Skritter: Write Chinese

Name: Skritter: Write Chinese
Rating: 4.74174 (484 reviews)

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Skritter: Write Chinese

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User Reviews for Skritter: Write Chinese

Problematic syncing but still the best

Updates to this new version have finally made it better than the previous version, for me. Syncing across iPad and iPhone is a bit problematic when rapid swapping, as sometimes I have to rejuvenate the lists multiple times before it gets current progress in sync, but I have yet to find a better app (or even a peer app) for what Skritter does, in terms of being a force multiplier against time.When parsimoniously paired with Pleco, the study experience is leaps and bounds beyond the way I’ve experienced Chinese taught in schools, to the extent that I now regard the old model as a waste of time.

anon37747498274439, Jan 06, 2021

Better Than a Pen and Paper

The new updated app is a big improvement from the previous app. It’s functionally fluid and easily intuitive to the point that I often opt for the app as opposed to traditional writing practice. One improvement I hope to see in the near future is the ability to consistently study one single character. Both the ‘due cards’ and ‘continuous’ features don’t provide for the option to write the same character continually until I’ve learned from rote memory. Perhaps this is somewhat antithetical to the idea of the SRS learning structure, but often when I incorrectly write a character, I need to study several other characters that I inevitably write incorrectly as well because I’ve only just learned them. I understand there is the ‘learning’ feature, so I could potentially practice writing the character this way, but the process is a bit slow if I’ve already learned the bulk of the character’s structure. In tandem with this, it would be helpful to see a category of all the characters you’ve consistently forgotten so that each one can be independently studied. Regardless, I’ve found the app to be wonderfully complementary to my learning experience, being able to study directly from published books related to Taiwanese mandarin makes this app excellent insofar as supplementary learning materials in the Taiwanese dialect can often be hard to find.

azcatsguy13, Jun 22, 2020

Truly Unique

I recommend this app to anyone beginner or advanced learner. I really like the way it allows me to focus my learning on one aspect of Chinese, such as tones, or I can choose to allow it to mix things up a little. When you’re trying to have a conversation in a language, it’s more than just recognizing what a character looks like to know its meaning. So when the app shows me the tone and then scrolls through writing a character, and then later quizzes me on the definition of a character my brain has to access the information in different ways. This is truly unique. Most apps take you through characters in the same order all the time instead. This app also allows me to focus on one aspect, such as tones only. I find this quite helpful because I have more trouble with tones. And being able to tweak the settings to focus me in ways that I find easiest to learn is awesome. Great job guys. Thank you for all your hard work.

Dian Wms, Jan 12, 2023

great!!

I really like it, very useful for understanding the words. The shortcut to Pleco is convenient. One suggestion I would have is making it so when you’re incorrect the failure is not as jarring (bright red, sound). I watched Mark Rober’s Super Mario effect study, and basically the conclusion was that people are more encouraged to try again if they don’t view their mistake as failure (as in the study “lose imaginary point”). I would suggest giving the user a chance to immediately retry the pinyin stroke/drawing instead of flashing red and moving on. Overall great app, appreciate all the hard work!

foxalexis7, Feb 21, 2021

Love it!!

Absolutely love this so far. The stylus beta feature is a little wonky but it could be my phone and/cheap stylus. Still works pretty well. Finding it easier to retain characters better than before. I grabbed a 6 month subscription!Feature request:I really wish there was a way to “tag” certain cards or words and test on JUST that list of hard words so that we’re not going through a few dozen easy ones just to get to the ones we need work on. Create-a-list would be amazing!Thanks!!

Jayfresta, Jan 17, 2021

Rawest Squigs ❤️

I’ve been using the old Skritter app for the past two years and I was a bit hesitant to leave that for the new app, but after a few study sessions I’m glad I did. Rawest Squigs has been great for me, making me really confront the characters I don’t know head on without that always tempting first stroke hint (which I shamefully used far too often as a crutch). I love the apple pen support and the more freehand approach to writing the characters as if it were on paper. Overall this has really sped up my review process since I’m not bogged down by drawing each stroke juuuust right. If being able to write Chinese freehand on paper is a goal of yours I’d highly recommend this.On top of that the new curated lists and video content looks really interesting and I can’t wait to dive into that next. Thank you to the Skritter team for making such an essential Chinese learning app even better!

Jet25000, Nov 16, 2020

Good but not useful

I was very excited with the free trial and became supper excited. Then I paid for the 6 month’s subscription. But soon I realized that the tactics used by skitter are not so great. You can only practice a word once and then it assumes you learned it so you can only practice it in the test. That is very hard. The app also makes it so that you think you know the characters because when you are learning it you see it repeatedly. But that is only because it gives very obvious hints. I believed I was learning but I was not retaining the information. However, Skitter did help me with stroke order and Pinyin. I liked that part of it. I think allowing people to study a character more than once without hints would make the app better.

KelanyM, Mar 15, 2021

Really nice to use

I’m really enjoying using Skritter; I always assumed Chinese characters would be out of reach for me and that I should just learn how to speak, but it’s been surprisingly fun to study using this app. I saw some other comments saying the old app is better, but I used that one for a day, found it somewhat unintuitive, and when I figured out that there was a new version (this listing) I downloaded it and found it to be a much better user experience, personally. The only issue I’ve had so far, to be honest, was figuring out which app to download - I feel like I’m often trying to find the official or genuine version of whatever app I happen to be looking for, so when I saw there were two Skritter apps, I assumed one was a knockoff and downloaded the one with the most reviews. However, they’re both legit and that’s the old version - I’d recommend this one. :)

mewniverse, Mar 10, 2020

The best for learning vocab from real Chinese

Way better than Duolingo or anything else I've tried. The decks I've used in here are made from real Chinese speakers with extremely accurate translations to native English speakers. No broken English or confusing translations. Settings allow us to turn off and on what we want to study about each word. I don't care about learning each tone at the moment, so I can turn that off. Same with writing; I don't plan on writing Kanji in real life anytime soon, so I can turn that off. Also, the decks teach us real, common words and sentences that we'd used everyday, unlike other apps that teach us weird non-native phrases. Every Kanji has info attached to it with the history of the character. The spaced repetition is great, very similar to Anki for Japanese. You can also jump straight into other HSK levels besides the first one. I highly recommend giving this one a try if you've been looking for a better app to learn Chinese than what you've been using right now.

MiddleMachine, Jun 05, 2023

Love This App

I really love this app! It’s very well organized and functionality is superb. Learning the meaning, order of strokes as well pinyin for Chinese characters is really easy with Skritter.The only suggestion I have, to make the app even better, is to add a tab where we could practice writing the same character over and over again. For an example: having the character and order of strokes at the top of the screen and then the blank square on the rest of the screen, just for practice purposes. As currently the only way to practice is by Due Cards, Continuous or Time Attack features, which only lets you write the character once and then it moves to the next character. As noted previously I love their app and want to say a big thank you to the Skritter team for making our learning as easy as possible!

RedWitchee, Feb 05, 2022

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Practice Chinese writing 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 Chinese writing app out there!

If you have seen Chinese writing 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. Popular Decks: - Ordering or making coffee or tea (so you can get your morning caffeine fix) - Chinese Stroke Order - HSK 1-6 & New HSK3.0 1-9 study decks - More advanced topics like Yoga and talking about your Emotions - The 16-episode Ultimate Chinese Character course 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, and words like these two happy users: “If I could only keep one app on my iPod, this would be it without a doubt. Skritter will change your life!” ― Wendy Werneth, UN Translator “Learning to write characters has never been so fun. From writing zero to 2000+ characters in six months!” ― Brian Jackson, Economist 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 [email protected] ----------- 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) • 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 iTunes account. Manage your subscription from your iTunes App Store 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. Privacy Policy: https://skritter.com/legal Terms of Use: https://docs.skritter.com/article/133-terms-of-use