SuperChinese - Learn Chinese 4+

Excellent App

I don’t usually leave reviews, but this app deserves five stars! I have been using it every single day for over a year, and have felt my mastery of Chinese increasingly steadily and rapidly during that time. The app is colourful and attractive, intuitive and easy to use, and structured in a way that is logical and satisfying. In my quite extensive experience of language study (including the University of Oxford) and self-study, it is one of the best self-study resources out there, since it offers you a stable path to Chinese fluency and you can trust in it to guide you up the HSK levels in speaking, listening and reading - whether or not you wish to take the exams - without wondering whether you’re missing anything. Tackling a language like Chinese alone requires precisely the sort of motivational milestones that this app provides. It was also recently further improved by the audio and translation now being provided for every question. The Chinese it teaches is not the stilted, overly formal stuff of textbooks - it has allowed me to have actual conversations of increasing sophistication with native speakers of Chinese. 5 stars, highly recommended!

Best app for learning Chinese Mandarin

I found that this app is really underrated. I have tried many apps for studying Chinese and Super Chinese is the best so far. I didn’t try it at first as there are more famous apps. Other apps focus on teaching vocabulary. Super Chinese teaches you the whole context. The exercises are also quite challenging and you have to speak a lot. This app will take you to hsk 4+ level. I am waiting for new levels released.

Besides, I found some bugs before and contacted the team. They are very responsive and quickly fixed the bug.

Good app with need for improvement

The app itself is very impressive in terms of the amount of content available and the AI features are very handy in terms of providing practice opportunities and being able to ask additional clarification questions regarding grammar. I would like to see:
1) Better review feature: Currently the app doesn’t trigger the user to review and the review feature lacks customisation options (e.g. I want to practice recognising characters but I cannot disable the pronunciation of the characters being read out upon being shown, which defeats the purpose).
2) The app often feels like a beta version which isn’t really acceptable given the high price point, e.g. often there are lags in loading screens and when you tap continue twice you accidentally skip a screen; no landscape mode on iPad supported; constantly need to re-login with Apple ID every time I open the app

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your detailed feedback and for appreciating the content and AI features in our app! We always aim to enhance your learning experience, and your suggestions are very valuable.

1. Regarding the Review Feature: We understand the need for more customization, especially for practicing character recognition without audio prompts. We’ll share this suggestion with our development team to explore adding more flexible review options.

2. App Performance and Usability: We apologize for any inconveniences you’ve faced. The issues you mentioned, such as lagging screens, accidental skips, lack of landscape mode on iPad, and the need to frequently re-login, are concerns we take seriously. We are continuously working on improving these areas, and your feedback helps us prioritize what needs attention.

We aim to deliver the best experience on our app. If you encounter further issues or have more suggestions, please feel free to reach out to us at hello@superchinese.com. We’re here to assist you.

Thank you again for helping us improve!