Ka: Learn Chinese Tones

Name: Ka: Learn Chinese Tones
Rating: 4.8 (584 reviews)
Author: Kai Loh

By: Kai Loh

Mandarin Pinyin practice game

Features & Capabilities

Ka: Learn Chinese Tones is a fast-paced flashcards game designed to help you master Mandarin tones. It focuses on listening and pronunciation practice, with quick, snappy drills that reveal how syllables can change meaning.

Navigate a swipe-and-tap card interface to drill recognition of tones and similar sounds. You’ll learn to distinguish between common pairs like mā (mother) vs mǎ (horse) and shāng hǎi vs shàng hǎi, boosting your confidence in spoken Mandarin.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Kai Loh

Rating:

4.80

(584) 1 new ratings

Version:

1.73 Last updated: 2025-03-16

Version code:

873269368

Creation date:

2022-11-03

Compatible devices:

Size:

114.84MB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 72,346 ▲ 117

Other rankings

#14 in tons keyword 37 ▲ 68

Other platforms

Ka: Learn Chinese Tones (v1.15)

31,412 4.73

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Developed by:

Kai Loh

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ka-learn-chinese-tones/id6444140899

Website:

https://chinesetones.app/

User Reviews

Ka: Learn Chinese Tones is praised for its fun, gamified approach and clear focus on training the ear to distinguish Mandarin tones. Users cite ease of use, engaging visuals, and the benefit of pairing tone practice with vocabulary and characters. The main drawback, noted across a couple reviews, is that certain questions reveal the answer (tone marker or hints), which can lessen the challenge. Overall, it's a popular, effective tool for beginner tones.

Pros

Fun and gamified approach makes tone practice engaging
Easy to use with an intuitive, visually appealing UI
Helps you train your ear to distinguish tones, including similar-sounding ones
Focused on tones while also reinforcing vocabulary and characters
Provides self-assessment of accuracy and shows progress

Cons

Some questions reveal the correct answer or show the tone marker, reducing the challenge

Recent reviews

Personally, I enjoy Ka: Learning Chinese Tones so much. It’s did help me improve my chinese tone with the hearing and speaking part. Its free to use, sometime it make you watching ads or waiting for a bit but I mean if you willingly to pay 3.99 a month to use it. I meant I don’t pay but it’s totally worth it for anyone who wants to improve their Chinese tone or just the hearing with Chinese tone. Ka: Learning Chinese Tones also have some speaking exercises. I think it’s really good!!! A must try for me!!!

by Ro*****, 2026-05-27

i wish there were a practice flashcard mode and a way to turn off pinyin like how you can set duolingo to only have pinyin for new words

by GM*****, 2026-05-17

Im totally new at language learning, and this app has helped me a lot at being able to tell the different tones. I enjoyed it so much I paid for the subscription. It is fun, immersive, and judgement/anxiety free speech/listening practice. 10/10 would suggest to anyone young or old to try this app!