Ringotan

February 29, 2024

• Added Textbooks "Quartet", "Tobira (Beginner)", and "Yookoso" • Added option to change test area location • Added option to limit new kanji learned per day • Added option to put new kanji before reviews • Updated dictionary databases - some words may have changed! • Added Patreon link • BUGFIX: Some kanji pronunciations are played twice • BUGFIX: Some definitions have extra spaces • BUGFIX: Custom Review lags when using "Grades" lesson • BUGFIX: "Minna No Nihongo" missing some kanji • BUGFIX: Some screens not usable on perfectly square phones (there are dozens of us) • BUGFIX: Some settings not resetting correctly when using "Reset all data"

February 28, 2024

• Added Textbooks "Quartet", "Tobira (Beginner)", and "Yookoso" • Added option to change test area location • Added option to limit new kanji learned per day • Added option to put new kanji before reviews • Updated dictionary databases - some words may have changed! • Added Patreon link • BUGFIX: Some kanji pronunciations are played twice • BUGFIX: Some definitions have extra spaces • BUGFIX: Custom Review lags when using "Grades" lesson • BUGFIX: "Minna No Nihongo" missing some kanji • BUGFIX: Some screens not usable on perfectly square phones (there are dozens of us) • BUGFIX: Some settings not resetting correctly when using "Reset all data"

January 23, 2024

• Added Wanikani API support! • Added 'Review Frequency' and 'Hints While Learning' options • Updated 'Minna no Nihongo' to latest textbook edition • Nerfed Widowmaker • BUGFIX: Screen turns off on its own while using app • BUGFIX: Kanji search not searching definitions • BUGFIX: Using gesture navigation breaks all drawing apps (lol?) • BUGFIX: Sound effects denormalized • BUGFIX: '?' not shown for upcoming kanji sometimes • BUGFIX: Kana tutorials can't be read in dark mode

January 22, 2024

• Added Wanikani API support! • Added 'Review Frequency' and 'Hints While Learning' options • Updated 'Minna no Nihongo' to latest textbook edition • Nerfed Widowmaker • BUGFIX: Screen turns off on its own while using app • BUGFIX: Kanji search not searching definitions • BUGFIX: Using gesture navigation breaks all drawing apps (lol?) • BUGFIX: Sound effects denormalized • BUGFIX: '?' not shown for upcoming kanji sometimes • BUGFIX: Kana tutorials can't be read in dark mode

January 19, 2024

• Added Wanikani API support! • Added 'Review Frequency' and 'Hints While Learning' options • Updated 'Minna no Nihongo' to latest textbook edition • Nerfed Widowmaker • BUGFIX: Screen turns off on its own while using app • BUGFIX: Kanji search not searching definitions • BUGFIX: Using gesture navigation breaks all drawing apps (lol?) • BUGFIX: Sound effects denormalized • BUGFIX: '?' not shown for upcoming kanji sometimes • BUGFIX: Kana tutorials can't be read in dark mode

March 7, 2023

• New lessons: Topokanji, By Grade • Updated lessons: Wanikani, Bojinsha, Japanese for Busy People • Added beginner kana/kanji explanations • "Reset to unknown" now completely forgets the kanji • Added "10% test area size" option • Added a "What's new" popup! • Nerfed Amumu • BUGFIX: Notch covers Kanji definition

November 26, 2022

• Added support for multiple textbooks: Tobira, Minna No Nihongo, Marugoto, Bonjinsha's "Basic Kanji Book" • Show the stroke start/end positions when missing a stroke • Added "Snap to kanji" setting. When disabled, app shows what user is actually drawing rather than snapping to the kanji stroke. • Improved kanji-to-review algorithm to batch lessons into more consistent sizes • Replaced "Kanji" with "Kana" in multiple places in app when user hasn't started learning kanji yet • Added ability to sort by "Time to next review" in Custom Review screen • Lots of small quality-of-life improvements that don't fit here • Disabled Mei due to ice wall exploit • BUGFIX: Not all katakana shown under 'Custom Review' • BUGFIX: Fixed drawing issues with certain strokes of some kanji (参, 組, 心, も) • BUGFIX: 「可愛い」 misspelled • BUGFIX: [iOS] Fixed crash caused by some missing pronunciations • BUGFIX: [iOS] Kanji in bottom definition panel have top 10% cut off • BUGFIX: [iOS] Audio doesn't play when silent mode switch is on • BUGFIX: [iOS] Some colors wrong when phone is in dark mode

November 22, 2022

• Added support for multiple textbooks: Tobira, Minna No Nihongo, Marugoto, Bonjinsha's "Basic Kanji Book" • Show the stroke start/end positions when missing a stroke • Added "Snap to kanji" setting. When disabled, app shows what user is actually drawing rather than snapping to the kanji stroke. • Improved kanji-to-review algorithm to batch lessons into more consistent sizes • Replaced "Kanji" with "Kana" in multiple places in app when user hasn't started learning kanji yet • Added ability to sort by "Time to next review" in Custom Review screen • Lots of small quality-of-life improvements that don't fit here • Disabled Mei due to ice wall exploit • BUGFIX: Not all katakana shown under 'Custom Review' • BUGFIX: Fixed drawing issues with certain strokes of some kanji (参, 組, 心, も) • BUGFIX: 「可愛い」 misspelled • BUGFIX: [iOS] Kanji in bottom definition panel have top 10% cut off • BUGFIX: [iOS] Audio doesn't play when silent mode switch is on • BUGFIX: [iOS] Some colors wrong when phone is in dark mode

July 17, 2022