ChinesePod

ChinesePod LLC

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About this app

ChinesePod’s official app puts our 4,000 lesson, Mandarin podcast library in your pocket. Learn real Mandarin as it’s spoken everyday.

* Stream & download full video and audio podcasts
* Browse and study lessons through our hand-curated Playlists
* Study each lesson’s accompanying vocabulary, dialogue, grammar notes and expansion materials. Break down everything to dive deeper into translations, pinyin and audio clips
* Offline mode allows you to download and learn anywhere
* Search and filter to discover the topics which interest you
* Save vocabulary to Decks and learn with flashcards

Learn Chinese Mandarin by improving your Chinese skills in listening, grammar and speaking right now with ChinesePod!

Ratings and reviews

Constantly crashing. Edit 2 years later: Two years later, still constantly crashing. App is an absolute disaster. Use their web browser on the PC. More edits months later: app doesn't even open anymore. It's a shame. The chinese learning content is good but the app is a 0/10. More months later: app still doesn't even open, even on a new phone. Edit again: 3 different phones over 3 years, app has never really worked for me. It doesn't even load.

First thing I noticed upon the update is that my decks have all disappeared so I have to re-add all the vocabs I previously saved for my learning. This is certainly not in line with the goal of the app which is to encourage learning and makes it fun, not frustrating. The app has many potential but the obvious lack of planning ahead in its development and not understanding how students learn can prove to be detrimental down the road.

Good content, a bevy of features for learners of all levels, the app architecture and layout is very well designed, and the interface is fairly user friendly; however, I have to slash 2 stars because the app simply doesn't deliver everything smoothly. Its a shame, because this could easily be a 5 star app and judging from the features included, they have the software engineering talent to make that a reality. As others have mentioned, there are bugs which make using the app a frustrating experience. For example, I tried listening to an episode via streaming, but it constantly pauses or restarts. That makes it impossible to concentrate. As a result I cannot incorporate learning on the go into my schedule. I purchased a one year subscription so I am invested in seeing a turnaround. I hope someone from Chinesepod will read this and make some changes and maybe give me an extra two month as I really haven't felt like dealing with the app on account of the bugs I encountered and am wasting my membership.