Chinese Stroke Order Writing for Android

Great program. Just what I needed to compliment the the Chinese character books I’m studying. Easy to use and understand. I give this one a thumbs up.

It asks to track data across other apps. I’m angry because this is a paid app, now I had to delete it to avoid intrusive ads, and I wasted my money.

I’ve tried Skritter + Noodle. While these apps have fancy bells and whistles such as spaced repetition and self testing, Strokes Order is my new go-to for handwriting practice. It has a no-nonsense interface which shows you your actual handwriting strokes instead of an idealized ’perfect’ character that the fancy apps render. This is superior design choice-as knowing where you fall short while writing a character gives you honest feedback and motivation for improvement. The developer is also very responsive. The previous version had a blocky background font for Traditional characters in the handwriting practice mode. I wrote the developer a quick note, and Viola - font background preferences for handwriting practice has now been implemented. Excellent!

I love this app. But for some reason, after the current update, it no longer rotate to horizontal view anymore when i rotate my Mobile. What happened?

I was hoping the free version would work for what I need, and I won’t need to use the app everyday, only occasionally, so I’m not trying to spend $5.99/month or $11.99/year for something that I won’t be using every single day. I’m just using it for practice & review while I’m learning Chinese but it’s basically unusable. I can only see traditional Chinese, and I would have to subscribe in order to even see it in simplified. You can’t even translate from English to Chinese, which would be a helpful feature. Unless you plan to use this app often & are willing to subscribe, it isn’t worth your time.