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24 alternatives to Chinese Writer

Learn Chinese writing, arcade-game style

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chinese Writer launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Laoshi▲239

    Learn new words with flashcards to master Chinese faster

    2021 · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    Chinese dictionary and training tool with AI

    2021 · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Beautiful, minimalist Chinese writing for iOS & Android

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Master Chinese reading through AIpowered interactive drawing

    Dec 2025 · sketchhanyu.aigility.digital · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Turn real-life moments into Mandarin you can actually use

    Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6MA

    Hi HN! In trying to improve my Chinese skills, I built this tool that lets me write a mix of Chinese and English, then recommends a proper Chinese expression. This is super helpful when I want to write something in Chinese but I don't know all the vocab/grammar - I can enter my best effort and use English for the parts I don't know. Really, the fundamental benefit of the tool is that it encourages me to exercise the writing muscle, rather than defaulting to translating from English. My goal was to build something that is fast, relatively inexpensive, and not prone to misleading people.…

    2024 · unscrambler.dpw.me · its alternatives →

  7. 7NS
  8. 8AF

    I'm a long time lurker that recently quit my job to work on my own projects, a lot due to the inspiration from Hacker News. Now I have published my first serious project, an app for learning how to write Japanese characters. It's the app I always wanted but couldn't find when I was studying. It tries to be simple to use, you just start the quiz and go with the flow. There's no need to plan and manage your studies, and it uses spaced repetition for better retention. There's a promo page with more details up at http://www.kanjibyhand.com. It's only for Android so far. The free version includes…

    2012 · its alternatives →

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    Zizzle▲139

    Learn Chinese through visual stories

    2016 · its alternatives →

  10. 10LC
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    Learn Chinese characters in spatial computing way

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Learn Chinese characters in a flash!

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Learn and practice alphabet, cursive, and calligraphy

    Feb 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Kaomoji library & keyboard for iOS

    2020 · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    The writing app that feels like a game

    2025 · writerush.net · its alternatives →

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    The Writing App That Feels Like a Game

    Sep 2025 · app.writerush.net · its alternatives →

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    Chinese Vocabulary Games — Learn Chinese through ply

    May 2026 · hsk.fulinlabs.com · its alternatives →

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    YiChi▲94

    Learn to speak fluent Chinese Mandarin

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Chars 2▲84

    Note-taking with Unicode

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Learn Japanese hiragana and vocabulary with cute characters

    2023 · its alternatives →

  21. 21LC

    I've recently launched a startup called Native Tongue. Our vision is to make language learning fun, fast and effective. We've released our first product "Mandarin Madness", which is to learn Mandarin Chinese vocabulary. Its available on android and iOS. Its for beginners to intermediate, including those with no experience. Please go here for more information and to download the app: http://mandarinmadness.com/ Our company website is http://nativetongue.com/ We would love to get some feedback on our mobile apps. We would also like to speak to people interested in language learning and…

    2012 · its alternatives →

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    Chinese learning app optimised for mobile web browser

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Grow Chinese Vocabulary

    May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast generate Mandarin Character flat to practice writing

    2020 · its alternatives →

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