What do you do if you are in "reading test mode" and get the correct pinyin but with the wrong tones?
- do you mark it as all wrong
- or do you test the tones exclusivley in the "tone test mode"?

What is your recommendation?

I mark it as wrong. After all it isn't the right word unless you get the tone correct.

I mark it as correct. The tone test mode is there to test the tones. No need to penalise twice.

Actually, the web version of skritter get you to get the pinyin and tone right as you have to type the tones as well

wo3...

I agree with the others here that this definitely is a question of taste. I for myself mark it as wrong, because I think it is better to be "tough" on yourself regarding the grading. I believe that this improves your long-term retention rate. You'll see the same words more often which will slow you down a bit, but you'll also remember better and I think that's worth it in the long run.

Thank you for your answers. I think there are three possiblities:

1) be tough and mark it as wrong
2) mark it as correct, as the tones are tested seperately
3) mark is as so-so (yellow button in app) when I got the pinyin right but the tones wrong...

Well, without the correct tone it's not pīnyīn at all. I only do the reading test (and not tone), and mark it right if I get the pīnyīn right.

I'm curious if actual Chinese people view tone and phonetics as separate items in pronunciation, or if that's more of a phenomena for learners, whom seem far more comfortable with phonetics than they do with tones.