Great! +Feature Requests

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 categories—image 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 automatic/built-in 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 order—not 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.

MyInsanity47 about Learn Chinese (Mandarin) by MindSnacks