HanziGlow: Chinese Writing
伟 孙 Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
HanziGlow: Chinese Writing is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by 伟 孙. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated September 21, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 114 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 21
- 2026 · v1.2.1
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About HanziGlow: Chinese Writing
HanziGlow helps children, beginners, parents, and lifelong learners practice Chinese characters with animated stroke guidance and responsive handwriting tools. Explore a 10,171-character library, with 200 common characters available for free. A monthly or yearly subscription opens the full library and advanced practice. Eligible new subscribers can try either plan free for one week. Features: • Animated stroke order, guided tracing, copying, and free writing • Finger and Apple Pencil handwriting with adjustable brushes • 44 preset filters, including course levels, common-use tiers, and stroke counts • Search by character, pinyin, tone, or meaning; group and collapse results • Pinyin, meanings, words, and source notes, with separate readings and audio where available • Practice classic poetry, prose, and your own passages • Replay and compare saved writing, with efficient local history and interruption recovery • Preview, print, or export writing-history PDFs and complete local backups • Multiple paper styles, low-glare themes, and accessibility settings • Offline-first use with no account, ads, or remote analytics Your writing and personal passages stay on your device. If a subscription ends, saved handwriting remains available to view; paid tracing guidance and new paid practice require renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Apple Account subscription settings. Restore purchases at any time from the app. Terms of Use (standard Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Full entries open in the iOS system dictionary. Availability depends on the dictionaries installed on your device. Manage them in Settings > General > Dictionary.
What’s new
Version 1.2.1 · Updated September 21, 2026
• Improved reference stroke shapes and connections while preserving natural curves. • Locked practice pages now show a read-only character preview.
App privacy
The developer, 伟 孙, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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