# Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics — user reviews > 203 indexed App Store user reviews of Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics by Byrne Bob, rated 3.80/5 from 53 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dr-mokus-hiragana-mnemonics/id387585135/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dr-mokus-hiragana-mnemonics/id387585135.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 32 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Quick learning - 👍 Effective mnemonics - 💡 Helpful visuals - 🚀 Mastered hiragana in 1 hour - 🚀 Learned all 46 characters in a day **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes during quizzes - 🐛 Audio issues - 💡 Missing modified hiragana - 💡 Needs writing practice - 💰 Expensive for some **Commonly reported bugs** - Hiragana chart has errors - Ads interfere with usage - Downloading issues **Most requested features** - Add modified hiragana learning mode - Allow randomization of characters in writing practice - Provide option to disable sound effects - Develop Kanji version of the app ## Newest reviews (14 of 203) ### 3/5 — okay App *2025-03-22, version 3.4* This app use to be really good but it’s just not the same. It doesn’t move through auto - play & there are too many different versions of this app. That’s it’s confusing please do better. ### 2/5 — Piss take *2024-05-10, version 3.4* I feel like the pictorial examples used to remember hiragana characters are far off what most people would find easy to remember. For example, instead of having the character of Su being drawn as a sumo with the fat tummy, it’s some how drawn into some flying dude which, I cannot see how I can remember that in my own. ### 3/5 — The hiragana app is not working *2024-03-05, version 3.4* The hiragana part of the app is not working I cannot open it ### 3/5 — Good idea, but can be better *2023-06-22, version 3.4* Cons: - autoplay doesn't work. It stops at the A symbol - application does not remember where you were when learning symbols - application does not remember settings - images that should allow remembering the symbol are not always the best choice Pros: - great idea to remember hiragana by creating associations - well-done graphics design ### 4/5 — Sympa *2023-03-14, version 3.4* Bonjour bien fait, j’ai quelques caractères bien gravés grâce aux carte. Par contre l’autoplay ne fonctionne pas. ### 4/5 — Awesome! But I think there’s a bug w the full version *2022-06-28, version 3.1* So helpful!! Makes it easy to get the hang of it, but the reading phrase practice quiz I think is buggy, every time I try to select a phrase the app crashes, would be complete five stars if this was fixed and didn’t have to restart everytime a learning session is selection, would be cool to have a “shuffle” option for everything!! ### 4/5 — Good *2022-04-22, version 3.1* At the beginning it wasn’t working but then the next day the apps started to work. And it’s very helpful so far it’s good ### 3/5 — Good but… *2021-09-11, version 3.1* When you’re listening to music and try to do quizzes it stops your music even if you mute sounds in the app. The features to practice writing could be better. Some of the flash cards don’t have the full strokes of the characters so it makes it a little hard to use that for writing practice. ### 3/5 — Some glitches on quizzes *2020-12-03, version 3.1* This app has pronunciation glitches. When doing quizzes, the pronunciations sometimes are totally off and don’t match the words. Other than that, I like the visual memorizations. ### 4/5 — Me encanta y espero que sigan añadiendo contenido *2020-04-15, version 2.7* No lo creía al principio, pero se aprende súper rápido con las reglas mnemotécnicas... que si la llave, darle de comer al narval, los noodles!! Me compré el pack y espero que sigan añadiendo contenido, es un gran trabajo :) ### 4/5 — Good App Overall *2020-04-05, version 2.7* Helped me learn Hiragana and master it quickly. Add Dakuten into the lesson though. That is my recommendation. ### 4/5 — Seguid actualizándola porfavor *2019-11-21, version 2.7* No la dejeis de lado. Es una grandiosa app para aprender japonés, no he encontrado otra igual. Adaptarla a las nuevas versiones y moviles, implementad el Español y ponerla al día. He pagado el pack completo, espero que sigáis manteniéndola 🙏 ### 4/5 — Very good app. *2019-08-26, version 2.7* The mnemonics works for me and helps me remember the different characters ina flash. My only suggestion is that on the quiz, I hope they add the feature of reviewing the missed characters at the end of the quiz. Otherwise, the app is very helpful for beginner learners of the Japanese language. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Modified Hiragana *2019-07-19, version 2.7* Good app, I love it but there is no explanation for modified hiragana, how will we understand them? Thank you I am improving my hiragana ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t by it *2026-06-18, version 3.4* It’s the worst mnemonics I’ve ever seen in my life. ### 1/5 — App is glitched *2026-05-27, version 3.4* Everyone is right when they tell you that the autoplay function is jammed. You cannot learn without it. And they won’t fix it and haven’t for years. Don’t buy this. ### 1/5 — Waste of 5$ *2025-01-23, version 3.4* You can really get these info on free pdfs online… nothing special about the app. Some of the mnemonics are also weird. I wish you could get a refund but you know… Apple ### 1/5 — Auto play doesn't work in this or the Katakana app *2024-08-08, version 3.4* Some update must've screw things up. It used to be you would put it on autoplay and it would go through all the Hiragana automatically. I tried to re-download it, but it doesn't anymore. So annoying. ### 1/5 — Just not as good as anything else out there. *2022-09-06, version 3.1* The app is functional but doesn’t have the finesse to make itself worthwhile. Why pay when there are free charts and apps that are almost identical or better. The descriptions also use words that don’t match either the letters or the sounds and can be pretty confusing. For る, Russian and rubies are words used to describe but it only sounds like rubies, so why confuse the learner. This happens throughout. And then the UI is pretty hard to flick between different parts, and only self checking for errors makes this app pretty weak compared to its competitors. Definitely overpriced. ### 1/5 — I payed for it and I couldn’t do anything *2021-10-22, version 3.1* I payed for this app excited that I could start learning Japanese better. I was wrong. I opened the app and it said, download the app please, so basically, I payed for it, opened it, and cant do anything. So i wasted my time trying to learn Japanese by spending my money to be told "download the app please". Such a waste of my money. Don't buy unless you want to be disappointed that you cant do anything. This is such cap. 👎🏽 ### 1/5 — ... *2019-05-24, version 2.7* It doesn’t let u draw Japanese letters/words FIX IT NO ### 1/5 — Awful *2018-09-21, version 2.7* Extremely poor mnemonics, huge stretches of the imagination that do not relate anything in a meaningful way ### 1/5 — Too Many ads! *2017-11-26, version 2.7* To many Dr Moku ads on paid Version! ### 1/5 — Not worth money *2017-11-03, version 2.7* First let me say that most of mnemonics rely very much on things out side the actual kana. Some are okay but most are hard to remember. Don’t get this. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Tolle App *2026-07-05, version 3.4* Ist zwar auf englisch, aber es sind sehr gute Eselsbrücken darin um sich die Hiragana Zeichen zu merken. Genau das was ich gesucht habe. Außerdem gibt es gute Möglichkeiten zu üben. Ist sein Geld definitiv wert. ### 5/5 — Works great! *2024-08-14, version 3.4* Everyone is different and learns in their own way. For me, I have found this app works well to study and remember all of the characters. ### 5/5 — I memorized all 46 hiragana in one night! *2023-03-16, version 3.4* I have a very visual-based memory, and this style of learning just clicked. I’ve tried using other language learning apps and sites in the past but always had problems memorizing the characters. I’ll continue to take the quizzes until I don’t have to think when I see the characters. Thank you for such a simple yet effective tool. ### 5/5 — This is a big help for beginners *2022-04-13, version 3.1* I just started learning Japanese and the association make learning letters SOOOO much easier. Excited to continue learning! ### 5/5 — Great app. *2021-01-17, version 3.1* What a great learning system. I learned Hiragana in 15 hours. I ended up downloading a free quiz app and bounced back and forth between the two apps. ### 5/5 — DOWNLOAD THIS *2020-10-29, version 3.1* I’m in a fast pass Japanese class and had to learn everything in 2 weeks. Sounds insane because it is. This app is amazing with helping ways to remember it. I’m not sure why this isn’t more known for Japanese students. Worth every penny. ### 5/5 — Learned all the Hiragana in one morning *2020-08-28, version 3.1* I’ve been learning languages with Duolingo during the pandemic. The hiragana were tricky to learn so I looked for a good app. The mnemonics were simple, funny, and I just got a perfect score on the quiz with all 46 characters - all within 2 hours of downloading the app. There are some simple fixes I’d love to see, such as when you see how to write the character you can’t continue scrolling after you get back. The app is perfect for its purpose. No subscription either which I love. Very happy I downloaded it! ### 5/5 — Very good and fun way to learn the basics through games and pictures! *2020-07-01, version 3.1* I totally recommend getting the bundle! It has surely helped me with my Japanese reading skills! ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2020-04-25, version 2.7* I was trying to learn Japanese characters for about 3 months and tried so many different programs and it just wouldn’t sink in. I was very skeptical getting this app but it does the trick. I am a visual person and the way they are teaching is perfect for me. Absolutely love it. ### 5/5 — I like this app but *2019-07-22, version 2.7* I upgraded the lite and it charges me but didn’t get the upgrade, so I tried purchasing it again but it charge me again, i was hoping that it didn’t because i already upgraded it. Thinking that it will notify me of double purchase but it didn’t. --- *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.*