my score. Never heard back.

so far, I never thought that as an English speaker, I would even be able to correctly pronounce some of the words of the Mandarin vocabulary, especially get tones down, but I am now practicing whenever I go to a Chinese restaurant and more than half of the time. time the waiter/ waitress compliments my Mandarin and it is surprised. thank you to this app, if you take it seriously, you will learn.

6/7/25 I've been using the free version 1 for less than a week, and I love it! It gives more detail and practice than what I've seen in Duolingo so far. HelloChinese gives you details on how the characters are formed and opportunity to practice writing them which makes recognition easier. It also gives a nice variety of listening and speaking exercises, even showing what areas of your pronunciation need work. Thanks for the great app! When I get one of the paid versions, I'll update the review.

I like how you are able to do the lessons without competing with someone else. I also like that they take their to explain the lessons or what the words mean in the lesson. I also like how it allows you to work on the daily lesson like to keep your daily streak up strike up without making it stressful like some other apps. I hope to get the full app in the future.

So far this app is amazing. The lessons are fun, cohesive, and encouraging. Even with the free version there are tons of different ways to learn, including review sessions, immersive "chats", narrated grammar tips, speaking exercises, and more. I am hoping we get to learn more about tones because I do find myself struggling with those, but I am still early into the lessons!

This app is ABSOLUTELY great for beginner Chinese speakers and Native Chinese speakers. I've been using it for a little bit now and it reminded me of what I learned in my Chinese class during one of my semesters in High School. Now I can learn so much more and get better at Chinese again and become fluent!!! The lessons are bite sized and you never get bored with learning. It's like a better version of Duolingo for Chinese. Thank you!!!