[Linking] Gamified language-learning apps for Chinese

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starandrea has posted a review of Chinese language learning apps. I found it pretty thorough, and interesting - I like seeing comparisons like this.

She reviews five different applications that she's using for Mandarin: Hello Chinese, Mondly, Duolingo, ChineseSkill, and Memrise. The reviews include details about the level of gamification, engagement, what you get for free vs paid, and so on.

This user is very interested in the game aspect of these. From the reviews, you can get an idea of which ones are more gamified vs which provide more rigorous study (to the extent you can get that with gamified mobile applications, anyway). The quick tl;dr overview at the end about what each application is good for is also helpful.

I'm not planning on learning Mandarin right now; I have my hands full with Norwegian. But it's nice to know that if I did decide to pick it up and wanted to use an application in addition to books, there are several options. ;) (Maybe if I had unlimited time and energy I would give it a try, hahaha.)

I think some of you are learning Mandarin or have some interest in doing so - maybe this'll be helpful? <3