Absolutely Brilliant! – Chinese Writer by trainchinese Review

This app is not only a fantastic learning tool for writing Chinese (simplified or traditional), but it's also a really fun ADDICTING game! I sought out the best writing app in order to learn how to write simplified characters and I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be able to trace over the characters and have it recognize when I make a mistake, and encourage me to do it right. I wanted to learn stroke order. I wanted to be able to choose any character at any time and just start training it. Finally I wanted to be able to keep a list of words I wanted to frequently practice. This app has all of that and it's very well implemented! When I want to go for more of a challenge the option to switch into writing mode (not tracing) is there and erases the whole character once you begin the first stroke to see if you really know it. I've tried this mode already and it's not as scary as I thought. It's truly helpful and gives me one more way to master the writing. To get more of a sense of actual writing I recommend using a stylus with this app. Then start trying to write it on paper. There are some Chinese writing worksheets you can find online that could be printed and help with that. Lastly, I must say these guys who made the app also made trainchinese.com and a few other apps - ALL of which are excellent learning tools which I plan to use regularly. The apps all work great together in fact. If you buy a trainchinese.com subscription then you unlock all of the characters and everything in all of the apps. I went for the lifetime account since it makes the most sense at only about $70. I hope everyone gets this.
Review by umpitygrumpity on Chinese Writer by trainchinese.