# Dr. Moku's Hiragana LITE — user reviews > 80 indexed App Store user reviews of Dr. Moku's Hiragana LITE by Byrne Bob, rated 3.10/5 from 29 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dr-mokus-hiragana-lite/id387585229/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dr-mokus-hiragana-lite/id387585229.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Dr. Moku's Hiragana LITE? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ✨ Effective memorization method - 🧠 Mnemonics aid retention - 🚀 Fast learning progress - 👍 Easy to use interface - 💡 Visual learning support - 🎉 Fun and engaging - 💯 Worth the purchase - 🌟 Great for beginners - ✅ Helps retain characters - 🗣️ Pronunciation audio included - 🖼️ Quirky images helpful **Cons** - 💰 Paid content limitations - 🆓 Limited free version - 💸 High price for full version - 🤔 Some mnemonics unclear - 📱 Interface not user-friendly - 📉 Inconsistent learning - 🤷 Not for everyone **Commonly reported bugs** - Touch not working on iPad Pro - Lost purchases after update - App won't download - Testing on unseen characters - Quiz returns to main menu - Audio not working **Most requested features** - Add yoon and gojuon to mnemonics - Manual play per row/two rows - More words and letters - Lower price to $2 - Include diacritics (voiced/semi-voiced) - Option to select specific hiragana for practice - Improve stroke order accuracy - Add Arabic version - More interactivity - Trace characters on screen - Fix audio issues - Make full version features clearer ## Newest reviews (14 of 80) ### 4/5 — So cool *2022-04-10, version 3.1* Its amazing,it teaches every hiragana for free ### 3/5 — To mr moku *2022-01-01, version 3.1* I don’t like that I have to pay to learn all of the alphabet because this was my only chance to learn Japanese on my device ### 2/5 — De. Moku’s Hiragana *2021-07-22, version 3.1* Not a great app. A few good ways to learn the characters but no review lessons or exercises. There are better lessons on YouTube. ### 3/5 — why is it payed now? *2021-01-15* I got the app few years ago on the same iCloud for FREE and learned little bit on hiragana but it deleted it as I lost interest in Japanese,, now I wanted to get this app again but it is asking me to pay. It’s a really nice app but I don’t want to pay for it ### 4/5 — It’s amazing but.... *2020-08-17, version 3.1* I learned a lot from it, but I didn’t learn all hiragana, you really helped me tho, I only got to learn 3 words in hiragana from this app, and prob like 15 letters. This app was amazing but maybe try adding more words and letters, I love this app so much, I have now downloaded the free katakana one, and now am learning katakana, you really helped me! But like I said, try adding a couple more words and like 20 more letters, :D I will deffinetly say you should lower the price from 5 USD to 2 USD. ### 3/5 — It’s alright *2019-09-23, version 2.5* I didn’t really learn much and was disappointed that you couldn’t really learn enough unless you pay ### 4/5 — Needs yoon and gojuon *2019-05-23, version 2.5* The app is good but really needs to include yoon and gojuon into the mnemonics. It would also be great to be able to do manual play per row or two rows rather than just the entire set of hiragana. ### 3/5 — Good, but could be better *2019-03-23, version 2.5* Seems like it could be a good app but sadly the “lite” version (at the time of writing) only has 15 hiragana out of 46 so for it to be of any use as a learning tool you need to buy the full version. However it’s a useful “taster” of what the full version might be like. ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2018-02-27, version 2.5* Literally learned hirgana and katakana off by heart- the good think about this is that you just have to buy it once and its there if you ever forget your characters. I think this must be the best japanese character app out there- i used this last year and still remember the character. AMAZING! Thankyou- looking forward to more languages like chinese ! ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2018-02-20, version 2.5* Turns out he is amazing. This app actually helps you. At fists you might not think but now it's soooo good ### 5/5 — Works Really Fast *2018-01-22, version 2.5* I heard about this app when I was searching online for the best apps to learn Japanese. I tried the lite version and realized it had me reading hiragana in minutes, so I had the upgrade to the full version. I am using this along with Rosetta Stone and they pair really well together. Make sure you try out the quizzes and word search. Kinda a sneaky way to learn some vocabulary while learning hiragana. Also the app creator responded to my questions right away personally which I thought was very nice. ### 3/5 — Really Good *2017-07-17, version 2.5* I actually really like this app. There are lots of apps out there that are rubbish, but this one offers a lot of ways to learn Japanese, and it's overall really helpful. ### 3/5 — Okay. *2017-02-12, version 2.2* Well, I'm not complaining. I didn't pay to get this app. It's just, only download if you want a hands off, interactionles app. ### 3/5 — Works with some problems *2017-02-07, version 2.2* I have the paid version and the audio feature doesn't work (ios 10.2.1) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Touch doesn’t work on iPad Pro *2023-11-18, version 3.4* I can’t trace the letters anymore. Glitch with latest update? ### 1/5 — Dude. *2021-10-23, version 3.1* Developers need to come here there is not enough. ### 1/5 — Upgrade? *2019-09-12, version 2.5* I purchased an upgrade from this app and was charged, but never got the upgrade. ### 1/5 — Crippled preview *2017-11-08, version 2.5* Worthless unless you pay up. ### 1/5 — Broken! Updated and lost purchases! *2017-05-07, version 2.4* A decent app, or so I thought. I purchased the full version to get all the symbols, and went updated I lost everything and the app is telling me to upgrade again! Horrible and broken! Waste of money!! ### 1/5 — Проблемы с обновлением *2017-03-21* После обновления программа слетела на lite версию. Покупала hiragana и katakana, слетели обе. Как восстановить покупку? Счета есть. ### 1/5 — Can't get anywhere free *2015-05-10, version 2.1* It only lets u study a quarter of the letters for free, not worth the time to download unless you are looking to pay ### 1/5 — Nope. *2015-02-20, version 2.1* Not for me ### 1/5 — Garbage *2013-09-11, version 1.9* This app is complete bull! It couldn't possibly be worse, its a utter disgrace to the App Store. Why would you even learn Japanese anyway it's a rubbish language. ### 1/5 — Dr Moku *2013-05-16, version 1.8* This game helps some of the time with Japanese. But I'd recommend adding all the hiragana characters and quizzing us with that amount ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Super !!! mais... *2021-03-16* Applications super pratique j’ai réussi à apprendre les premières lettres en quelques minutes je recommande très fortement le somme problème c’est qu’il n’y ai pas de version complète c’est gratuit ça serait bien de pouvoir la voir en mettant des pubs... Sinon vraiment super !!!😆 ### 5/5 — Fixed *2020-03-11, version 2.5* Issue was fixed promptly. ### 5/5 — Definitely worth it *2019-08-18, version 2.5* I'm a visual learner so this app is absolutely for me. This is not the only app that can help you to influence in Japanese, that's why i combine this with other Japanese language learning app. This app helps me at the beginning as to memorize Hiragana words more faster, and longer, After that, when you already have the Hiragana foundation, moving on to Katakana and Kanji is a no problem xD I can still memorize the visual art which characterize for Hiragana words later on. ### 5/5 — I’m really in love with this app *2019-07-18* It is working and I am having progress. Thanks for providing this app ♥️ ### 5/5 — Unbelievable!! *2019-05-10, version 2.5* Thank you Dr. Moku. I learned Hiragana and Katakana in only a few days. I would give more than five Stars of thats possierlich. These two apps are awesome! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Dr Moku’s is my favorite app I own! *2019-03-23, version 2.5* I downloaded this lite version of the app just to try it out. I was amazed at how quickly I was able to memorize many Japanese letters! I have multiple other free apps that help memorize hiragana, but the letters made no sense to me and it was incredibly difficult to learn and retain even a few of them. With Dr. Moku, you associate the letters with pictures and silly phrases. This made all the difference and I bought the full version immediately. I have easily retained every hiragana letter for a year now. Also there are quizzes, a step by step of how to write each letter, and an extensive vocabulary list when you purchase the full version. I very rarely buy apps, but this one is worth every penny. Dr Moku also has an app to help learn katakana. I promise you it is essential if you want to learn and easily retain the katakana alphabet. You can be stubborn like I was and try to learn on your own, but you will not regret purchasing both apps. As a bonus, you can purchase both apps as a bundle and save a few dollars! If I could give Dr Moku’s apps more than 5 stars I would! ### 5/5 — The best app to learn Hiragana *2019-02-24, version 2.5* With this app I learned Hiragana within a few days. I upgraded it and also purchased the one for Katakana. The images and mnemonics are very helpful and easy to recognize. Also I liked the quiz and crossword puzzles for training the Hiragana. It would be nice if there would be some others quiz’s and quiz options like not the whole Hiragana for beginners. If you like to learn Japanese fast and good, go with Dr. Mokus Apps! ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2018-09-21, version 2.5* Very amazing app with an easy process and a lot to do just for a free app! I absolutely love it and 100% reccomend it!! ### 5/5 — SUPER GOOD GET IT NOW NOW NOW!!!😄😄😄 *2018-05-24, version 2.5* THIS IS THE BEST APP EVER AND ITS SUPER FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD GET IT NOW PLZ PLZ PLZ GET IT NOW IF YOU DONT YOUR MISS OUT ON THE FUN!!!!!! ### 5/5 — This app is amazing *2018-04-13, version 2.5* I love this app so much!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*