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Why Is Every Chinese Tool iOS-Only? On Web vs App
Frustrated that Chinese learning tools are iOS-only with no web version? The complaint is fair, but writing needs a real input surface. Here is the honest trade-off.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Posts tagged Platforms from the Hanzi Write Practice team.

Frustrated that Chinese learning tools are iOS-only with no web version? The complaint is fair, but writing needs a real input surface. Here is the honest trade-off.

A native, open-source Linux writing app for SteamOS does not really exist yet, and Hanzi Write Practice is not one. But the method matters more than the platform, and there are workarounds.

Chinese writing apps target iOS and Android because that's where the learners and stylus support are. Native Linux tablet builds are a tiny market, so they rarely exist. Here is the honest why.