BaoBao Talk: Learn Chinese
Mahadir Ahmad Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
BaoBao Talk: Learn Chinese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Mahadir Ahmad. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated September 27, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 79 MB
- Age 9+
- Updated
- Sep 27
- 2026 · v2.2.0
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About BaoBao Talk: Learn Chinese
Chinese characters look arbitrary. They are not, and the difference is why most people quit. BaoBao Talk gives you a system. Every character becomes a small scene: an actor who carries its sound, a place that carries its ending, and a setting coloured by its tone. Learn those parts once and they work for every character you meet afterwards, so the hundredth costs less effort than the tenth. THE MEMORY SYSTEM • 74 building blocks: 55 actors, 14 places, 5 tone settings • Every character gets a scene made from them, written for you • Rewrite any of it in your own words, or attach your own picture • Rename any actor to someone you actually know, and it updates everywhere • Drill the parts on their own, so the sounds come back instantly A COMPLETE HSK 1 COURSE • 28 themed units, from greetings to ordering food • 300 characters, the full HSK 3.0 Level 1 set • Each unit builds on the last, so nothing arrives out of nowhere WRITE EVERY CHARACTER • Animated stroke order for all 300 • Trace it yourself and get checked, stroke by stroke • Components broken out, so you see the parts before the whole TONES AND PINYIN, PROPERLY • All four tones plus the neutral tone, with human recordings • Tone colours run through the whole app, so you see the tone before you read it • Every initial and final as a tappable tile: build any syllable and hear it SPEAK AND BE UNDERSTOOD • Speaking exercises score what you actually said • See your attempt written back in characters and pinyin • Runs on your device, so nothing is sent anywhere REVIEWS THAT SCHEDULE THEMSELVES • FSRS, a modern spaced repetition algorithm, picks what you see each day • Open the app, clear what is due, and the timing is handled • Mastery levels show what is solid and what is shaky LISTEN EVERY DAY • A new two-minute dialogue each day • Written to use only the vocabulary you have already learned • Replay any of the last 30 days GRAMMAR WITHOUT THE JARGON • The six sentence patterns HSK 1 is built on • Colour-coded subject, verb, object and adjective • Drills built from words already in the course The memory system is designed to keep working well past HSK 1. The course covers HSK 1 today, and the building blocks are already in place for what comes next. Free to start. No ads, ever. BaoBao Plus unlocks the full course and unlimited daily practice, monthly or yearly, with a free trial on both. Terms of Use: https://baobaolab.tech/chinese-learning-app/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://baobaolab.tech/chinese-learning-app/legal/privacy
What’s new
Version 2.2.0 · Updated September 27, 2026
Picture where Mandarin takes you. Tell BaoBao why you are learning and see real sentences you will be able to say, plus your road to HSK 1. Your goal, one tap away. A slim goal bar on Learn shows your progress. Reached it? Mark it done, celebrate, and pick what Mandarin is for next. Read it out loud. After each unit, BaoBao shows you a real sentence you can now read on your own. Know why, not just what. Sentence answers now explain how the sentence is built, word by word. Listening answers show the English, and Chinese to English cards have a pinyin toggle. Tap your panda on Profile to see how far you have grown together.
App privacy
The developer, Mahadir Ahmad, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| BaoBao Talk: Learn Chinese | – | Free | September 27, 2026 |
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| Mando: Learn Chinese HSK Prep | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Localese: Belong Anywhere | – | Free | Jul 10, 2026 |
| HSK Reviso | – | Free | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Hayane Pinyin | – | Free | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Shengci: Learn Chinese HSK | – | Free | Aug 6, 2026 |