Learn Mandarin Chinese & Hanzi 4+

Language learning by Drops

PLANB LABS OU

    • 4.8 • 536 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Drops makes language learning an effortless fun. Practical vocabulary is bound to your memories through beautiful graphics and quick mini-games.
The crazy part? You have only 5 mins per day to learn Korean. Might sound insane but works like charm! :)
These are the ingredients of the secret sauce:
100% illustrated: Pictures directly carry the meaning - you don’t have to use your native language at all! No intermediary. Faster, more effective and of course more fun for Korean learning process! :)
5 min sessions: limiting practice time sounds crazy but it it makes it incredibly addictive - which is cool thing for learning. The barrier of entry is close to zero so you can’t have any excuses: you’ll have 5 minutes even on the busiest day!
Effortless play: We know why games are fun and addictive and distilled the essence into Drops. The result is a truly immersive experience but it’s not waste of your time while you play because you build a valuable knowledge.
Quick: Keyboard typing is painfully slow. Welcome rapid swipes and taps! Especially for Korean vowels, and consonants.Trust us, you’ll need those extra seconds during the quick learning session ;)
Vocabulary only: Zero grammar, just handpicked practical words. That’s our focus and we do it extremely well. The app teaches the Korean “alphabet” Hangul (hangoul) too!
Forge a habit: Drops wants to make you language learning addict. Effectiveness is nothing without a well established habit. We help you build one!
We are extremely proud of our lovely word pronunciations by seasoned voice talents!
Drops is free for casual learners: more than 2700 words in 150+ topics are all available for everyone. Hardcore language learners can subscribe for premium to progress faster with unlimited Korean language learning time.

Our goal is to empower people of the world via language knowledge by providing a special tool that utilizes the universal language we all speak: pictures.




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Keep tuned as even more languages are in the works!

Payment information:

Length of subscriptions:
- 1 Month
- 12 Months

Price of subscriptions:
- 1 Month – 9.99$ per month
- 12 Months – 69.99$ per year

- Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period


Have questions? Feel free to contact us at sup@languagedrops.com


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What’s New

Version 34.83

- Bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
536 Ratings

536 Ratings

CvonD1 ,

Worth your time, worth your $$$

First of all, I am in Beijing right now, improving my Chinese at LTL School, a terrific outfit. Do I have time to do Drops? Not really, because we have so much homework to do each day. Does Drops care? Yes, they remind me every day that five minutes is no big deal, and they are right... So, I do Drops for 10 minutes, and it actually helps in my homework, especially studying the radicals. The new version of Drops is so much better organized that it even recognizes where I stopped the last time, so I can pick up where I left off. Topics are now organized in top categories, a much easier way to access learning by vocabulary groupings.

In the past year, this team has made countless improvements, each focused on the user’s best learning strategies.

The addition of writing characters while studying them is a major asset to this app.

Here and there, I —sometimes— still see small discrepancies between the voice pronouncing the character and the written Pinyin. I trust the Drops team to correct those promptly, as their response time has always been swift. And sometimes I learn that there are more than one way of pronouncing a character.

Try the app for a while, yes, just 5-10 minutes a day, and you will be surprised how the combination of auditive, visual and written prompts helps you actually retain the studied characters in long-term memory.

Great job, Drops Team! I’m genuinely happy —and proud— I decided to be a “Forever” user!

Developer Response ,

Hi, Thank you for choosing Drops to improve your Chinese. We're so happy to hear about how useful you think the app is. We truly appreciate your kind words! Indeed, we work hard on fixing the discrepancies and errors, and keep improving the app to provide you with an even better learning experience! Keep playing, and let us know if there’s anything you would suggest us to refine!

Jkl4343 ,

Nice!

Have been using the app for short time so far. Got the lifetime version of Chinese, here are some tips for the developers that could improve the app and buying it.

1. I couldn’t tell how big the vocabulary inside of the app is. When testing it on the free category, it told me I am 50% through, when I only learned 13 words. That made me think the overall amount of words inside is maybe not large. Would be great if it was mentioned somewhere to know what one is buying.

2. For learning Chinese the sound/pronunciation seem crucial. I am a male, but can only use female voice with rather higher pitch to listen to and repeat after. There is male option in the settings but it didn’t change anything. Male voice would be great to have.

3. Long list of categories- would love if I can long- press the category to move them around. I would move the ones i want to learn first up in the list, so I don’t have to look for them always.

Just some thoughts of mine. Overall the app is fun and seems a great tool for learning. Thank you!

Developer Response ,

Hi, Thank you for playing Drops and sending us such nice, constructive feedback! We'll definitely discuss your suggestions with the team, and we'll see what we can do. We constantly work hard on improving Drops, so stay tuned! We really appreciate you take the time to help us to refine the app and the content! :)

zimcrusher ,

Almost there

Well put together, and more fun than most education ‘games’. The only issues I see is flexibility in tailoring the UI to a user’s preference. I’d like to be able to switch off the pinYin, and just have the tones displayed, or make the pinYin smaller or more transparent. I find myself reading that, instead of the Chinese character, but it’s a huge jump to just turn it off.
Also choosing the characters you’d like to study would be nice, or the ability to adjust the frequency that known words show up. I’d like words I get wrong to show up more. Also, (and this is big for me) add a category for HSK. Currently, there are the standard ones “shopping, travel, dining, hotel,etc”

But for what it does do, it does very well. I have already recommended it to friends.

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