HanBook: Learn Chinese Smarter

I love the way this app throws so many different things to do at you it never gets boring. The video lessons that make you feel like you are there in the conversation are my favorite. It’s great that they are in authentic native settings speaking to real native speakers. I like the flash card feature too. However, I’m very, very disappointed that the app does not render natively on iPad, especially with all of these wonderful visuals. I have a visual impairment and it’s harder to study on my phone. This is an accessibility issue so I hope you will work on an iPad version. Finally, I really wish there were a lifetime subscription option. A lot of competing apps do have that option now. I would have given 5 stars if this worked natively full-screen on iPad.

First 30-45min and I enjoyed it! There’s everything, words, vocabs, pronunciation check, a game, and what seems like, live lessons. Glad that the audio is not-so-robot like voice. I’ve been study Chinese for some time on my own and I think this app is great for self-studying people, those who take courses online or on campus. Only thing I didn’t know was that once signing up, you automatically start the VIP account. It’s nothing bad, but was hoping to use it later. Give it a try, it’s fun and it’s free!

This application has definitely been a great help. I have become a little more confident because the pronunciation feedback is amazing. This app gives immediate feedback, and it allows for me to view videos to assist with speaking and writing. One of my goals was to learn and recognize the characters. This help has helped with both the recognition for context spelling as well as improved my confidence in writing the characters. Although I’m not fully there, I’m definitely seeing the progress and feeling more confident. I look forward to putting my knowledge into practice.