# Doriru: Learn Japanese — Kanji, Hiragana & Katakana

> Kanji, Hiragana & Katakana (iPhone/iPad app by Juan Carlos Mayoral.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doriru-learn-japanese/id6761436932 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Juan Carlos Mayoral](https://appshunter.io/developer/401002623)
- Category: Education, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 110 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-12
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Doriru?

Learn Japanese the way students in Japan do: by writing it, stroke by stroke.

Doriru is named after ドリル, the drill workbooks Japanese students practice kanji in. Tell it where you are and it lays out a path of small, clear steps, from your first hiragana to N1 kanji. Ten minutes a day is enough to start.

WRITE EVERY CHARACTER
• Animated stroke-order guides for kana and kanji
• Practice grids with center guides, like a Japanese drill book
• With a stylus, strokes respond to pressure and speed, and you choose the line thickness

A PATH THAT STARTS WHERE YOU ARE
• Starting from zero, know a little, preparing for JLPT N5 or past your first JLPT: Doriru builds your route from your answer
• Small milestones of hiragana, katakana, words and kanji, level by level up to N1
• New to Japanese? A short guide explains how its three scripts work

6 WAYS TO PRACTICE
• Flashcards for kana, kanji and vocabulary
• Kanji quiz and reading quiz
• Vocabulary puzzle: drag the syllables into place to spell each word's reading

2,100+ KANJI. 2,800+ WORDS.
• Kanji by JLPT level (N5–N1) or by school grade
• Complete hiragana and katakana
• Vocabulary from N5 to N3
• Search kanji by character, meaning or reading
• Everything lives on your device: no account, no connection needed

BUILD THE HABIT
• Set a daily goal and keep your streak
• Watch every character move from studied to mastered
• Bookmark the characters you want to come back to

COMFORTABLE TO USE
• Light and dark mode
• Clean layouts for phone and tablet
• Modern or classic Japanese font

FREE AND PRO
Free: hiragana, katakana, JLPT N5 and grade 1 kanji, and N5 vocabulary, with writing practice and every game. Doriru Pro unlocks every kanji and vocabulary level, unlimited bookmarks and the classic font.

Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Doriru Pro | $17.99 | per year |
| Doriru Pro | $1.99 | per month |


## Is Doriru safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Doriru.

## Is Doriru legit?

Doriru: Learn Japanese appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Doriru is 68 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.1 — 2026-10-10

The biggest Doriru update yet:
• A personal path from your first hiragana to N1 kanji, built around your level
• Vocabulary: 2,800+ words from N5 to N3, with 3 new games
• A daily goal, a streak and stats that show your progress
• New to Japanese? A short guide to how it's written
• A celebration when you hit an answer streak or finish a step
• Kana cards can show hiragana, katakana or both
• A fresh new design

### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-05

- Fix status bar not visible in light theme
- Adding support for multiple languages
- Add onboarding translation
- Implement Kanji study cards by level

### 1.2.2 — 2026-07-17

- Add spanish dictionary meanings for practice
- Now kanji card game has spanish meanings
- Fix some UI alignment bugs

### 1.2.1 — 2026-07-11

- New Kana quiz
- New Kanji memory card game to improve learning

### 1.2.0 — 2026-06-30

- Now you can practice JLPT1 and Grade 1 Kanjis for free
- Added a new Kana memory card game
- Added a search functionality

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## More apps by Juan Carlos Mayoral

- [MiPrestamo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/miprestamo/id401002620)

All apps by Juan Carlos Mayoral: https://appshunter.io/developer/401002623

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