Skritter: Write Chinese

Skritter

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About this app

Learn to write Chinese characters with Skritter, whether you have a strong grasp of written Chinese and want to remember the characters better or are a beginner who doesn’t know where to start.

Skritter has existed for more than 10 years, and for a good reason: our learners are amazing! They help us with feedback, which allows us to create what we think is the best way to learn to write Chinese out there!

If you have tried to write Chinese before, you probably noticed that it requires us to learn characters rather than the roman alphabet we know from English. You can learn it through our “decks” (similar to a card deck) based on topics and difficulty.

Deck examples:
- Ordering or making coffee or tea (so you can get your morning caffeine fix)
- Chinese Stroke Order (master the rules quickly and efficiently)
- HSK 1-6
- More advanced topics like Yoga and talking about your Emotions
- And many more…

First, you learn a character’s meaning, reading, and tone; then practice writing it. Before you know it, you’ll want to learn thousands of characters. Try our app and see for yourself why thousands of people use it every day.

Have questions, problems, or feedback? We would love to hear from you. Reach out to us at [e-mail]

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Guest accounts enjoy free access to select decks forever! Unlock Review mode, and study anything you want with a premium subscription, which is available for purchase in the app. Big savings offered on 12-month subscriptions!

• One-month subscription (automatically renewed until canceled)

• Six-month subscription (automatically renewed until canceled)

• 12-month subscription (automatically renewed until canceled)

Recurring billing, cancel anytime. Within 24 hours before the subscription period ends, you will be charged through your Google Play account. Manage your subscription from your Google Play account settings where you can turn off auto-renewal at any time. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

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Contact: https://skritter.com/contact

Ratings and reviews

I use this daily and would be thrilled if it simply did what it's supposed to, but it's a frustrating, buggy mess. They've gotten somewhat more responsive to bug reports, but it's still riddled with database corruption errors, tests/reviews that don't include all of the cards they're supposed to (kind of a big deal!), incorrect dictionary entries, etc. Also inexplicably slow; I think the developers are just in over their heads. Not really worth $100/yr, and I wish I'd invested my time in Anki.

It's really a great app and it probably teaches me the most Chinese in a slightly addicting way. One complaint I have is that it's not uncommon for app updates to break syncing. This can cause you to lose your streak, and any record of what you've done since the sync broke. I've found this very frustrating.

I can't speak to the full version, since the monthly price is a little steep for me. But this free version is great! It has numbers, the 100 common radicals, and proper stroke order, and more. All the basics to get started. The user interface is really nice. The writing practice is really easy to use and it's helpful. They also have great options for testing yourself on the writing, spelling, pronunciation, and definition of the different words.

What’s new

- Character Insights property has been added to the Info screen--we'll keep adding new insights over time!
- Improved Recent Decks sorting to update when you learn, test, and review inside of decks. Sorting logic also persists when logging out and logging back in
- Made updates to app sync behavior
- General improvements and updates