4Tones
Jean Columeau Education
Master the 4 tones of Mandarin with real-time voice feedback.
- Downloads
- 198+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Apr 17
- 2026 · v1.0
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About 4Tones
🎙️ Perfect your Mandarin pronunciation with 4Tones
4Tones is the ideal app to learn and practice the 4 tones of Mandarin Chinese. With real-time voice analysis, instantly see your pronunciation and compare it to a native speaker.
✨ FEATURES
- Real-time voice analysis of your pronunciation
- Clear pitch curve visualization (native model + your voice)
- Precise syllable-by-syllable feedback with personalized tips
- Audio models in male and female voices
- Interface in English, French, and Spanish
- Light and dark modes
📚 LEARNING PATH
- The 4 basic tones (mā, má, mǎ, mà)
- Common words and expressions (nǐhǎo, zàijiàn, xièxie...)
- Tonal sandhi practice
🔒 PRIVACY FIRST
- No data collected
- No internet connection required for analysis
- All processing happens on your device
- No account to create, no ads
🎓 WHO IS IT FOR?
- Mandarin beginners who want to start off right
- Intermediate learners looking to fix their accent
- Teachers wanting to equip their students
- Travelers preparing for a trip to China
Developed by a certified Chinese language teacher, 4Tones helps you overcome the biggest hurdle in Mandarin: tonal pronunciation.
Happy practicing! 加油 (jiāyóu)!
4Tones is the ideal app to learn and practice the 4 tones of Mandarin Chinese. With real-time voice analysis, instantly see your pronunciation and compare it to a native speaker.
✨ FEATURES
- Real-time voice analysis of your pronunciation
- Clear pitch curve visualization (native model + your voice)
- Precise syllable-by-syllable feedback with personalized tips
- Audio models in male and female voices
- Interface in English, French, and Spanish
- Light and dark modes
📚 LEARNING PATH
- The 4 basic tones (mā, má, mǎ, mà)
- Common words and expressions (nǐhǎo, zàijiàn, xièxie...)
- Tonal sandhi practice
🔒 PRIVACY FIRST
- No data collected
- No internet connection required for analysis
- All processing happens on your device
- No account to create, no ads
🎓 WHO IS IT FOR?
- Mandarin beginners who want to start off right
- Intermediate learners looking to fix their accent
- Teachers wanting to equip their students
- Travelers preparing for a trip to China
Developed by a certified Chinese language teacher, 4Tones helps you overcome the biggest hurdle in Mandarin: tonal pronunciation.
Happy practicing! 加油 (jiāyóu)!
What’s new
Version 1.0 · Updated April 17, 2026
🎉 First release of 4Tones! - Practice the 4 Mandarin tones with real-time voice feedback - Automatic pitch analysis of your voice - Visual comparison with native pronunciation - Audio models in male and female voices - Interface in French, English, and Spanish - Light and dark modes
User reviews
Thank you for a great and useful app Could it be possible to allow the user to input a pinyin word and have the app display the tone? I am driving my teacher crazy with trying to say Zai Thanks
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