# Kana Mind: Katakana & Hiragana — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of Kana Mind by Jose Caneiro, rated 4.90/5 from 41 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kana-mind-katakana-and-hiragana/id949211040/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kana-mind-katakana-and-hiragana/id949211040.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 38 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (16 of 39) ### 5/5 — Joy35 *2020-02-15, version 2.2.0* Great! Functional and easy to use. I like the classic font and the different options available. Suggestion: some audio to learn the pronunciation would make it even better. Thanks! ### 5/5 — The best *2020-01-04, version 2.2.0* I’ve tried many kana flash card apps and this is absolutely the best of the bunch. Highly recommended if you are learning katakana and hiragana. ### 5/5 — Best app for learning katakana and hiragana *2019-12-28, version 2.2.0* Excellent app for practicing hiragana and katakana. Hiding the answers is helpful too if you want to write it out in your mind before choosing an answer. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2019-09-15, version 2.2.0* I’ve been having trouble learning Japanese, especially with the characters. This app has really been a great help and has accelerated my learning a lot faster than simply doing books with tracing exercises. ### 5/5 — Best one I’ve found *2019-05-07, version 2.2.0* Actually teaches from scratch ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2019-05-03, version 2.2.0* Great app for learning Kana!!! ### 5/5 — Excelent *2019-03-26, version 2.2.0* Thank You ! :-) ### 5/5 — Awesome practice app *2018-12-27, version 2.2.0* This is not the best app for learning kana from scratch. However, once you know kana, this is by far the best app for practice. You can choose which kana appear and it includes maru and tenten which many apps don’t. Use this app to improve reading speed! ### 5/5 — Simplement utile *2018-12-26, version 2.2.0* Une application toute simple et extrêmement utile pour apprendre les kana. ### 5/5 — Great refresher and start *2018-10-29, version 2.2.0* I'd forgotten the whole system after having memorized the katakana and hiragana years ago. After fiddling with this for an hour or so I started recalling and cementing. It's a great companion and reminder when you forget certain ones as you're reading a basic level book! Go for it ### 5/5 — Amazing app! *2018-08-10, version 2.2.0* I've been using this app for well over a few years now. Its super simple to use and i've never had an issue with it. It's great to do whenever you're bored, on the bus, train, while eating etc. just to refresh your memory. It turns learning kana into a fun game and genuinely helps me remember. 10/10 would recommend ### 5/5 — Super *2018-06-17, version 2.2.0* Super appli pour s’exercer à mémoriser les Kana, a force de répétition ! ### 5/5 — Kana Mind Blown! *2018-05-29, version 2.2.0* It only took me 3-4 days to get good at the game, and it was the best help I had at memorizing kana. Read out loud before answering, and reach 100%. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Deserves 10 Stars!! *2018-01-09, version 2.2.0* I was super excited to find this app! I’ve been trying to find something to help me with Katakana, and the few Hiragana characters that are more challenging. This app is perfect! I love the learning feature, it really helps reinforce the romaji/sound that belongs with the character. The proficiency feature is awesome as well! I love being able to see the progress I’m making, in real time. For the first time in years, I feel like I’ve learned so much in just a few hours! I can’t wait to see how well I can read Kana after using this app for a week! The only suggestion I’d make would be an option for a timed run through. Like the characters change after so many seconds, or something. I know speed isn’t as important, but I feel that it would help with focus at times, and beating the clock would feel good as well :) Thank you so much for creating this fantastic app!! ### 5/5 — My Favorite Kana App, Now 64 Bit! *2017-09-09, version 1.9.2* I tried at least 15 different Kana learning apps and hated all of them except this one. I was sad that it hadn't been updated in a long time and might disappear soon. No more! I am extremely excited to leave this as a permanent install on my iPhone and iPad, because it's simple, fun, and really, really good. Would happily pay for it if it wasn't free! ### 5/5 — Very useful *2017-07-26, version 1.9.2* I don't typically write reviews. But this app has been so helpful in my journey of learning Japanese. I'm using a language learning software and every time I get to Katakana I've always glossed it over because I've never seen or cared to memorize those characters before, unlike Hiragana which is everywhere and easily recognized. I've always thought all Katakana were the same. Thanks to this app, within less than a week I know exactly the sounds those Katakana make (most of the time it's English too). As an added bonus I had Hiragana mixed in with my flash cards. So I've learned to identify Hiragana better as well. Thank you for this wonderful resource! My only complaint is that there's only one font for the kana. It's a challenge at first, but after a while I got used to it and can identify the characters throughout different fonts. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 3/5 — Naja, es geht *2020-04-26, version 2.2.0* Das System an sich zum lernen ist gut und leicht verständlich. Doch sollte man das auch fehlerfrei beibringen. Character im Hiragana wie zum Beispiel „ti“ und „si“ gibt es so an sich nicht. Es heißt in dem Fall „CHI“ und „shi“. ### 3/5 — Kana mind *2019-11-19, version 2.2.0* Pas très fiable ### 3/5 — Kana Mind *2018-10-21, version 2.2.0* This app has a good UI and tests the student through the entire hiragana and katakana character set. I did however notice that the katakana チ was rendered in romaji as ‘ti’ when it should be ‘chi’ and シ was written as ‘si’ when it should be ‘shi’. The sounds ‘ti’ and ‘si’ do not exist in Japanese so these errors stood out. Otherwise, not bad at all. ### 3/5 — Almost perfect *2016-04-20, version 1.9.2* The interface is great and the app is great for learning without unnecessary animations making it great for speed. My only complaint is that when selecting a character set, it's currently impossible to select only voiced characters. (It displays 0 characters selected and will not allow you to continue) This may be a bug, and if it gets fixed in an update, I'll re-rate to 5 stars for sure! ### 4/5 — I would give it a 5 star rating if.... *2018-01-09, version 2.2.0* This is a near perfect app for learning how to read and write Kana. The only thing missing is the option to reset the statistics while in a session to restart from scratch without going through the hoops of creating a new game everytime you make a mistake. Perhaps a button? ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-05-25, version 2.4.0* Great way to power through the cramming of kana knowledge. Big thanks. ### 5/5 — Beautiful and Essential *2025-03-14, version 2.4.0* I recommend this app to anyone learning the basic Japanese writing system. I have been recommending it for years, and it works just as well as it did the first time I used it. Kana Mind deserves all the credit for my mastery of hiragana and katakana. ### 5/5 — Great Practice *2024-10-26* This is a simple app but it is completely free and I think at least that it is a pretty good method to memorize the kana ### 5/5 — Great flashcards *2024-07-02, version 2.4.0* Straight to the point. Perfect for practice ### 5/5 — Really helpful *2024-04-25, version 2.4.0* Very straightforward and straight to the point great app. ## Most praised reviews (5 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best App for Learning the Kama *2023-02-23, version 2.4.0* Have tried plenty. Kana Mind is the best, both in terms of repetition and aesthetics. ### 5/5 — Very mice *2022-10-14, version 2.4.0* Friendly interface and efficient learning ### 5/5 — Awesome app, Highly recommend it more than everything else *2021-07-26, version 2.2.0* I actually learned on my time this app was amazing and after I learned the alphabet I actually could read a little. Thinking about learning again!!! ### 5/5 — Super App zum Lernen *2020-10-09, version 2.2.0* Die App merkt Unsicherheiten und geht erst weiter wenn diese beseitigt sind. Man kann Hiragana Katakana mischen. Oder sich die Silben so zusammenstellen die man lernen mochte. Ich lerne sehr gerne mit der App! Sehr empfehlenswert ### 5/5 — Simple and functional *2020-10-04* This is a very easy way to practice recognition of kana anywhere. Nice big tiles, so easy to see and tap accurately. You can pick up the game immediately and start where you left off, for a short or long time. No bells and whistles, so no wasted time. Thank you to the developer. --- *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 2026-06-10.*