Uncle Bear
Lin Ping Cheng Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Uncle Bear is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Lin Ping Cheng. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated July 22, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 41 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 22
- 2026 · v1.1
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About Uncle Bear
Uncle Bear tells stories about the world in Chinese and English — helping kids aged 3-8 discover the world while picking up everyday English, one bedtime at a time. ◆ Stories that open up the world - Topics range from Taiwanese folklore and everyday science to world classics: the zodiac animals, the Nian beast, day and night, rainbows, seeds, caterpillars becoming butterflies... - Kids get to know the world through stories, not flashcard drills - The library keeps growing; the format stays the same ◆ Bilingual, with Chinese as the scaffold - Cultural ideas (the zodiac, Chang'e, Sun Moon Lake...) are explained clearly in Chinese - Each episode teaches 4-6 high-frequency everyday English sentences, each followed by a plain-Chinese recap the first time it appears - Understandable and usable — not a curriculum, no pronunciation scoring ◆ Screen-free English exposure - Made for listening — no need to stare at a screen - Each episode runs 3-5 minutes, opening with "Story time!" and closing with "Good night!" to build a daily ritual - Every episode ends with a recall question and a pause, inviting kids to speak up before the answer plays ◆ Plays on the lock screen - Background playback with lock-screen controls, perfect for bedtime and car rides ◆ Every episode ends on its own - No autoplay into the next episode — parents decide whether to play one more ◆ Word cards for reading together - Tap a word card to hear the word read aloud — a light interaction for parents reading along with their kids ◆ Offline and private - Free stories come bundled; purchased story packs play offline once downloaded - No account, no sign-up, Data Not Collected, no analytics SDKs
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated July 22, 2026
- 10 new stories in three packs: Classic Tales, Science Explorers, and Taiwan Festivals (in-app purchase, behind a parental math gate) - Story download manager: choose which stories stay on your device - Playback speed control (0.5x-2.0x) - New tip jar in the parent area - UI improvements and bug fixes
App privacy
The developer, Lin Ping Cheng, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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