Piko: Snap to Learn Chinese
SignalRender Technology Co., Ltd Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Piko: Snap to Learn Chinese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by SignalRender Technology Co., Ltd. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 10, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 67 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 10
- 2026 · v2026.9.19
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About Piko: Snap to Learn Chinese
Your child photographs an apple. Piko recognizes it as 苹果, píng guǒ, then turns the word into cards they can read, hear, trace, and save. Chinese is already part of your child's everyday world. Piko makes it discoverable, one real object at a time. ▸ Photograph an object. Discover its Chinese name. Capture a toy, a cup, or the moon. Piko identifies it on device and shows the word, pinyin, tones, and each character it contains. ▸ Explore every character from four angles. Read it, hear its pronunciation, follow the stroke order, and discover the idea behind its shape. Characters become stories instead of facts to cram. ▸ Build a personal word gallery. Save each discovery to a collection of words and character cards. The gallery grows as your child explores more of the world in Chinese. ▸ Review at the right time. Spaced repetition brings saved characters back as they become due. A few focused minutes each day can keep learning moving. ▸ See progress by school grade. Common characters are organized by primary-school grade, giving heritage learners a familiar route through Chinese literacy. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT PIKO PRO UNLOCKS Photo recognition, the word gallery, word cards, and four-way character cards are free. Piko Pro unlocks spaced review, radical families, learning streaks and achievement badges, and grade-by-grade curriculum progress. Made for families raising bilingual children and passing Chinese from one generation to the next. End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 2026.9.19 · Updated October 10, 2026
Welcome to Piko. Chinese is already part of your child's everyday world. Piko helps them discover it, one real object at a time. • Photograph an object and reveal its Chinese name, pinyin, and tones • Explore characters through sound, stroke order, and their visual origins • Save discoveries in a personal word gallery • Revisit saved characters with spaced repetition • Follow progress through common characters by school grade Turn everyday moments into a growing connection with Chinese.
App privacy
The developer, SignalRender Technology Co., Ltd, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
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:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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