# Kana Widget: Learn Hiragana — Learn the Japanese alphabet

> Learn the Japanese alphabet (iPhone/iPad app by Aurelien Roblin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kana-widget-learn-hiragana/id6795061716 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Aurelien Roblin](https://appshunter.io/developer/6794072430)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 27 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-08-03
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Kana Widget?

Learn hiragana and katakana without studying: Kana Widget puts one Japanese character and its reading on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. You see it every time you pick up your phone, and it sticks.

And kanji
• 613 JLPT N5, N4 and N3 kanji, with their meaning, on and kun readings, a spoken example word and a mnemonic.
• Switch the widget to kanji in one setting, and quiz yourself level by level.

WIDGETS THAT TEACH
• One kana, its romaji, nothing else. Small, medium and large sizes, plus Lock Screen widgets.
• It changes through the day: every hour, every 3 hours, or once a day. Tap the arrow to move on.
• Choose your script: hiragana, katakana, or both.
• A quiz widget: guess the sound of the kana right from your Home Screen.

LEARN IN THE APP
• A quiz that adapts to you: kana you miss come back more often, in both directions (kana → sound, sound → kana).
• Japanese pronunciation for every kana.
• Stroke order: watch and trace each character.
• The full gojūon table with your progress on each kana.
• A daily streak and gentle reminders, with Mochi, the mascot, cheering you on.

ALL 215 KANA
46 basic hiragana and 46 katakana, plus dakuten ゛, handakuten ゜ and combination kana (きゃ, しゅ, ちょ…): 107 hiragana and 108 katakana in total.

PRIVATE AND SIMPLE
No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything runs on your iPhone, offline.

Start free with the first 10 hiragana and 10 katakana. Kana Pro unlocks all 215 kana and the full quiz with a single one-time purchase. No subscription.

The app is available in English and French; kana and romaji are the same for everyone.

Kana Widget is the easiest first step into Japanese: let the alphabet come to you.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kana Pro | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Kana Widget safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Kana Widget.

## Is Kana Widget legit?

Kana Widget: Learn Hiragana appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kana Widget is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.5.0 — 2026-10-23

• 613 kanji, JLPT N5 to N3: meaning, readings, a spoken example word, stroke order and a mnemonic.
• Kanji quiz, one level at a time.
• “Kanji N5”, “N4” or “N3” widgets.
• Share your progress: a card with your mastered kana and your streak, ready for your stories.
• “Rate Kana Widget” in Settings.
• Small fixes.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-17

New ways to learn all 215 kana.

• Smarter quiz: questions focus on the kana you still mix up, and sometimes ask you to pick the glyph from the sound instead of the other way around.
• Daily streak: keep your streak alive with a daily answer goal.
• Full gojūon chart: all 215 kana laid out by row and column, colored by how well you know them.
• Spoken pronunciation: hear every kana, recorded by a native Japanese voice.
• Finger tracing: practice writing each kana in the correct stroke order.
• "Hide the answer" widget mode: the kana shows, its sound stays hidden until you reveal it — active recall right from the home screen.
• A Control Center button to jump straight into the quiz (iOS 18).
• Every katakana memory hint has been rewritten.

Your progress is preserved.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-08-05

Variants are here: from 92 to 215 kana.

• Dakuten ゛ and handakuten ゜: が, ざ, だ, ば, ぱ… and all their katakana.
• Combinations (yōon): きゃ, しゃ, ちょ, じゅ… 36 per syllabary.
• ヴ, the katakana used for foreign words.
• Every variant shows how it is built: "か + ゛ → GA".
• The widget, the quiz and the grid all draw from all 215 kana.
• The grid is grouped by family: base, dakuten, handakuten, combinations.

Your progress is preserved.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-03

No release notes.

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