StayTW — Taiwanese Mandarin
yu jou lin Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
StayTW — Taiwanese Mandarin is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by yu jou lin. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated October 8, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 93 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 8
- 2026 · v1.0.10
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About StayTW — Taiwanese Mandarin
A Taiwan Mandarin app made by a Taiwanese person, for people who want to learn the Chinese that's actually spoken in Taiwan. Not textbook Chinese, not simplified characters — the Mandarin that works on the streets of Taipei. ■ What's inside • About 10,000 words: the full official TBCL list, levels 1–6 (the basis of the TOCFL exam), with traditional characters, Zhuyin, pinyin, translation and example sentences • 526 grammar points, including all 496 official TBCL points, each with an explanation and examples • 61 articles + 28 graded readings about real life in Taiwan: health insurance, garbage trucks, night markets, typhoon days • Everyday phrases for night markets, the MRT, renting, seeing a doctor and work • Taiwan-accent audio for words, example sentences and articles ■ How you learn • Lessons: 3 minutes, 6–8 words each. Listen, choose, build sentences, say them out loud. Missed words go straight to review • AI Chat: pick a scene (bubble tea shop, night market, clinic, flat hunting…) and a level. The AI plays the other person, gently corrects you, and every reply comes with Zhuyin and audio • Shadowing: get a pronunciation score right away, compare your own voice with the model, and slow the audio down • Listen-and-learn mode, spaced repetition (SRS), TOCFL mock exams, YouTube shadowing, writing feedback, and your own word list ■ Taiwan first No simplified characters, no mainland readings. Zhuyin and tones follow Taiwan's Ministry of Education (the TBCL word list and the MOE dictionary) — for example, 學生 and 休息 keep their full tones in Taiwan. The words are the ones you'll actually use: 健保 (health insurance), 房東 (landlord), 垃圾車 (garbage truck), 悠遊卡 (EasyCard). ■ App languages 日本語 · English · 한국어 · Tiếng Việt · Bahasa Indonesia ■ Pricing Free lessons and practice every day. Premium unlocks everything; the monthly plan comes with a 7-day free trial. Terms of Use: https://staytw.pages.dev/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://staytw.pages.dev/privacy.html
What’s new
Version 1.0.10 · Updated October 8, 2026
• New home screen: today's goal, this week's streak and today's lessons at a glance • Lessons are now a level map — the bear waits at the one you're on • Every Zhuyin and tone re-checked against Taiwan's Ministry of Education (TBCL + MOE dictionary); audio re-recorded to match • Shadowing: adjustable playback speed, and you can hear your own voice right after recording • AI Chat: the AI greets you first when you pick a scene, with a more natural voice • Articles now have photos
App privacy
The developer, yu jou lin, 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
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Identifiers: User ID
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:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics
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