Super Solid App
A great app for learning hiragana and katakana. Straightforward, but engaging. I like it quite a lot!
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Too slow
Really clean interface and makes learning Japanese a lot more fun. Flash cards are great and it is really cheap to buy the full version. The app is great and has many modes but in between questions takes forever! It takes at least 5 seconds to go to the next question, it shouldnβt take time away when you get a question correct but it does anyway. Other than that, great app.
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Delay is infuriating
On first blush the app is quite polished, with both kanas, and a nice minimalist interface that doesnβt get in the way of learning. The levels build on each other and the compounds are a good way to break up the repetitiveness.
All of that praise is destroyed by the loading time for characters in the quiz. The quizzes are time based, creating a sense of pressure that can be useful. However it takes 3+ seconds just to do the pop-out animation for the answered question. This is unconscionable in a timed quiz, and very quickly becomes infuriating.
This behaviour effectively puts a cap on the number of questions you can answer of ~30 for no discernible reason. Speed of recognition is a significant aspect of fluency, and this app shoots itself in the foot by denying the learner the opportunity to test themselves in this way.
All of that praise is destroyed by the loading time for characters in the quiz. The quizzes are time based, creating a sense of pressure that can be useful. However it takes 3+ seconds just to do the pop-out animation for the answered question. This is unconscionable in a timed quiz, and very quickly becomes infuriating.
This behaviour effectively puts a cap on the number of questions you can answer of ~30 for no discernible reason. Speed of recognition is a significant aspect of fluency, and this app shoots itself in the foot by denying the learner the opportunity to test themselves in this way.
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Worst app ever
I mean like, guys[]. So bad xd.
Awesome! But missing some parts of the Hiragana alphabet
This app is awesome and worth the extra dollar and change if you want to unlock the rest of the lessons! This app made it easy for me to learn most of the Hiragana alphabet. However, I can't give it the 5th star because they are missing some needed parts of the alphabet. The parts that begin with 'B', 'D', 'G', 'P', and 'Z' for Hiragana π
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TOO SLOW
Great app but way to slow, I am using a bug to speed it up at the moment.
Customisable time limit and speed would be great and would get me to shell out the money!!!
Customisable time limit and speed would be great and would get me to shell out the money!!!
Missing some bits
Maybe I didn't spend enough time, but I didn't see any diacritics, and there is no way to really just study them all at the same time.
That being said, this app is very nicely designed and the way words are mixed in with kana learning is a very neat touch.
That being said, this app is very nicely designed and the way words are mixed in with kana learning is a very neat touch.
Educational
This app is great. I have another app that teaches me Japanese and this helps me remember the characters for constructing/reading words. My only complaint is there are no dakuden (tenten) characters to learn, so I have to catch on to those on my own. The $1 I payed for all hiragana and katana is worth it.
Suggestions: Add dakuden, add an "All Hiragana/Katakana Quiz" that includes all of them, and the option before the quiz to include words during the quiz.
Suggestions: Add dakuden, add an "All Hiragana/Katakana Quiz" that includes all of them, and the option before the quiz to include words during the quiz.
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Great Help
Very good app, although I wish I could shuffle ALL kana/hiragana and not just the ones of one kind.
Incomplete
It doesn't make this apparent in the description that you only get the 3 groups of Kana (vowels, K and S series), and then you have to pay for the rest. Cheap price, and what seems like an ok app, apart from a lack of configurable options, such as turning off the time limit for answering questions, but without clear mention of this not in fact being a free app is misleading, irritating, and will put people off of paying for it. Especially when there are good free alternatives out there. Clarity and honesty wins customers.
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Glitch
Glitch: I really like quizzes and want to unlock the rest, but each time I click the "buy now" button, nothing happens.
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Bye
Nice and clean, but slow.
Please speed up time between questions, way too slow. Also, an endless mode without a timer would be excellent.
Memorizing and simple
I love this app it helps me so much in remembering all hiragana and kantankana, simple, easy and fast.
It'll help so much more if you add all sound for letters with "γΎγ οΌγ·οΌ" and "γ¦γγ¦γοΌγΆοΌ" and the sound when pronouncing "γ£" and so on thank you so much this helped me so much β¨β¨
It'll help so much more if you add all sound for letters with "γΎγ οΌγ·οΌ" and "γ¦γγ¦γοΌγΆοΌ" and the sound when pronouncing "γ£" and so on thank you so much this helped me so much β¨β¨
Good
Very good
Solid tool, but desire a few tweaks
Best tool for learning hiragana and katana I've seen especially at the price (considering that you do purchase the upgrade).
I'd like a bigger word section for each row in the table. The pool is barely decent. I tend to have it more or less memorized after 3 repetitions.
I would like to be able to just quiz words once you've mastered a section.
It would be nice if the quiz moved onto the next question as soon as you answer. I hate waiting out the timer.
I'd like a bigger word section for each row in the table. The pool is barely decent. I tend to have it more or less memorized after 3 repetitions.
I would like to be able to just quiz words once you've mastered a section.
It would be nice if the quiz moved onto the next question as soon as you answer. I hate waiting out the timer.
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Sleek!
This is a really nice app for learning hiragana and katakana. It has a great sleek and simple design which makes it a pleasure to use. The two methods for each word set are well thought out and the way it gradually introduces other kana as you go along is a good idea too. My only suggestions for improvement would be a better star system as it's only out of 3 and quite forgiving, which can make it look like you're better than you are at a glance. Maybe including a % on the kana selection screen would be usual. All in all its well worth it, I upgraded to the full version straight away ππ
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I love it
love it
I LOVE this it's really well done and I appreciate this app so much it's really helped me learn. The only thing is I'd like it if there was a way for all the parts of the hiragana/katakana to quiz on. Like instead of just five at once the entire alphabet. Please could you make that work? Thank you for this app tho :}
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