# Kanji Book — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of Kanji Book by Bird Cartel LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 101 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kanji-book/id1532844605/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kanji-book/id1532844605.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 79 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (11 of 40) ### 4/5 — Almost there *2023-06-29* Very good app for learning kanji. Self paced, graphics, learning tracking are all very good!! Two areas could use some help tho 1. The name of each kanji should be provided Even pressing more info, jisho, doesn’t provide the kanji names. 2. Kun and Om pronunciations are hard to read in the handwriting script a lot of times. Making it much plainer would be a significant help also. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-02-10, version 1.37* This app is so well made I love it so much!!! I can repeat as many times as I want and it makes learning kanji really simple! ### 5/5 — This may be perfect! *2023-02-10* Forgive me for the unprofessional review, but this may be the best kanji learning app(for me personally)! No ads, I can practice writing, teaches the Kun and On, the meaning of the kanji, and the cherry on top is I can test myself! Whoever helped develop this, thank you for making kanji easier to learn! **Developer response:** Hey Tori! Thanks for the nice review. Glad it's helping. Good luck on your journey to learn! ### 5/5 — day 1 and i already like it! *2022-12-05, version 1.37* i’m still learning japanese. my memory span only captured a few kanji…vaguely. i can recognize all hiragana and kana but kanji hurts my soul. this app helps a lot with polishing my strokes and memorizing the right stroke order. thank you for this ### 5/5 — Kanji App *2022-08-03, version 1.37* I rate this a 100/10 because this app is free, yet it’s so interactive and perfect for all levels of Japanese learners. The only downside for me is that there isn’t any grammar lessons, but there’s always room for improvement. Thank you for whoever developed this app and keep going with this project, I love it. ### 5/5 — Best app for learning kanji! *2022-02-07, version 1.37* I’m beyond grateful for this resource. It’s been helping me to remember kanji, and also to write it. ### 5/5 — Great *2022-02-06, version 1.37* This app actually let me have time to practice each character and isn’t hard I really like it, my fav kanji app so far ### 5/5 — Pretty cool *2021-11-18* I don’t come across completely free kanji apps very often, so when I came across this app I was surprised. I downloaded this app about 30 minutes ago so I don’t have too much experience with it yet, but so far I like it very much. I like that I can pick out all of the kanji I know already. My only suggestion would be maybe to add the radicals? I learn kanji best by breaking them into their components(radicals)instead of learning the stroke order. (For example, Instead of learning the 10 stokes that go into “音”, I learned that the kanji for stand, 立, and day, 日, can combine to make 音, which has helped me remember it better than individual strokes. Again, just a suggestion.) This is a great app nonetheless, I’m very happy I stumbled across it!! 😎 **Developer response:** Good idea about radicals! Thanks Cheeseburger 🍔 ### 5/5 — Halfway there! *2021-11-09* I’m at approx 1000 Kanji and this app legitimately is helping me reach my goal of learning how to read Japanese! It started asking me about on' and kun'yomi and I’m not sure if that will be helpful to me but I’m willing to give it a shot! While I’m no where read fluent, this app and a little bit of word and grammar knowledge have gotten me this far. My only gripe are the bugs where the screen stays stuck on the opening screen or when other things glitch out but you seem aware and attentive of them. Thank you, this has been a major help! **Developer response:** Hey MoonDrop, thanks for the review. 1000 kanji すごうい! That's way more than I know. Ugh, I thought I had fix the lock up on start up. I'll take another look. ### 5/5 — Helpful! *2021-11-08, version 1.36* This is another helpful aid in learning kanji. I particularly like drawing the kanji! ### 5/5 — simple and easy to use *2021-10-31* This app is really nice, it's easy to navigate and I love how it guides you through writing the correct stroke order for each kanji and also gives you the furigana reading along with the definition. The quizzes are a mix of multiple choice, definitions, and writing the kanji, which is great since it reinforces recall and not just recognition. My only complaint is I wish that there were furigana readings given for the compound kanji. **Developer response:** Good suggestion to add furigana to the jukugo. I'll see if I can get the data. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Trash *2024-04-15, version 1.37* Very unhelpful. Doesn’t provide name of the kanji. Also when your stuck with 29 kanji to try and figure out a compound pair, the hint is worse then useless. Try giving it to the person MAYBE? so they do t have to quit and retry it again and again ### 2/5 — love design and UX *2023-02-16* love the look of this app—it’s so different from all its competitors but it’s really not helpful that the app doesn’t teach pronunciation by way of audio or even just hiragana. so while it’s super useful for visual memorization it’s really not for speaking. and if it is that this options is available, then it wasn’t obvious to me and could then use some improvement! **Developer response:** Hi Hfsthnk. You can find the on and kun readings (hiragana) for each kanji by tapping on it. You are right that there is no audio. I'm a solo developer and this is a free passion project so I couldn't justify the cost. ### 3/5 — Missing an important and useful feature *2021-12-01* When I first opened the app it allowed me to select from a large list the Kanji that I had learned before downloading this app, and to add them to my notebook. Unfortunately, if I continue to learn new Kanji from other sources going forward and want to selectively add those to my notebook as well, I don’t seem to be able to access that master list again to do it. This would be a really helpful feature so I could have one list of my learned Kanji from all sources and I could then occasionally review and quiz myself on that list. Is there a way this feature could be added to the app? **Developer response:** Good idea chip! I can look at adding this. ### 3/5 — Nice, but a key element missing *2021-02-28* Nice little app, but it doesn’t test your reading ability. It’s one thing to know their meaning, and another to know their reading, especially in compounds. It’s really a shame! **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! I was having a hard time figuring out how to prompt for readings, especially for kanji with many. Let me think about this and try to add something. ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2026-08-19* I really like this app. I get to practice combinations, kanji writing, and have fun while doing so. I also love that it links to the Jisho website for additional information. Where this app could improve is how it helps with learning the Kun/On and vocabulary. The info there but barely reinforced. Some MIGHT appear during one of the quizzes — but not with enough frequency to get a firm grasp on their usage and application as you do the English definition. There is also no setting to adjust this. It’s great for getting started with Kanji but if you’re learning for reading/speaking, you eventually hit a wall with this. I hope they add this feature soon as this is still my favorite app to learn kanji. ### 4/5 — Fun but inflexible *2026-01-09, version 1.37* This app is very helpful in learning kanji, but I wish that you can turn off certain modes like writing. ### 4/5 — It’s good - just needs one more thing *2025-11-11* I don’t mind that there is no audio. I have other resources for that. The layout is simple, attractive and fun to use. I enjoy drawing the kanji. I think the compound word scramble is REALLY cool and actually the main reason I do want to keep using it - except— I would like to see the compound once completed correctly written in Hiragana under the English word. It means little if I don’t know which On or Kun is being used based on that kanji combo. Perhaps this evolves in the app as I evolve in my learning. But combining kanji to form words but not see them in Hiragana but only in English is limiting. That said, what a cool free app it is.. It is a great way to start familiarizing with kanji. ### 4/5 — Feature Request *2025-04-23* I'm very glad that I found something without it charging for money. I have a mere complaint though. I wish that I could review and do tests for specific kanji characters instead of it being randomized for me. I have some trouble with memorizing readings for certain kanji. ### 4/5 — Feature request… *2024-03-12* I love how straightforward this app is…but s couple more features would take it to another level: 1) Regarding the stroke hints, if a kanji has a radical that’s been previously taught, give that radical/kanji as a hint. Even native Japanese speakers learn kanji based on component radicals. 2) The ability to edit my list and add kanji learned outside the app. I’ve learned so many new kanji since starting to use this app and it’d be cool to see that reflected. **Developer response:** Thanks cfl789! Great feedback. I added the compound words as another activity so it wasn't all just flash cards, but you're right that it could be improved. Studying is tough! I use DuoLingo in addition to my app and a few others. Good luck on your journey! ### 4/5 — Great, engaging, educational! *2023-07-31* Super fun, clear, simple, and you can learn at your own pace. A few small things I don’t like: no choice between kun or on, no audio pronounciation, and no information on radicals. But very enjoyable. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best kanji app!! *2026-05-25* I’ve been studying Japanese for a few years, but I’ve never been able to get the hang of remembering kanji. Every other app I’ve tried has been largely ineffective or hit me with more work than I could handle. Kanji Book is fantastic! I can choose which kanji I want to focus on and practice them as much as I want until I feel comfortable. The compound and test features are effective at highlighting my trouble spots, and after only a few weeks of spending a few minutes a day practicing, I’m noticing huge improvements in reading comprehension and writing. No more feeling lost and overwhelmed! A huge thanks to the developer for making this available. ### 5/5 — Finally a kanji app I’ll use *2026-05-13* I’ve tried so many kanji apps and they’re never what I want. They’re either two hard to navigate or look terrible and uninviting and I’ve never used them for long. This is the first kanji app I think I’ll actually use. It’s intuitive, easy to navigate, and I love the sound effects. I also love the different ways it just naturally tests you / mixes it up in the tests. ### 5/5 — Can you please add this feature *2025-02-27* It is amazing but I think you should add the pronunciation of each kanji along with how to write it. ### 5/5 — One of the best apps to learn kanji *2025-02-19* It is amazing but I think you should add the pronunciation of each kanji along with how to write it. ### 5/5 — Very useful *2024-05-30* Very easy to use at anytime ### 5/5 — Super efficient! *2024-01-17* This has helped me so much and has given me a lot of motivation! I really recommend it if you want a fast and efficient way of learning kanji! ### 5/5 — Great tool! *2023-08-06, version 1.37* A great tool for beginners!! ### 5/5 — Kanji made fun and cute! *2023-07-21* I just started and already know about 300+ kanji going in. I love how it is self paced, no timers, you can revisit cards as often as you like (with cute incentives), and the program shows you the stroke order! My favorite little surprise was the compound words game where you can build your vocabulary and discover just how practical a pictographic text can be (no furigana given, but I have my jisho for that). I would have liked audio, but if you know your hiragana going into using this app, you are SET. Love this product! As a teacher of languages myself, I highly recommend it. Thank you for making and keeping it free! **Developer response:** Glad you like Kanji Book K 3 PO! Thanks for the kind review. ### 5/5 — Best app for Kanji!! But I have a small request *2023-07-09* I love this app, it is very good and provides stroke order, great simple tests, and has both on’yomi and kun’yomi written in hiragana(good practice)!! Nothing negative about this app. My only suggestion is that for compounds, we can have a way to see how to pronounce them. Trying to figure out to use on’yomi or kun’yomi is difficult since there are many exceptions to the general rule. Thank you for this great app, and for making it free! If there is anyway to donate and/or support it in anyway, let me know! **Developer response:** Thanks for the kind review. Great feedback about the difficulty of the compounds. I haven't updated Kanji Book in a while since it's totally free, but if I do, I'll try to make the compounds easier! ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2023-03-24* As far as I am concerned, this is the best 漢字 アプリ out there! It has a lot of information on the kanji so you don’t miss anything, like on and kun, writing practice and the meaning. I also love that they have a test so I can recape what I learned to see how much I really know. Also, I really like the compound words so that I don’t just learn the isolated 漢字. 五つ星! **Developer response:** Thanks for the nice review lalalalag! Good luck with your studies. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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