Japanese!! Learn Kana & Kanji
- 74 of 100 · reviews
- 4.8of 5 · store
- 21,761ratings on the App Store
- 500reviews read
An editorial reading of the saved reviews
A specialized app for learning hiragana, katakana, and basic kanji through drawing characters with a finger or stylus. Combines handwriting recognition with pronunciation and spaced repetition. Users migrating from Duolingo note that here they finally learned to read rather than guess from pictures. Speaking practice and advanced grammar are not included.
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What people use it for
Those starting Japanese who primarily want to learn to read and write the syllabaries as a foundational first step before grammar and vocabulary.
What reviews praise
- Practice writing characters directly in the app: it recognizes strokes and corrects the stroke order.
- On an iPad with Apple Pencil this brings learning close to using an actual notebook.
What reviews complain about
- Covers only the beginning of the journey: kana and basic kanji.
- Speaking is not practiced.
- A solid tool for reading and writing but not for reaching spoken fluency.
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