Learn Chinese (Mandarin) - MindSnacks

I first downloaded the app and was satisfied with it I made an account learned my numbers then proceeded to buy the whole entire app However I upgraded my phone to an iPhone 6 I re downloaded the the app and lost ALL of my work points and most importantly my access to all of the lessons if you guys would install or put in a restore my purchase somewhere that would be great instead of linking the money with an account someone would most likely forget     Problem

Well designed I am a speech pathologist and have a better than average ability to acquire second languages This app really does well in integrating auditory linguistic features with receptive language features                 Great for auditory learners

I used to use this program a lot before iOS 8 but now cant even log in to it        Does not work in iOS 8 on ipad

Played through the free game You have to memorize the words on your own from a review page with no help from the app at all then play a mini game to match the words The hell am I reviewing I havent even learned anything Theres seriously no help from the app other than pressing on the word to hear how its pronounced The rest is up to you     Yeah right

I love playing this app almost everyday Its entertaining and does a decent job of refreshing your memory with helpful pictures and repetition I do wish that there was a writing game and more using vocabulary to build sentences I havent gotten all the games yet but I enjoy most of them except bubbler I wish bubbler showed you the error if you make one rather than guess what minor error may have been in the bubble              Great App for introduction

Love it so much                 Fun and entertaining

I bought the full access version so I have all the languages they have to offer to play Im currently learning Chinese Mandarin and Japanese So much fun and Ive learned so much I didnt have a problem when I downloaded the full access version everything updated fine Great apps                 Amazing

I find this app quite fun to use and I have already finished a view levels Im struggling a bit with recall and retention outside the scope of the game but that may just be me My main complaint about this app is that according to my Chinese friends it teaches a lot of very formal words that are rarely used in daily conversation rather than the more commonly used ones eg handsome ying jun vs shuai Second it teaches words you really dont need to know as a beginner eg submarine in the Transportation category really How often are you going to take a submarine somewhere Learning a new language is already hard enough No need to fill up our memory space with useless vocabulary Finally the algorithms that reenforce words you dont remember well is extremely weak If this app were to use Spaced Repetition or Leitner it would be significantly more useful Calling a word mastered just because you got it 10 times right isnt very realistic With these issues addressed I would give the app 5 stars Without it its just a fun game but without much real teaching power        Fun App but

I have Rosetta Stone but find myself using this app more often I learn a lot with this and find myself playing this more often than any other games like WWF or Candy Crush etc I dont usually pay for apps actually Im completely against it sorry app developers but after using the free version I decided it was worth it dont regret my decision                 100worth buying

Im taking Chi 111 This app is helping me stay excited and actively learning when I get frustrated and confused Its perfect to accompany a language class and reinforces the material into class The expansion is well worth the money The games help with speed and comprehension I dont have OS 8 and do not have any issues                 Great to reinforce language class

I cant even get past the login screen After downloading this app users are required to create an account and login Neither button works so even if I had an account this app would be useless Id have happily paid for a good mandarin learning app but Im glad that I didnt pay for this one because I do not have to demand s refund     Cant Sign Up

I mean it helped me learn numbers but after I completed learning numbers the app said that I needed to buy more lessons which is stupid For youre information never get this app        This is ok

Very good quality and very fun Great thing to do when Im bored Can you add an Arabic one                 Great app

This app is everything a learner could want I love it was ready to buy all 50 lessons but the problem is that the new games wont download and another review says they didnt even receive the lessons Please fix these bugs because this app has wonderful potential           seriously seriously GREAT app but

I grabbed the full app and its so worth it You really should pair this with other learning sources but it is worth the money My main gripe is that it doesnt teach stroke order and there isnt really any documentation My complaint with the company is that there isnt a Korean version I would snag that up so fast                 Great for Vocab

So Ive tried several Chinese language learning apps and this is definitely one of my favourites If you only get one Mandarin app get this one The value for what you pay is really good and its very addictive With that said there are a few things I think could be improved I think the individual lessons are completed too quickly before actual mastery is obtained Slowing down advancement through the lessons would aid in retention The program has games designed to foster learning in several categoriesimage recognition tones rapid recall and error recognition This is great except that its possible to complete lessons only using one of the categories instead of requiring the user to achieve mastery in each area before advancing For instance you could just play games that help with image recognition and complete a lesson without ever practicing tones which is critical Similar to the above comments incorporating more automaticbuiltin review would help with long term memory storage of learned words and phrases Lastly there should be games dedicated to learning characters and drawing them with the correct stroke ordernot just the ability to switch from pinyin to Chinese characters Its a lot better to learn pinyin and characters together at the same time rather than just one or the other and a touchscreen device is ideal for learning to draw characters with the correct stroke order              Great Feature Requests

This is a clever engaging and polished game I am learning fast Well worth the price                 Outstanding

An effective and harmless way to begin learning Chinese A recognitionbased approach that is fun and quite possibly addictive If you want to start learning Chinese but arent ready to make a commitment youve found what youre looking for Enjoy                 Worth Downloading

Crashes every time     Crashes on iPhone 6 plus

Ive completed 25 of the lessons on this app and its been fun The game introduces you to a lot of vocabulary however it only tests your Chinese to English skills It never makes you to translate English words to Chinese Theres also not a good system to gauge how well you know the words By just grinding through a few rounds of the games youll have mastered a set of vocabulary according to the app Unfortunately if youre like me youll forget lots of it It also really only covers vocabulary very little grammar I would say overall this is useful for getting a decent vocabulary base but youll have to supplement it with something more elaborate              Worth the money but could use some improvements

Thanks              Please add support for traditional characters

Includes simplified characters pinyin and TONES I only wish it also included grammar being one of the hardest things to learn in Chinese for a native English speaker at least I also wish there was an option to go back over and drill the words on your mastered list they sometimes get thrown in at random with the current lesson youre working on but not nearly enough to keep them in your memory Anyhow great app Im thinking of recommending it to my Chinese professor to help her students study                 Fun way to learn some Chinese

If you want learn the fun way then check out this app first lesson is free Sometimes I am forgetting that I am studying because there a are many fun games to choose from You can customize your lessons by focusing on what YOU want to learn first I did not give this app five stars because there is only one game for tones and error recognition So far this app is worth the money              Great way to start learning Mandarin

My son is in first grade at an immersion trilingual school We are using this app to supplement his class work because the game element really works for him over flash cards I do wish we could make custom word lists to match his classwork for the week but since we cannot we still have him play three games a day along with his homework He never fights us about the games and many times opts to keep playing because he is close to leveling up getting a new word list or completing a new challenge I have already recommended it to the other parents and teachers at his school He enjoys the update because there are more games for him to play I also like that they have a way to play the games with reviewing words you have already mastered Every other time my son levels up I will have him play several rounds reviewing the words This was a great purchase I hope they come out with a sequel with additional phrases to learn Now my son is going into third grade and his younger brother just finished kindergarten We still recommend this app In fact I have bought the English vocabulary version too Very similar in design but definitely worth a few dollars                 Best language learning app Ive found

Great app for learning Mandarin Can you make a Thai app                 Great app what about Thai

I really love this app its a really easy to learn app now all they need is to make one for Korean                

I have had Chinese Spanish Italian Mind Snacks for months and loved them However after the new Apple IOS debuted they quit working I can play one game and then they freeze Please Mind Snack cooks come up with a fix              Love the app but it ismt working with iOS 82

This app seems great and an easy way to learn how to read and speak Mandarin The issue I have is that it has been broken in IOS 8 Scrolling through lessons no longer works properly              App is great but broken in IOS 8

I used the app and its great Willing to pay 5 for 50 lessons                 Great app

I really do like this app a lot The games are fun the words and phrases give are very useful and I feel like Im learning a lot However I think I few simple things would really improve it The ability to select individual words from multiple lessons to create a personal list of words youd like to review An option for traditional Chinese characters Better pronunciation some of the words are pronounced incorrectly Other than that its a great app              I like it

Great and fun app                 Great

I cant believe how good this app is for learning vocab And it helps you practice hearing the tones and quizzes you to test your memory of the tones of the vocab really great app                 Really amazing

This app is terrific for learning Chinese vocabulary They have games that help you learn the words and as you learn each word on the list based on your performance in the games you become more more proficient until you pass the lesson There are 50 lessons and it is well worth the purchase I have tried several Chinese learning apps on the AppStore and this is one of the best and a must have Furthermore when you play on different iOS devices your progress gets synchronized automatically One thing the developers need to work on is having more games because you unlock all games after a certain lesson and it would be fun to play and learn in more ways Furthermore they should include more grammatical elements because while this game does have a little vocabulary dominates in this game Enjoy                 Excellent

I often find myself wanting to play just one more round                 Fun and educational

I downloaded this app and it doesnt work A login page shows up but the buttons dont work Cant get pass the login page     App Doesnt Work

This app is wonderful but needs writing           Needs Writing

Im Chinese and this is a good app from my point of view                 Awesome

I love this app but not it will not let me sign in When I try to sign in the whole app crashes Please fix and I will give 5 STARS and recommend to others        CANNOT GET PASS THE SIGN IN PAGE PLEASE FIX

This app was so worth the cost I have been trying to learn Chinese for a year and have tried every language learning app that the App Store offers and this is by far the best one I have found Definitely recommend it                 Best app ever

Bought the apps mandarin add on but did not fulfill my purchase while I was charged1 star     Mandarin

I was extremely surprised at how good this app is The games are fun                 Extremely helpful

I am taking a Mandarin 101 class and was looking for and app to help reinforce what I am learning I downloaded the free version and quickly upgraded to the full lessons I am so glad I did The 50 word sets are wonderfully comprehensive This app is stable and well executed I love that I can switch my vocabulary sets tap on the characters to hear pronunciation and the games are quick and engaging I am grateful to have this app as a tool to help me learn Mandarin Chinese Kudos                 Fun and fruitful

I am studying Chinese in college and this app is a great supplement to my learning My only suggestion to the creators is if they could make a feature to create your own lessons with the existing words I wish I could put the vocabulary I have coming up on a test into my own custom lesson and use the AMAZING games the app has to study them                 Amazing tool

Cant create an account to use for iPad     Error 3002

What I played was great Well polished clean feeling app Fun and addictive with lots of nice visuals and sounds Enjoyed learning with it Unfortunately I cant afford the full expansion                 Wish I could afford the full version

Great app                 Purchased all the lessons for mandarinnever received them

I love this app I quickly downloaded it was challenged by the first lesson and was excited to buy the other lessons 499 for 49 additional lessons and ability to continue the leveling up is quite worth it Im only on level 8 but Im already obsessed and it makes learning very fun The only problem I have with this app is that I wished that there was a lesson that taught is RADICALS Radicals are so important and it wouldve been nice to been enforced to learn them Also even though Im only on level 8 I hopewish for a game that has us actually writing the Chinese characters              Best app for quickly grasping Chinese words BUT

This app would have 5 stars if it would also work on the iPad On the iPhone it works fine and is great On the iPad I can only access the login page and none of the buttons work           Great app but doesnt work for the iPad on iOS 8

One of the best language apps Ive ever used And no they didnt have to pay me to say this Ive used Rosetta Stone and this is just as good if not better for 1 of the price Definitely worth it Its very helpful for learning to read The only improvements I would like to see are more grammar lessons and maybe a writing not reading game I also liked the cultural vocab wordsphrases in this app Things like holidays food expressions Very useful I like the game structure its great motivation and keeps the learning fun A good idea for parents trying to get kids to learn Overall fantastic app                 This app is so good that my review sounds fake

I really enjoy the concept of MindSnack The only downside that I have found to the Chinese app is that it only has simplified characters which causes someone like me who learned the traditional characters to have to default to pin yin Essentially having to default to the pin yin for me makes the app lose its effectiveness because I am already pretty fluent However it is fun to still learn new words that I have never used in context                 Love this app