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I unsubscribed at the end of April and turned off my automatic renewal option. They have continued trying to charge my card every other day since May began. I had my card locked temporarily but had to briefly unlock it today and their latest attempt to charge me went through. They have zero customer support and there is no way to remove my card info from their app. Avoid unless you want to be charged by these thieves eternally. Despicable.
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Great for spaced repetition
Been using this app for years, in conjunction with other tools and learning methods. This is the best way I've been able to remember multiple kanji readings. One small addition I'd like is to be able to continue to access the audio versions of the readings that pop up when you learn a new word so that I can review the proper pitch accent. Other than that small nitpick, I'd say this is the most consistent tool I've used to learn how to read Japanese. Also I really like the animated feature that shows your progress filling in the little grid.
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Amazing but abandoned
I would love to give this 5 stars as it single-handedly brought my kanji knowledge back, but sadly it has been abandoned by the creator with a lot of N1/2 kanji left out. If development continues or if the rest of the kanji are added, I would change the score and continue to recommend it. As is, look elsewhere for a kanji app that might get updated.
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Hard to learn Japanese
App is fine to learn about kanji, however found it difficult to find pronunciation for words and found the info rather overwhelming
Forgot?
I have never pressed the forgot button on a kanji intentionally. I have however, pushed it accidentally what seems like ten thousand gd times. The rest of the ux seems just as thoughtless. Other than that, fun and useful app
UX is unbearable
Please work on some basic UI UX principles to make this app usable
Great app
Concept makes it interesting to learn radicals and memorize meanings.
App interface is very aesthetically pleasing but it needs sound bites for each kanji /sound only quizzes and more ways to interact/practice the Kanji.
App interface is very aesthetically pleasing but it needs sound bites for each kanji /sound only quizzes and more ways to interact/practice the Kanji.
They don’t explain things well, confusing
They don’t do things on a logical order. It’s confusing. Was lost in the first 10 minutes .
Great format, poor content
I was pleasantly surprised when trying this app. The format and design of this app are great. The way reviews are made, and track how often you have practiced kanjis. There could be minor improvements overall, like showing a total of kanjis learned, or in rotation at the moment. Sadly, the quality of content reached a dealbreaker for me: reviews will bring certain vocabulary words to help you retain the different readings of the same characters, which I thought was a great way to go about it. Unfortunately, I have found a growing number of mistakes. Kunyomi and onyomi readings have many exceptions and the app does not account for them, which makes you learn mistakes. That is sadly a sin for any student having to grow on poor and erroneous knowledge.
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Best Kanji App
I looked at all the available apps, anki, wani kani, etc. this one is the best. Nice design and has all the features you need and none of the ones you don’t.
Pretty good but way overpriced
$5 a month or $50 a year is quite unreasonable for an app that essentially never gets updated— last time was 4 years ago. Subscriptions models can make sense when new features are regularly added, but doesn’t apply here.
Sure, you can pay $125 to unlock the app permanently, but that’s super expensive for what’s just a kanji app and considering the very good kanji apps there are out there. Not for me, uninstall.
Sure, you can pay $125 to unlock the app permanently, but that’s super expensive for what’s just a kanji app and considering the very good kanji apps there are out there. Not for me, uninstall.
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Needs updates
2024 update: the app keeps deteriorating, now all pronunciation samples are gone and there's no sound anymore?
This is quite buggy. Often after completing challenges the arrow button at the bottom becomes unresponsive. For some challenges options are displayed at the top of the screen, with such broken layout it's impossible to tap on least one or even two of the answers. When playing through the wallpaper, the last frame is always completely black.
A lot of the words just don't have corresponding audio, which makes them much harder to learn.
Overall, despite all the content, this app still feels very raw and unfinished due to numerous bugs and incomplete audio content coverage.
This is quite buggy. Often after completing challenges the arrow button at the bottom becomes unresponsive. For some challenges options are displayed at the top of the screen, with such broken layout it's impossible to tap on least one or even two of the answers. When playing through the wallpaper, the last frame is always completely black.
A lot of the words just don't have corresponding audio, which makes them much harder to learn.
Overall, despite all the content, this app still feels very raw and unfinished due to numerous bugs and incomplete audio content coverage.
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Audio Suddenly Stopped Working
Good app, but for some reason no matter what I do it wont play audio anymore, this is frustrating, as it was a nice little feature to hear the word being pronounced when you answered. But wether I have the little speaker set to on or off, same with silent on my phone, headphones or not, just wont seem to play the audio anymore
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Bug for review
There’s a bug when review where sometimes the kanji won’t be shown and a fraction on the visible answers.Going out and back into the app changes the kanji.
No support
This app used to be amazing- I’ve been using it daily for over a year and I’ve learned a ton from it. Now I need to update my payment method as my credit card expired, but the page refuses to load and no one responds to requests for support so I’m not going to be able to use it anymore. I’m trying really hard to give them my money but I guess the developer has moved on from this app. 残念
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Sound is gone
Don’t know what has happened but in the app all sound has gone, where there previously was sound. The Audio button is gone on words and kanji, if you want the audio then you will have to use the website. I hope there will be an update of this app at some point.
Used to be fantastic :(
This app used to be fantastic, but unfortunately, the developer hasn't updated the app in years and doesn't respond to support requests. Until recently, the app played audio for most kanji readings, but the audio files are apparently no longer available.
I loved Kanji Garden, but I think it's time to find a different tool for studying kanji.
I loved Kanji Garden, but I think it's time to find a different tool for studying kanji.
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Enjoyable
This app was clearly developed with care and attention. I find the learning pace to be wonderfully addictive. The progress map of all kanji to learn fills me with motivation whenever I look at it. Although the appearance is spare, I like that it doesn’t (when subscribed) set a limit on the amount of kanji you can learn at a time like WaniKani does, and it’s much cheaper than WaniKani.
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Needs better words
The app is good to study words but there are a couple of issues.
1. Some of the words given are not common. There are two readings onyomi and kunyomi. Sometimes one of those would be very common but the other would be not common. I would talk to my Japanese friends and they said it’s a very rare word. I think they should drop the rare word. Kanji is already hard I don’t need to learn rare words before I learn the common words.
2. There should be a search bar to look up new words. The app gives you new kanji when you have successfully memorized all the kanji for at least a week. But if you want to add a new kanji to your deck then you have to hop between words for example let’s say I want to add the kanji 最 in order to get to it I have to click on 勉強 which leads to 強い which leads to 最強.
3. Some kanji’s have a lot more than just two common readings but they only use the same two repeatedly.
4. Unless you already know a lot of words and their meaning, the example sentences are completely useless. They show you the readings of the other kanji in the example sentence but they don’t tell you what they mean and a lot of them are very complex advanced words.
5. Minor nitpick. It shows you all the kanji you’ve learned on a spreadsheet but the kanjis go all the way out to the edge. When the picture is saved it looks terrible and not worth posting. It’s a great idea to have the chart but it just needs a little touch up. Lazy if you ask me.
6. If the app is scrolling upwards and you hit next then the next screen is black. I have to close and relaunch the app.
7. If I take a break and come back later in the day I can’t continue from where I left off. It’ll show me a new word. I’ll select the definition. Then in the next screen it wants me to enter the reading but the input box is not responsive. I have to quit and go back to the main menu.
8. They have a chart that shows when the next kanji is scheduled for review but the chart is confusing and difficult to read.
1. Some of the words given are not common. There are two readings onyomi and kunyomi. Sometimes one of those would be very common but the other would be not common. I would talk to my Japanese friends and they said it’s a very rare word. I think they should drop the rare word. Kanji is already hard I don’t need to learn rare words before I learn the common words.
2. There should be a search bar to look up new words. The app gives you new kanji when you have successfully memorized all the kanji for at least a week. But if you want to add a new kanji to your deck then you have to hop between words for example let’s say I want to add the kanji 最 in order to get to it I have to click on 勉強 which leads to 強い which leads to 最強.
3. Some kanji’s have a lot more than just two common readings but they only use the same two repeatedly.
4. Unless you already know a lot of words and their meaning, the example sentences are completely useless. They show you the readings of the other kanji in the example sentence but they don’t tell you what they mean and a lot of them are very complex advanced words.
5. Minor nitpick. It shows you all the kanji you’ve learned on a spreadsheet but the kanjis go all the way out to the edge. When the picture is saved it looks terrible and not worth posting. It’s a great idea to have the chart but it just needs a little touch up. Lazy if you ask me.
6. If the app is scrolling upwards and you hit next then the next screen is black. I have to close and relaunch the app.
7. If I take a break and come back later in the day I can’t continue from where I left off. It’ll show me a new word. I’ll select the definition. Then in the next screen it wants me to enter the reading but the input box is not responsive. I have to quit and go back to the main menu.
8. They have a chart that shows when the next kanji is scheduled for review but the chart is confusing and difficult to read.
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