# Kana Widget: Learn Japanese — Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji

> Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji (iPhone/iPad app by Aurelien Roblin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kana-widget-learn-japanese/id6795061716 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Aurelien Roblin](https://appshunter.io/developer/6794072430)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-03
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Kana Widget?

Learn Japanese every time you unlock your phone.

Kana Widget puts one Japanese character on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. A glance becomes a tiny lesson — no study session to plan and no new habit to build.

WIDGETS THAT TEACH
• Learn hiragana, katakana or kanji from your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
• Choose a new character every hour, every three hours or every day.
• Reveal the answer or take a quiz without opening the app.
• Pick small, medium or large widgets in light or dark mode.

FROM KANA TO KANJI
• All 215 kana: basic hiragana and katakana, dakuten, handakuten and combinations.
• 613 JLPT N5, N4 and N3 kanji.
• Meanings, on and kun readings, spoken example words and mnemonics.

PRACTICE WHAT YOU NEED
• An adaptive quiz brings back the characters you still confuse.
• Practice in both directions: character to sound and sound to character.
• Hear native Japanese pronunciation.
• Watch the stroke order and trace each character with your finger.
• Follow your mastery, daily goal and streak.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account. No ads. No tracking. Everything works offline on your iPhone.

Start free with the first kana and kanji. Kana Pro unlocks the complete library and all practice tools with one purchase — no subscription.

Your phone is already in your hand. Make it your Japanese classroom.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kana Pro | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Kana Widget safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Kana Widget.

## Is Kana Widget legit?

Kana Widget: Learn Japanese 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 5 releases)

### 1.5.2 — 2026-10-26

A refreshed App Store presentation, plus small fixes and improvements.

### 1.5.1 — 2026-10-25

• Fixed meanings and mnemonics on a few kanji (英, 米, 和, 漢, 夕, 戻, 寝).
• Small improvements.

### 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.

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