# Japanese-hiragana — user reviews

> 133 indexed App Store user reviews of Japanese by hk2006, rated 4.10/5 from 46 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japanese-hiragana/id492215819/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japanese-hiragana/id492215819.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 31 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 7

## What do users think of Japanese?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎵 Catchy songs aid memory retention
- ✍️ Effective stroke order teaching method
- 🎮 Multiple game modes for practice
- 🖼️ Visual associations with cute pictures
- 📚 Complete hiragana alphabet coverage
- 🎧 Audio pronunciation reinforcement
- 💰 Free app with no paywall
- 🎨 Colorful and engaging interface
- 🌍 Immersion-based learning approach
- 👶 Suitable for all ages including children

**Cons**

- 🔊 Annoying repetitive voice audio
- 📱 Entirely in Japanese interface
- ⚡ Fast-paced content difficult to follow
- 🎯 Lacks clear instructions for beginners
- 📝 No English translations provided
- 🎬 Excessive advertisements
- 🔤 Unclear pronunciation in some recordings
- ⚙️ No romaji option available
- 🎮 Limited scope - hiragana only
- 🖱️ Loose stroke detection boundaries

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes during use
- Audio clarity issues in some areas
- Loose stroke boundary detection
- Occasional glitches with character writing
- Inconsistent audio pronunciation
- App shutdown during gameplay

**Most requested features**

- English subtitles or translations
- Romaji option for beginners
- Ad-free premium version
- Katakana and kanji expansion
- Sentence structure lessons
- Voice pronunciation recording feature
- Slower playback speed option
- Better audio quality
- Tenten and maru character support
- English help page or tutorial

## Newest reviews (10 of 133)

### 4/5 — 書きやすくていい！

*2021-03-19*

書きやすくてとてもいい。ただ「す」やは「十」と書いても認識するので誤認識で覚えそうで正しく書けているか見ている必要があります。くるん　と書くぶぶんだけ　もう少しちゃんと書けているか判定してほしいです

### 4/5 — Good but could use some expansion

*2021-03-07*

I used this while learning the basics of Japanese while I was in college. The rhythm in which the voices speak hiragana has always stuck with me. That’s said, this app could use some improvement Teaching sentence structure would be very useful for any user of any age.

### 5/5 — People who say the voices are annoying, are wrong.

*2020-07-06*

It’s an absolute bop, 10/10
A, a, akachan! Akachan! A. A!
I, i, ichigo! Ichigo! I. I!
U, u, udon! Udon! U. U!
E, e, eiga! Eiga! E. E!
O, o, onpu! Onpu! O. O!
A i u e o!

### 5/5 — Oh yes

*2020-06-30*

I accidentally downloaded this app thinking it is CoD, but I showed dumplings, and I love dumplings.

### 5/5 — Japanese learning

*2020-04-29*

This is the best my Japanese teacher is right it dose drive my parents mad 😡 so I do have to wear headphones other by that it is a really good app I was behind on Japanese now I’m not behind on it thanks to this app 🙂 . From Japanese learner

### 3/5 — 色弱

*2020-04-26*

うちの子はどうやら色弱があり、残念ながらひらがなの優しい単語クイズのヒントになる黄色、水色、緑が見分けられないようです。。全然ヒントにならないので、青や、赤で明確にしてもらえると助かります。。
上の子が小さい頃（10年位前）から愛用しています！ありがとうございます。

### 4/5 — 発音が…

*2020-04-23*

ちょっと言葉が聞き取りにくいです。
改善してくれると、ありがたいです。
お願いします！

### 4/5 — Bom

*2019-09-25, version 3.0.0*

Este app me ajudou bastante quando comecei a estudar japonês, ele é simples mas é bom.Recomendo

### 5/5 — AMAZING APP

*2019-05-05*

At school in learn Japanese but I didn’t really learn anything and I downloaded this app and I get great grades in Japanese class. I highly recommend it 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

### 5/5 — Please release an update.

*2019-04-17*

Most language apps help you learn relatively at your own pace, but this one is different. While it’s true that the voices are annoying, they’ve helped me exponentially more than just hearing the word or letter once before. And the flash cards? You can’t get the same deck twice, but there’s always overlap with respect to each level. Pretty rough to start if you’re learning from scratch, I think. But after a couple of short rounds, I started to remember, and it genuinely became fun to compete with the clock and that slap-happy hand. Word of advice? Learn with the kids’ apps; they might be annoying but you’ll definitely remember.

Also please release an update!!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Weird music

*2025-08-21*

I hate this

### 1/5 — Why this game is truly useless.

*2023-03-20*

This game is just straight to the point, and supposedly teaches you Japanese but ends up teaching you absolutely nothing! It has no instructions and just goes straight to the point without any feedback in the end. It gives you no advice and you barely understand what the words mean besides simple visual clues. Therefore you should either delete it immediately or don’t download it whatsoever.

### 1/5 — Amazing 5 stars

*2023-02-03*

Such a good app the best ever

### 1/5 — I don’t recommend it

*2022-03-09*

Doesn’t help

### 1/5 — 広告が不適切です

*2021-11-05*

使い勝手は良さそうですが表示される広告が、喫煙器具など明らかに年齢レートから外れています。
早急に改善して下さい。

### 1/5 — Bad

*2021-08-09*

Horrible

### 1/5 — UTTER GARBAGE

*2020-10-11*

Had to use this app in school. I hate it. Makes me feel like I’m having heart palpitations. This song killed my great great grandma. Utter rubbish.

### 1/5 — 18禁の広告ばかり表示

*2020-08-21*

どうにかならないでしょうか。
子どもが使うのに。

### 1/5 — カルタはいらない

*2019-05-22*

イラストのカルタが不要で、こどもがそればかりやりたがってひらがなの練習になりません。

### 1/5 — ads... advertisements everywhere ;(

*2019-05-22*

SO MANY ADS. it’s a perfect app but the ads are unbearable. PLEASE LET ME PAY TO STOP ADS I WILL PAY YOU!!! until then 1 star sorry :(:(:(

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Very good!

*2025-10-12, version 3.0.0*

As a half Japanese, this app really helped me to learn and memorize the hiragana characters! I really REALLY recommend!!
これめっちゃすごいよ！٩( 'ω' )و

### 5/5 — 最高‼︎

*2024-12-18*

今中学なんだけど小さい頃これやってて今でも役にたってる‼︎

### 5/5 — 子供の教育に最適

*2024-07-30*

ひらがなを覚えさせたく、何かいいアプリはないかと探しているとこのアプリに辿り着きました。
なぞって覚えたりするなどの簡単な操作なので幼い子供でも簡単に出来ます。とってもいいアプリです。

### 5/5 — amazing

*2023-11-02*

best app ever

### 5/5 — good app

*2021-08-24*

hello this is a good app that is all to say

### 5/5 — Gracias Kira sensei

*2021-07-12, version 3.0.0*

Excelente app

### 5/5 — I like this app

*2021-03-14*

This really helps me with learn hiragana quickly, and other words this is a good app to help me with words and the Japanese hiragana

### 5/5 — I had to download this for school it’s amazing

*2021-02-22*

It really helped me

### 5/5 — Absolutely helpful

*2021-02-15*

I installed this app at the order of my Japanese teacher and have been stuck in a loop for the past week!

### 5/5 — I really like it

*2020-08-28, version 3.0.0*

Good way of learning thanck you 😁

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