TOFU Learn is a comprehensive language-learning app that uses advanced flashcards and spaced repetition to help you memorize vocabulary efficiently. It includes extensive Mandarin-focused features, pre-made word lists, and personal decks, with fast dictionary lookup for a flexible study flow. Not ranked in any top lists, it has been available for over 3169 days with over 10,000+ total downloads and 150 downloads in the last 30 days.
Pros & Cons
Free-to-start model lowers entry barriers
Robust flashcard and spaced repetition system
Extensive Mandarin support with HSK lists, writing practice, and pronunciation features
Create, customize, and publish your own word lists
No explicit offline mode mentioned; online connection may be required for some features
Some competitors advertise listening, phrases, daily practice, and more audio features not prominently listed here
Not ranked in any top lists
About TOFU Learn
TOFU Learn was an education app developed by Tofu Learn. It was removed from Google Play Feb 2, 2025 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
TOFU Learn had been downloaded 26 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
TOFU Learn was rated 4.72 out of 5 stars, based on 530 ratings.
App Information
TOFU Learn was free to download. The APK download size was 12.70 MB. The last available version was 1.0.11. The last update was on September 28, 2020.
Technical Requirements
TOFU Learn required Android 4.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play November 2017.
Description
TOFU Learn helps you in learning foreign languages by allowing you to memorize the vocabulary efficiently and effortlessly using advanced flashcards and the spaced repetition technique.
• Flexible and easy to use flashcard system; • Spaced repetition system gives you cards for review at just the right time; • Pre-made word lists, but your own personal decks: ensures you have the best mnemonics possible, that is your own ones; • Quick dictionary lookup right from the cards; • Comes with frequency word lists for Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and more; • Maintain your own custom list with Quick Add; • Create and publish word lists with powerful word list authoring tools.
Special features for Chinese (Mandarin) learners: • Learn Chinese characters by writing them on the screen; • Recognition training, learning pronunciations; • Full set of HSK 1-6 word lists; • Built-in dictionary with character decomposition, pronunciation audio, and examples; • Support for Traditional characters and Zhuyin (bopomofo); • Customizable tone coloring.
Also available on the Web: https://www.tofulearn.com/
Recent changes: • Ability to filter word lists by native language • Performance and compatibility improvements • Bug fixes
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★★★★★
This is an amazing app, I cannot believe it is free. It has basically everything and more I have ever been looking for. I mainly use it to learn and practice writing chinese characters. It has a very nice SRS system, the ability to create your own decks (though there are already many available e.g. all the HSK 1–6 decks in both simplified and traditional!) and an inbuilt dictionary. The dictionary is one of my favorite CN dictionaries as well, I especially appreciate that it shows how frequent a character/word is used and more importantly: the etymology of the character. It helps immensely with the understanding of the character. If there's anything I would wish was available, it'd be an option where you can choose to grade on your own how well you wrote the character instead of it being done automatically; it isn't always very accurate. But all in all, I am more than satisfied with it. <3 I've been using it for almost a year now, and I decided to upgrade my account to pro, just to support the developers. It has been quite a while since the last update; I sure hope that its development hasn't halted, that'd be a real shame.
★★★★★
I like this more than skitter. I now practice even more writing 汉字 in paper after learning the stroke order from this app. The system this app functions is similar to Anki, spaced repetition system (SRS). The decks are made by fellow users in the community. Not only you can learn mandarin 汉字 here, but you can also learn other scripts of other languages like Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic scripts etc. This app deserves more recognition out there. Keep it up! 加油！
★★☆☆☆
One of the best apps for what it does, but it seems to be abandoned and quite frequently goes offline and doesn't work. You should look for alternatives.
★★☆☆☆
Suddenly can't connect to server, even though I have internet and every other app is working just fine ...
★★☆☆☆
I am learning Chinese and I like this app coz overall it's free, and premium membership is very cheap, also I found the book I study at school. But I found many issues, for example I accidentally select "auto learn selected" and now I cannot learn them again the same way as others. Did I miss something? I purchased the premium membership, but I don't get the audio.
Technologies used by TOFU Learn
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Trust & Safety: The app uses standard Android permissions (network state, internet, external storage, wake lock) and in-app billing, plus integration with Firebase, Google services, and Facebook for notifications and analytics. Permissions align with typical online learning apps; no unusual or overly invasive access is declared.
Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
