Pinyin is an Android app developed by ChinesePod Limited (246 West Broadway New York, NY 10013).

Pinyin first became available on 07 Jan 2014. It is estimated that Pinyin has been downloaded between 10000 and 50000 times from the Play Store.

Pinyin 1.0 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.