App Profile: Learn Chinese Easily

Jondrews

Rating: 4/5

The system of matching pictures and vocabulary is great. There are a occasionally words that are hard to hear. The sound effects are too loud. I would like separate volume control for the voices and the bells and noises. It might also be helpful if they added tone indicators to the pinyin. I am very happy there is only Chinese and pinyin with no other languages. The only exception might be the Yale phonetic translation. Overall a great app!

HayleyT1

Rating: 1/5

This app needs some work. As someone who took Chinese in college, I know for a fact that without tone marks and wrong pronunciation you can be saying something completely different. You think you’re saying one thing (something innocent) but you could be saying something completely different (maybe something inappropriate or offensive). NONE of the pinyin has tone marks. They are also missing lessons. They only have lessons 1, 2, 7, 12, and 21. And none of these lesson le are teaching you grammar or sentence structure, it’s just vocabulary. Other than that the use of pictures is wisely used but overall needs major work. Especially if I can get Duolingo for FREE and it’s correct with pinyin and grammar/sentence structure.

CvonD1

Rating: 3/5

Voice often is not clear when going through the test. This app might work for quick visual reviews, although the audio's volume is too low even with the iPhone's volume all the way up. Developer asks for a review after 5 minutes of usage, so it's too early to tell. The pictures are good quality (the photo of a 15-year-old mobile phone made me laugh, though, and I then noticed how dated these photos of "technology really are ... haha)