# Aun — Japanese, one word at a time

> Japanese, one word at a time (iPhone/iPad app by Gaurang Karia.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aun/id6818852480 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gaurang Karia](https://appshunter.io/developer/1853125080)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 24 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Aun?

Make a little Japanese part of your day, or your next trip.

Aun combines a gentle introduction to reading Japanese with practical phrases you can use while visiting Japan. Learn through sound, everyday words, short stories and small moments of practice.

Japan trip essentials
• Open Travel to find any of eight situations: polite essentials, asking for repetition, food, directions, trains, shopping, hotels, and needs and help.
• Hear 32 useful phrases with Japanese, kana, romaji and English.
• Search for a phrase, save it for later or show someone the Japanese in large text.
• Look up phrases straight away, then choose optional practice with short exchanges, listening and recall.
• Travel is available immediately, with no writing exercises required.

Build a Japanese foundation
• Follow 97 guided lessons through all 46 basic hiragana, all 46 basic katakana and 31 introductory kanji.
• Meet characters, listen, build words, trace strokes and practise simple sentences.
• Open Behind the word for optional stories, cultural context and word origins.
• Use Practise to revisit learned words, characters, sentence patterns and your Kotomichi street, with mixed quizzes that bring missed items back later.

Keep Japanese close
Turn a Word card widget through Japanese, its reading and English. Browse completed words with Word dial or find useful Travel phrases from your Home Screen. Hanaki widgets show your circle's tree and progress. Settings includes widget previews and matching light and dark Hanaki wallpapers to save and set yourself. Wallpaper images are snapshots; widgets keep updating as you learn.

Learn together with Circles
Open Circle to invite people by link. Share course progress through iCloud, add your lights to one Hanaki tree and open places together. Circles are optional and require iCloud sign-in. Anyone with the invitation link can join; share it only with people you want in. Each person keeps their local progress when they leave.

Aun is free, with no ads, subscriptions or in-app purchases. No sign-in is needed for solo learning. Solo course progress and saved phrases stay on your device. Making or joining a circle also shares your course progress with its members through iCloud. Japanese audio uses your iPhone's speech voice. Aun provides a foundation for further learning and real conversations.

## Is Aun safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Aun.

## Is Aun legit?

Aun has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Aun is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-23

A calmer way to find your next small step: Today, Practise, Travel and Circle now have their own tabs. Look up travel phrases straight away, keep useful phrases saved, and choose practice when you have time.

Keep Japanese close with new Word card, Word dial and Travel phrases widgets, plus Hanaki previews and matching light and dark wallpapers in Settings.

Lessons have clearer instructions and spacing, with optional Behind the word notes for cultural context and word origins. We also improved compact-screen layouts and widget readings.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-16

Meet Japan trip essentials: 32 useful phrases across eight everyday situations, with Japanese audio, short exchanges and listening practice. Search, save your phrases and show someone the Japanese in large text.

The course now includes 97 guided lessons covering basic hiragana and katakana, plus 31 introductory kanji and simple grammar. Discover stories behind words, revisit what you know with Review quizzes, and find new discoveries and daily encouragement in your widgets.

Learn together with Circles: make a circle in Tomula, invite people by link and grow one shared tree. Circles use iCloud; each person keeps their own course progress when they leave.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-13

No release notes.

## More apps by Gaurang Karia

- [KidSchedule](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kidschedule/id6759501601)

All apps by Gaurang Karia: https://appshunter.io/developer/1853125080

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