Scripts: Learn Chinese writing
What is Scripts?
Scripts is an Education app from Drops for learning writing systems, including Korean Hangul, Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, Chinese Hanzi, American Sign Language, Indian Devanagari, Russian Cyrillic and the Latin alphabet. Lessons use illustrations and mini games, and each character comes with audio recorded by professional voice talent. The description says sessions are five minutes a day.
Pricing. Scripts: Learn Chinese writing is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Practising a new writing system in five minutes a day
- Learning to read Hangul, Hiragana or Hanzi characters
- Casual learners who want a free starting point
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Why this app is in F tier
Scripts scores 42 out of 100: rating 94, rating count 74, App Store search rank 0, update recency 0. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and F tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
Learn a new writing system with Scripts app: Korean Hangul, Japanese Hiragana and Katakana , Chinese Hanzi, American Sign Language (ASL), Indian Devanagari, Russian Cyrillic and Latin alphabet Drops Scripts takes the boring out of reading and writing in a new language. Learn Chinese characters, the Korean alphabet or the Japanese writing system with gorgeous minimalist illustrations and fast paced mini games. The best part? It only takes 5 minutes a day. In fact, that’s all the time you get! Insane? Yes. But does it work? Absolutely! Why Drops Scripts Works • Drops Scripts is 100% visual: Learners connect the characters and letters directly to their pronunciation. Doing this cuts out the middleman. Learning is faster, better, and more fun! • 5-minute session limits: Limiting learning time may sound counterintuitive but it makes Drops Scripts incredibly addictive. And that’s a good thing in terms of language learning.The obstacles standing in your way of finally starting to read and write in a new language are made obsolete. No excuses: you ALWAYS have 5 minutes! • Effortless practice: We took a good look at why games are fun and addictive, and then integrated those elemen
Compare in Chinese Learning
| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | F | C | A |
| Score | 42 / 100 | 67 / 100 | 80 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.7 ★ | 4.7 ★ | 4.8 ★ |
| Ratings | 2.2K | 2.3K | 5.7K |
| Last update | 2031d ago | 42d ago | 12d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free download | Free download |
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Questions about Scripts
Which writing systems does it cover?
According to the description, it covers Korean Hangul, Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, Chinese Hanzi, American Sign Language, Indian Devanagari, Russian Cyrillic and the Latin alphabet.
How long are the learning sessions?
The description says sessions are five minutes a day and uses short, fast mini games that link characters and letters directly to their pronunciation.
Is the app free to use?
It is free to download and the description says a complete package is free for casual learners. Premium features for more progress and unlimited learning time are available by subscription; the subscription price is Not stated on the App.
Is Scripts free?
Scripts is free to download.
What is Scripts good for?
Scripts is built for practising a new writing system in five minutes a day, learning to read hangul, hiragana or hanzi characters, casual learners who want a free starting point. It sits in the chinese learning list on AppTierList.
Is Scripts worth it?
Scripts is F tier, ranked #8 of 8 chinese learning apps with a score of 42 out of 100, from a 4.7 App Store rating across 2,246 ratings. 7 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does Scripts compare to trainchinese?
Scripts is F tier at 42; trainchinese is C tier at 67. trainchinese ranks higher. Scripts is free to download, trainchinese is free to download.
How often is Scripts updated?
Scripts was last updated over a year ago, on 2021-03-29, which holds its tier down.
All the facts
- List
- Chinese Learning
- Tier
- F (Avoid)
- Score
- 42 / 100
- Rank in list
- #8 of 8
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.7 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 2,246
- Current version
- (2031 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Education
- Good for
- Practising a new writing system in five minutes a day, Learning to read Hangul, Hiragana or Hanzi characters, Casual learners who want a free starting point
- Requires
- iOS 10.0 or later
- Size
- 124 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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