
HiraKata - Hiragana & Katakana
Learn the Japanese alphabet
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HiraKata helps you learn Japanese kana in a simple, fast, and motivating way.
Master Hiragana and Katakana with a smart quiz that adapts to your mistakes, then strengthen your reading, listening, and writing through tools designed for short, consistent practice.
What you'll love:
- Guided lessons path: progress phase by phase with a mascot that guides and cheers you on.
- Adaptive quiz: the app tracks common confusions and brings difficult kana back more often.
- Four training modes: Symbol -> Romaji, Romaji -> Symbol, Audio -> Kana, and Romaji -> Draw.
- Built-in Japanese pronunciation with multiple voice options for listening practice.
- Writing practice: draw kana and get a score based on recognition and stroke evaluation.
- Two attempts per kana in drawing mode, with a stroke-count hint when needed.
- Drawing discovery mode lets you practice with a visual guide in the background without affecting your accuracy.
- Quick session setup: choose Hiragana, Katakana, or both, pick the categories you want to review, and select your quiz mode before you start.
- Precise kana selection to target exactly what you want to practice.
- Personalized learning path: Hiragana, Katakana, or both.
- Flexible categories: Gojūon, Dakuten, Handakuten, and Yōon.
- Interactive learning table with progress view, mastery levels, and stroke-order display.
- Detailed kana cards with romaji, audio playback, and direct access to writing practice.
- Free practice from the learning table to train one kana at a time.
- Multiple Japanese fonts to vary reading exposure during quizzes.
- Progress tracking: accuracy, streak, sessions, and mastery level per kana.
- Home-screen widgets: a kana to recognize and its reading, changing every minute so you review even without opening the app, prioritizing the kana you haven't mastered yet.
- Session recap to quickly review your answers after each run.
- Send feedback directly from Settings.
- Clean, smooth interface with system, light, and dark themes.
- Available in French, English, and Spanish, with pronunciation and display preferences.
Designed for short, consistent practice sessions, HiraKata helps you review, recognize, listen to, and write kana in just a few minutes a day.
Download HiraKata and turn your kana learning into an effective daily habit.
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What's New in HiraKata
1.4.1
June 30, 2026
- New home-screen widgets: the kana to recognize on one page, its reading on the next — swipe to check yourself. A new kana every minute, even without opening the app. - Widgets prioritize the kana you haven't mastered yet and display in the app's language (English by default). - Accessibility improvements: screen-reader labels, reduced-motion support, and a silent-mode alert. - Performance and stability improvements.
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