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renshuu - Japanese learning

renshuu - Japanese learning

Pick up words, kanji, and more

⭐️4.9 / 5
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📼8 scs
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📦~ in 3 weeks
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🗣❌ unsupported
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🧾$3.99 - $109.99
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All Versions of renshuu

1.5.6

July 1, 2024

July visual refresh, stamp rally for the rest of the month, new N4 grammar lessons, and a ton of new goodies to try!
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1.5.5

June 4, 2024

Small fix for those who were getting the notification request message multiple times. Sorry about that!
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1.5.4

June 3, 2024

June refresh! - A ton of speedups and bug fixes on renshuu's server - Rebuilt iOS app for more stability - Better and more reliable push notifications (opt-in only, of course)
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1.5.2

April 30, 2024

A ton of under-the-hood changes and fixes, new Japanese lessons (under Resources), and community-made hints on startup! Link to Crowdsourcing Projects added to "support renshuu" in the menu.
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1.5.1

April 3, 2024

Minor fix for previous version 1.5.0 - sorry about that!

1.5.0

April 2, 2024

New navigational icons, information on our donation activities (under Support renshuu), and a ton of minor bug fixes and improvements!
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1.4.8

February 29, 2024

Various bug fixes, new icons, and community events for March!

1.4.7

January 29, 2024

February refresh, and final changes needed for renshuu's new server (and features!) in February 2024.
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1.4.6

January 10, 2024

Additional menu changes in preparation for the new server!

1.4.5

January 7, 2024

New Year's visual refresh, with additional updates for the upcoming move to renshuu's new server!
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renshuu In-App Purchases History

$3.99

renshuu pro subscription

Monthly access to all of renshuu pro

$6.99

renshuu pro subscription

Monthly access to all of renshuu pro

$6.99

renshuu pro subscription

Monthly access to all of renshuu pro

$49.99

1 year access to renshuu pro

A full year's access to renshuu pro!

$49.99

1 year access to renshuu pro

A full year's access to renshuu pro!

📉 dropped from $59.99 to $49.99 on July 4, 2024

$109.99

Lifetime renshuu pro

A lifetime subscription to renshuu pro!

$109.99

Lifetime renshuu pro

A lifetime subscription to renshuu pro!

📉 dropped from $129.99 to $109.99 on July 4, 2024

Price History of renshuu

Description of renshuu

A cute, ad-free, and enjoyable learning experience is waiting for you in the Renshuu community! The free version is unlimited: there’s no timer before you are forced to pay! - A path for every learning style and every goal - Whether you are getting started with the alphabets or have been studying for years, jump in exactly where you belong! Don’t waste time going through what you already know. Renshuu maintains learning paths for most textbooks, the JLPT, Kanji Kentei, and for those who just want to learn. You can also carve out your own path! Our community has over 10,000 user-made lessons for even more focused learning. - Cute, relaxing, and fun - Our mascot Kao-chan is here to let you enjoy learning Japanese, whether it’s through collectible coins every time you quiz, a character that evolves as you learn, manga pages that you unlock, or hundreds of hand-made illustrations. Additionally, we have both single and multiplayer games to help you keep your learning and reviewing fresh! - Personal service - We are just a two-person company - and we don’t use chat bots. That means that every question you have gets an answer directly from us. - Rich, in-depth materials - > Vocabulary: over 15,000 native-recorded audio files, 17,000 hand-picked images, and 160,000 example sentences make understanding vocabulary a breeze. Our growing library of accent/pitch data can even help you with accent reduction. > Kanji: 12,000+ kanji, with no limits on what you can study! Over 2,000 colorful mnemonics help you to understand and retain the meanings. > Grammar: Over 800 different expressions, each complete with native-written model sentences, construction diagrams, audio, and over 7,500 hand-made quiz questions. > Sentences: Thousands of sentences complete with audio, divided by theme and difficulty levels. - A superior quiz system designed around Japanese - Our SRS-for-Japanese system doesn’t treat Japanese materials like flashcards to be memorized, and breaks every item down into individual components so you can understand, and not just memorize. Mastery schedules keep you studying only what you need to, pushing weaker materials to the front for you to focus on. Dozens of different question styles keep things fresh, while a flexible input system (multiple choice, typing, or writing) lets you answer the way that you want to. - Customizable down to the last character - Renshuu doesn’t believe that there is a single way of studying that everyone should adhere to. Our expansive settings and customizations let you adjust the learning environment to what works best for you. End user license agreement can be viewed here: https://www.renshuu.org/eula
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renshuu: FAQ

Is there an iPad version available for renshuu?

Yes, renshuu is iPad-friendly.
renshuu was released by Michael Hominick.
renshuu minimum iOS requirement is iOS 12.0.
The renshuu app has a consumer rating of 4.9 and gets a lot of positive feedback.
The App Category Of Renshuu Is Education.
The current version of the renshuu app is 1.5.6.
The latest renshuu update was released on July 5, 2024.
The renshuu app originally came out on February 6, 2023.
{{ name}} doesn’t contain potentially objectionable material and is rated Michael Hominick.
Currently, renshuu supports American English.
No, renshuu is not featured on Apple Arcade.
Certainly! Users can make in-app purchases within renshuu.
Sorry, renshuu is not designed for integration with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of renshuu

  • Helpful and engaging

    I was recommended this app by someone who used it to get pretty far in Japanese comprehension. I've started with it, and right off the bat it's intuitive, understandable, and enjoyable. It breaks down what might seem daunting into bite-size pieces to learn and then practice, so you really remember everything. They have tools to remember everything, and though doing it daily may sound like an annoyance, it really helps and is actually quite rewarding!

    Every time you finish a review quiz, you get a random silly picture of Kao-chan, the mascot. It's fun to see what you get every time. Also, as you evolve your comprehension, you evolve your very own Kao-chan, which is really great, and it's always exciting to see him level up! It's also really satisfying to ace a quiz, which is easy enough to do since you only get a little bit to learn at a time and you can review it until you're comfortable. Knowing that I'm learning consistently and well is a real confidence booster, and when you have enough knowledge, you can use it in fun games!

    So in short, I highly recommend this app to anyone who wants to learn Japanese. It's helpful, engaging, rewarding, and even a good introduction into Japanese culture itself. I wish there could be apps like this for every language.

    Developer Response

    Thanks so much for leaving such a kind review! I really appreciate it, and thanks to the person who recommended it to you. I'm glad you're having fun! Fun is key to long-term learning, and so we try to keep it as light and relaxing as possible. I am continuing to work to improve renshuu, so let me know if you have any questions or issues! I am always here at michael@renshuu.org, or the ? button at the top of the app.
  • Best app for actually learning Japanese ever!!

    Renshuu is, by far, the best app ever for learning Japanese. It teaches you both formal and casual styles of Japanese and you can customize it to your preference.
    I was studying on Duolingo for almost 2 years now and it wasn't really getting me anywhere because it was all in textbook style formality and every time it updated it would send my progress wayyyy back which made it really frustrating. Because of Duo I almost gave up on Japanese all together, but thanks to Renshuu I gained back that motivation and love for the language and culture.
    Renshuu has so many amazing features like all the games to make learning fun, which it does, and you can even contact the creator themselves if you have any problems. Luckily I haven't ran into any, so that's good! It also has a dictionary, which is useful from time to time, and even has an adorable little buddy that grows and evolves as you progress!
    It also has the cutest art ever!
    I highly recommend Renshuu for anyone who either wants to learn Japanese or lost motivation but still want to progress further and hopefully gain it back like I did!
    Thank you so so much Michael and Saki for Renshuu!

    Developer Response

    You're quite welcome! Thank you so much for the detailed review, as well as for being part of our learning community! I hope you continue to learn with us for a long time to come. I am continuing to update and expand what we have, so do let me know if you have any questions or issues. I'm always here at michael@renshuu.org, or the ? button at the top of the app.
  • There’s a lot here which is good and bad

    I enjoy the sentence based quizzes, pitch accent markers in vocab, and the ability to save sentences to lists. There are games (I haven’t played them yet), a community tab (full of English posts as far as I’ve seen), and other features. I think the UI is very cluttered. A lot of information is presented in a small space. I can’t find my study pad, and I’m not sure what to do next when I open the app, so I just randomly choose something from the mastery list.

    I think this app offers a lot of value but it needs a redesign. I’m sure there’s a skilled designer out there who would love to donate their time in exchange for a free Pro subscription. I’m also sure there are Frontend engineers who would be happy to implement those designs as well. This looks like a React Native app (I can tell by some of the traditions and the fact that the entire screen responds to pinch gestures). There are lots of React Native developers out there!

    Developer Response

    Thanks for the feedback - renshuu is a very packed app, and so while I am always making updates and improvements, the level of content and customization will prevent it from ever being as simple as other apps out there. I can help guide you if you'd like answers to your questions - but in general, the daily learning/review flow goes through the mastery schedules on your dashboard. Everything else is secondary to that (at the beginning). As I am a solo-dev, renshuu (on iOS) is a Flutter app - it allows me to offer as much as I do while keeping it free for well over 90% of our learners. Thanks again for using it, and there's definitely a learning curve to getting a grasp of everything inside of renshuu. I know that there's no app that is perfect for everyone, but for those who continue to learn with us, there's generally a sense of "it gets better every day" as they continue to explore and understand what we have :) If you have any other questions, comments, or anything else, feel free to reach out to me! I'm always here at michael@renshuu.org, or the ? button at the top of the app.