Piko: Snap to Learn Chinese
Snap Objects into Hanzi
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Chinese begins with the things your child already knows. Photograph an apple, a toy, or the moon, and Piko reveals the Chinese word, pinyin, tones, and characters.
Your child photographs an apple. Piko recognizes it as 苹果, píng guǒ, then turns the word into cards they can read, hear, trace, and save.
Chinese is already part of your child's everyday world. Piko makes it discoverable, one real object at a time.
▸ Photograph an object. Discover its Chinese name.
Capture a toy, a cup, or the moon. Piko identifies it on device and shows the word, pinyin, tones, and each character it contains.
▸ Explore every character from four angles.
Read it, hear its pronunciation, follow the stroke order, and discover the idea behind its shape. Characters become stories instead of facts to cram.
▸ Build a personal word gallery.
Save each discovery to a collection of words and character cards. The gallery grows as your child explores more of the world in Chinese.
▸ Review at the right time.
Spaced repetition brings saved characters back as they become due. A few focused minutes each day can keep learning moving.
▸ See progress by school grade.
Common characters are organized by primary-school grade, giving heritage learners a familiar route through Chinese literacy.
WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT PIKO PRO UNLOCKS
Photo recognition, the word gallery, word cards, and four-way character cards are free. Piko Pro unlocks spaced review, radical families, learning streaks and achievement badges, and grade-by-grade curriculum progress.
Made for families raising bilingual children and passing Chinese from one generation to the next.
End User License Agreement (EULA):
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Welcome to Piko.
Chinese is already part of your child's everyday world. Piko helps them discover it, one real object at a time.
• Photograph an object and reveal its Chinese name, pinyin, and tones
• Explore characters through sound, stroke order, and their visual origins
• Save discoveries in a personal word gallery
• Revisit saved characters with spaced repetition
• Follow progress through common characters by school grade
Turn everyday moments into a growing connection with Chinese.
The developer, SignalRender Technology Co., Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Beijing SginalRender Technology Co., Ltd
- Size
- 70.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 30 more
- English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Piko Pro Yearly $35.99
- Piko Pro Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 SignalRender Inc.