Learn Chinese (Mandarin) by MindSnacks App Reviews

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Cant Sign Up

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.

Fun and fruitful

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!

Love the app but it ism,t working with iOS 8.2

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!

Great to reinforce language class

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.

Does not work in iOS 8 on ipad

I used to use this program a lot before iOS 8 but now cant even log in to it.

Fun and entertaining!

Love it so much.

Great app

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

100%worth buying

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!

Great

Great and fun app!!

Fun App, but ...

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 (e.g. handsome = ying jun vs . shuai) Second, it teaches words you really dont need to know as a beginner (e.g. "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.

Great app.

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

Crashes on iPhone 6 plus

Crashes every time.

Amazing tool

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!!

Great for Vocab

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.

Best app ever

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!!

Great for auditory learners

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.

Error 3002

Cant create an account to use for iPad.

Fun way to learn some Chinese

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!

seriously, seriously GREAT app but...

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

Worth Downloading

An effective and harmless way to begin learning Chinese. A recognition-based 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.

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