Skritter Chinese

One aspect of Skritter I like very much is this: If you don't have much time at all for a while to delve into full lessons with grammar and vocabulary, but you want to avoid seeing the progress you made slowly fading, using Skritter just to drill the character-writing aspect of learning Chinese is REALLY useful. Skritter will remember which characters you fail most, fail a little or nearly got perfectly (criteria adjustable in the settings). Your job is to practice every day until your writing reaches the "Gold / No Error" mark. Trust me, it's astonishing how fast, with the help of Skritter's "Spaced Repetition" system, you can actually start remembering, effortlessly, how to properly write the character in the correct stroke order, its meaning, and review the fun, mnemonic-like sentences that sometimes help an anchor your memory. If you want/need to keep up with your Chinese language proficiency levels and keep progressing, Skritter is a required tool in you panoply of Chines apps. Hope the above will help you see the value in paying to subscribe for the year. It is not cheap, but worth every cent if you use it regularly. Enjoy!

Good app. It makes an unpleasant job (learning Hanzi) possible. I work on Hanzi for at least a half an hour every morning, and I am slowly beginning to be able to read. My one suggestion would be to make the app work in landscape mode on my iPad. As I use the app most of the time on my iPhone, I don’t feel this inconvenience too much. But it would be nice to have the app comfortably available on the iPhone.

Please delete your app Thanks

I find the app very useful for studying characters in all aspects. It bothers me how expensive the subscription is, however, for what is a finite list of characters. The developer should allow a one-time purchase, permanent purchase of specific study lists/modules, or a significantly lower cost subscription model for multi-month or annual periods.

Great for reading/writing skills—harder for habit building. I love it when I use it, but sometimes have to remind myself to do it. A notification remind would be great. Overall very happy with the app!

When I was going through the intro, the app seemed really good. I actually learned some new things and they stuck so I was excited. And then you bring up the $14.99/month subscription. Price plus the overall design of the app are the reasons why I gave two stars.

This is the best Chinese app I have ever used. If you are learning Chinese, this app is indispensable! The spaced repetition system is highly effective, and the app gives you a nice amount of control over whether you study reading, writing, pinyin, tones, or any combination of the above. Devs, thank you so much for making such an awesome app for learning! This is a prime example of quality apps making the world a better place.

Hi, I’ve heard wonders about this app and I just want to know before I use it: When this app was developed was the forgetting curve taken into account? I am a man of science and I apply it to everything I do so please let me know the answer. Good job btw!

The sounds and animations especially make it a joy to study.

Not iOS 10 conform. Update HD graphics and make the app faster. It also crashes when studying lists. Loved the app before but it doesn’t work well with iPhone X at all