Features & Capabilities

HelloChinese is a fun, game-based Mandarin learning app designed for beginners. It guides you from scratch to conversational Chinese with 1000+ graded stories, 2000+ videos featuring authentic speakers, immersive lessons, and self-adaptive games that make learning engaging. It supports handwriting for characters, a Pinyin course for pronunciation, and systematic courses aligned to HSK levels. You’ll study Simplified and Traditional Chinese and can download courses to learn offline, with progress syncing across devices.

Premium access unlocks additional features and keeps you progressing across platforms. The extension emphasizes practical speaking and listening, culture integration, and tracking your study across time. Learn more about privacy, terms, and support via HelloChinese’s official channels.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
HelloChinese Technology Co., Ltd.
Rating:
4.90
(21,430)
134 new ratings
Version:
7.4.9 Last updated: 2026-06-01
Version code:
886364813
Creation date:
2015-06-18
Compatible devices:
Size:
99.53MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-03
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Developed by:
HelloChinese Technology Co., Ltd.
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hellochinese-learn-chinese/id1001507516
Website:
https://www.hellochinese.cc/en

User Reviews

HelloChinese is widely praised for its engaging, gamified approach and broad, practical content that helps learners progress and often outpaces Duolingo. The main drawbacks involve subscription gating and occasional reliability concerns, including mixed feedback on speaking exercises and some filler content. Overall, many users report meaningful progress and strong value, especially when using the paid features.
Pros
  • Engaging and gamified learning that keeps users motivated
  • Comprehensive, well-rounded content across audio, pinyin, characters, vocabulary, and grammar with helpful explanations
  • Real-world practicality and noticeable progress; effective for daily use
  • More content and often preferred over Duolingo; broad material
  • Useful features and pacing (stories, podcasts, structured lessons) that support learning
Cons
  • Pricing/premium access can gate some content; users report subscription-related issues
  • Occasional criticism of speaking exercises and feedback quality
  • Some sections perceived as filler or less informative for certain learners
  • A few reliability hiccups or account-related issues reported by users
Recent reviews
unlike duolingo they seem to limit the use of AI to images, minus 1 star for that
by Ze*****, 2026-05-28

Includes great features like stories and immersive content.
by wǒ*****, 2026-05-28

Very accessibly teaches the most practical conversational Chinese
by de*****, 2026-05-28
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