Chinese Story Garden

Build Chinese reading confidence with 210 illustrated stories, press-and-hold word help, flash cards, cultural rewards, and two Home Screen widgets.

Learn to read Chinese through stories that make language and culture memorable.

Chinese Story Garden brings together 210 illustrated stories spanning everyday life, school and family, folktales, chengyu, festivals, food, travel, history, and nature. Built around the vocabulary, grammar, and reading skills learners typically develop across HSK Levels 1–4, the independently organized learning path grows from approachable first stories to richer language and ideas.

READ WITH SUPPORT • Press and hold Chinese text to hear the character and see its pinyin and meaning. • Show or hide pinyin and choose from three reading sizes. • Listen to device narration while following the story. • Finish comprehension questions and learn the deeper meaning of chengyu stories.

BUILD LASTING VOCABULARY • Save words from stories to a personal flash-card deck. • Review words in ordinary cards and sentence context. • Track learning and mastery over time.

EXPLORE CHINESE CULTURE • Earn taels by completing stories and weekly learning goals. • Unlock 187 illustrated cards about Chinese cities, cuisines, treasures, zodiac traditions, and animals. • Read cultural notes, explore detailed maps, and press and hold Chinese descriptions for word help.

KEEP LEARNING IN SIGHT • A Daily Story widget brings a new reading choice to the Home Screen. • A Taels & This Week widget shows reading, vocabulary, streak, and reward progress at a glance.

MADE FOR FAMILIES • Create separate reader profiles on one device. • Optionally sync profiles across your Apple devices through your private iCloud account. The developer cannot access that data. • No advertising, tracking, analytics, social features, or developer account is required. • Stories, artwork, and learning tools work offline after installation.

Chinese Story Garden is free to download. Start an optional 7-day trial for full access. The trial does not renew and will never charge automatically. Continue afterward with one $4.99 lifetime unlock. This is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and supports Apple Family Sharing when eligible.