Turn a glance at your phone into Chinese practice. Add a word widget, set reminders, and build HSK or TOCFL vocabulary one word at a time.
Learn Chinese from your Lock Screen. Hourly Hanzi brings Mandarin vocabulary into the moments you already spend on your phone, then helps you practice what you see.
A NEW WORD, THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY
Add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget and choose scheduled word reminders. Set your own pace and quiet hours, then open any word to explore its pinyin, meaning, example sentences and pronunciation audio.
FROM FIRST TONES TO HSK & TOCFL
Start with pinyin and the four tones in Foundations. Practice listening, build pinyin and use the tone trainer to see your voice's pitch. Take a placement test or choose vocabulary from HSK 1–9 or TOCFL Novice 1–Level 5.
TURN FAMILIAR WORDS INTO WORDS YOU KNOW
• Save difficult words to your personal flashcards.
• Build recall with smart review and short quizzes.
• Practice handwriting and explore character breakdowns.
• Study grammar through sentences and answer explanations.
• Follow your collection, learning history and progress.
Keep learning with offline access and private iCloud sync. No ads. Add a widget and make Chinese part of your daily routine.
Try Hourly Hanzi free for 7 days. Paid access is required after the trial.
Choose your interface language in Settings. Some learning content is available only in English.
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I’ve used other language apps that felt scattered, but Hourly Hanzi keeps things structured. Marking words as seen and the smart review practice helps me revisit tricky characters and phrases instead of forgetting them. Progress tracking makes it easy to know what I need to work on next.
The tone trainer helps a lot
Jolysa Twydell
Learning tones was my hardest part, but the Foundations course with the tone trainer made it clearer. I can hear the native audio, then read and tap through pinyin while the app tracks my pitch. My pronunciation feels more consistent after a week of practice.
Works well for HSK study
Yodit Penna
I chose an HSK level and the vocabulary lessons matched what I’m studying. The placement option was straightforward, and each word comes with natural Mandarin audio plus example sentences. I also like the flashcard deck for reviewing specific weak spots after each lesson.
A hidden gem!
mattybanani
I have been super on and off with language learning but the widgets make learning a few words very passive. The little buddy is cute too. I’ll see how far I get with my learning
Lessons, words, grammar and character meanings are now available in 9 more languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi and Arabic, and follow your app language.
Choose what you study: set Study source to your saved words or your own imported decks, and hourly words, widgets, and practice follow it.
Smoother flashcard flips, and Got it responds right away.
New everyday essentials added to the beginner words.
Clearer recordings in the Foundations lessons.
Already know a Foundations chapter? Pass its "Already know this?" check to complete those lessons.
Version 4.0
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Information
Seller
Radish Retail, LLC
Size
576.3 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
Languages
English and 11 more
English, Arabic, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
