Hourly Hanzi: Learn Chinese
Radish Retail, LLC Education iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
Hourly Hanzi: Learn Chinese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Radish Retail, LLC. Rated 4.8/5 from 67 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 4.8
- 67 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 550 MB
- Age 9+
- Updated
- Oct 11
- 2026 · v4.0
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About Hourly Hanzi: Learn Chinese
Learn Chinese from your Lock Screen. Hourly Hanzi brings Mandarin vocabulary into the moments you already spend on your phone, then helps you practice what you see. A NEW WORD, THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY Add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget and choose scheduled word reminders. Set your own pace and quiet hours, then open any word to explore its pinyin, meaning, example sentences and pronunciation audio. FROM FIRST TONES TO HSK & TOCFL Start with pinyin and the four tones in Foundations. Practice listening, build pinyin and use the tone trainer to see your voice's pitch. Take a placement test or choose vocabulary from HSK 1–9 or TOCFL Novice 1–Level 5. TURN FAMILIAR WORDS INTO WORDS YOU KNOW • Save difficult words to your personal flashcards. • Build recall with smart review and short quizzes. • Practice handwriting and explore character breakdowns. • Study grammar through sentences and answer explanations. • Follow your collection, learning history and progress. Keep learning with offline access and private iCloud sync. No ads. Add a widget and make Chinese part of your daily routine. Try Hourly Hanzi free for 7 days. Paid access is required after the trial. Choose your interface language in Settings. Some learning content is available only in English. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://hourlylearning.com/language/terms Privacy Policy: https://hourlylearning.com/language/privacy Questions or suggestions? Email [email protected].
Ratings & reviews
4.8
67 ratings
What’s new
Version 4.0 · Updated October 11, 2026
Lessons, words, grammar and character meanings are now available in 9 more languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi and Arabic, and follow your app language. Choose what you study: set Study source to your saved words or your own imported decks, and hourly words, widgets, and practice follow it. Smoother flashcard flips, and Got it responds right away. New everyday essentials added to the beginner words. Clearer recordings in the Foundations lessons. Already know a Foundations chapter? Pass its "Already know this?" check to complete those lessons.
App privacy
The developer, Radish Retail, LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: App Functionality
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