Works great
But… could use a few quality of life features. I’d really like to see a notes section attached to each kanji. This would be super useful to write mnemonics. Also higher prominence emphasis on radicals. There’s a bit of a bloat in info given (eg skip, Korean references) that I’m not interested in and would filter out. Otherwise, really enjoying it as a learning resource and has quickly helped me recognise kanji in other reference materials
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Hello
Its amazing i can finally learn japanese on an app that acctually heps
My most used learning Japanese app
At this stage of my journey, this is my most used app for drilling kana and kanji and vocab. Love it!
Kanji Malfunction(bug)
App is great to learn, but the drawing section is a nightmare, every time I want to search up a kanji it doesn’t appear, I draw it exactly the same and doesn’t show up unless the stroke order it correct which is hard because sometimes it’s a new kanji and don’t know the stroke order, and also sometimes other kanji pop up with a full white bar despite the stroke order being wrong, please if you can fix this, it would make the app more easier and enjoyable, but would recommend for anyone who is learning Japanese
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Solid And Gets The Job Done
It does the job as a way to learn and remember words. The generated voice can occasionally be difficult to understand. The UI takes a bit to get used to, but for the most part makes sense. It is possible that some words exist in different categories or lists. When you quiz yourself over time you can see multiple of the same flash card. This isn’t ideal, but I guess could be handy to really ensure you know a word. One feature I really really wish is to be able to edit existing flash cards, such as by expanding their meaning. I don’t agree with some of the word translations ( or some words could be said multiple different ways when displayed without any context) so it would be amazing to be able to tweak or add to existing cards. A second feature would be the ability to create my own flash cards. Some words I learn do not exist in the app, so I cannot perform any training on them. This app has very nice data displayed and overall is fun and very handy for learning.
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Please take down charges
Now let me tell you, learning Kana for has never gotten easier for me with this app. However, there are a few things I’d like to touch on to make this app a little better for those of us who don't want to pay ducking 200$ for an app when we might as well go to an actual school with that money. Some of these things are:
Review time: Allow people to actually be able to look at the kana and not have a “cooldown” on that. That's stupid and desperate and you know it for a fact. You shouldn't have to have a cooldown for anything just to look at something. That's bull.
Money gouge: I said this in the beginning. 200$ for life?? Ain't no way am I paying 200 for anything. Every few seconds it will ask me “You can learn 3.6x faster” I don't care. I’m learning just fine. Faster doesn't mean better. But I will say that not holding back information from us is amazing.
Other than that this is amazing. Everything makes sense, I completely understand the customization and such, and I love it. If anything at least makes “points” for keeping up a streak or answering a certain amount of questions.
Review time: Allow people to actually be able to look at the kana and not have a “cooldown” on that. That's stupid and desperate and you know it for a fact. You shouldn't have to have a cooldown for anything just to look at something. That's bull.
Money gouge: I said this in the beginning. 200$ for life?? Ain't no way am I paying 200 for anything. Every few seconds it will ask me “You can learn 3.6x faster” I don't care. I’m learning just fine. Faster doesn't mean better. But I will say that not holding back information from us is amazing.
Other than that this is amazing. Everything makes sense, I completely understand the customization and such, and I love it. If anything at least makes “points” for keeping up a streak or answering a certain amount of questions.
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Good App, Almost Great
I have the Kana and Benkyō apps. They are good and I have learned a lot. In both apps I have gone through all the kana. When using the quiz of the lowest Streak, I am only tested on the Hiragana, NO Katakana ever. All of the Hiragana have a streak of over 50, but the katakana only have 20 or less. They never appear in the lowest streak quizzes. The only way to advance in Katakana is to select the kana to test on. Sometimes I only have a few minutes to do something so I want to take a quick quiz on the 25 lowest score or streak items but they do not show, only the hiragana which I am strong in. I am writing this here because I can only reach the developer through Instagram or Twitter which I don’t subscribe to.
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Boosted my Kanji knowledge
Update: it now crashes every single time it asks me to draw a character. It’s very frustrating :(
I’m really enjoying using this as part of my mixed method approach. I came to this having already learned hiragana and katakana and some basic Kanji. My understanding of Kanji has measurably improved in just a few days of use. It’s enjoyable to use. The quiz is excellent, I forced myself to use hard mode where you have to type or draw the answer and it’s supercharged my learning. I will say that I’m a dedicated learner and spend at least a few hours a day learning Japanese every single day. It would be difficult to retain if you only work sporadically so that’s where the spaced repetition reminders should help. Great learning tool which is very well implemented.
I’m really enjoying using this as part of my mixed method approach. I came to this having already learned hiragana and katakana and some basic Kanji. My understanding of Kanji has measurably improved in just a few days of use. It’s enjoyable to use. The quiz is excellent, I forced myself to use hard mode where you have to type or draw the answer and it’s supercharged my learning. I will say that I’m a dedicated learner and spend at least a few hours a day learning Japanese every single day. It would be difficult to retain if you only work sporadically so that’s where the spaced repetition reminders should help. Great learning tool which is very well implemented.
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Response from developer
Thanks for the heartwarming feedback! However I am concerned about your bug report, please engage with me at app.development.rpgmail.com so I can identify and fix the issue
Charged for trial
The app is actually pretty decent, but I signed up for the trial and discovered a couple days later that I had immediately been charged for an entire year’s subscription. Looking at other reviews, it seems like this is a bug that many others have experienced, and there’s no straightforward way to contact customer support and/or app devs.
Update: I was able to request a refund, so I changed my rating accordingly. It’s a bit tedious, but the refund was approved within a few days. You need to go to iPhone settings > Apple ID > Media and Purchases > Purchase History > Benkyō > Report A Problem > Request a refund > select relevant reason, And then submit a request.
Update: I was able to request a refund, so I changed my rating accordingly. It’s a bit tedious, but the refund was approved within a few days. You need to go to iPhone settings > Apple ID > Media and Purchases > Purchase History > Benkyō > Report A Problem > Request a refund > select relevant reason, And then submit a request.
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Good app
Nice app for learning kanji, but it crashes once a day and there is no list sync between devices.
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback. These points will be addressed !
