MARU User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience97.7% of reviews
Neutral1.2% of reviews
Negative experience1.1% of reviews

~ Based on 1,194 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is MARU Safe?

MARU: Learn Japanese Hiragana appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for MARU is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 17,885 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

99.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
0.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 17,885 App Store ratings for MARU.

Is MARU Legit?

MARU: Learn Japanese Hiragana appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for MARU is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Learning Slowly

I love how I am motivated to learn Japanese

Real katakana words suggestion please!

I love this app. It has helped me memorize my hiragana alphabet and I'm still working towards the katakana.
I just have one suggestion to the developers - that is to use the actual katakana vocabulary in the katakana practice drills. Because it gets very confusing for new learners to distinguish between the use of katakana for animals plus foreign words and the original Japanese words that are supposed to be written in hiragana.
Otherwise, thank you for developing this app.
I've been using another one to help me with this confusion, so it would be highly appreciated if you could use actual katakana words.

Another suggestion would be to be able to listen again on demand to the greetings done by the greeting character. I'm often curious to be able to reread, click on it, and practice what it said.
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The app

This app is amazing it has help me learn hiragana fast and in a fun and easy way the key is practicing every day for at least 10 minutes will help a lot I recommend it if you want to learn and read Japanese

Fun, addicting, helpful

Very helpful for teaching me hiragana before I started my Japanese course

Great app!

Seen a massive improvement in my studies due to this app

Only on day 3

This app is very helpful! Breaks it down helps you learn the symbols and the drills are awesome.

Love it!

Great app for intro to Japanese

Helpful App

Maru is an excellent app for learning Hiragana and vocabulary. The drills an are fi and each drill goes by quickly so it’s easy to fit it in. Also the stroke order feature is very helpful I definitely recommend the app to new Japanese language learners.

A simple app perfect for learning base-level Japanese.

The app’s UI is visually attractive, the exercises are thorough, and the progression system is well balanced. I especially like that it makes absolutely sure you understand what you have already covered before moving you to the next stage. A future update could include an option to practise drawing the symbols, although that can easily be done by hand outside the app. More importantly, a third learning path covering 100 basic kanji and introductory grammar notes would be useful once the foundational symbols have been learned.
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I recommend this one!!

Such a good app!!Use this daily and make results😌πŸ”₯

Easy and simple learning

Super good too learn Japanese and overall very simple to use 😸

Amazing

Loved the thorough progression through each letter and sound I now know all the hiragana alphabet and it’s been a day on slow progression γ‚γ‚Šγ‹γŸγ¨

Actually trying to help

Awesome app. Only shows you ads when you get 5 incorrect. Helps you to stay in the flow of learning. Unlike duolingo, you can practice as much as you want for free. Best language app I have used to date.

Amazing!

I love maru! This app has been so great! and makes it easier to learn kana with repetitive quizzes and introductions to vocabulary words! So far I am only partially into the hiragana section but am already starting to recognize some characters and even being able to sound out words I’m reading outside of the app. Definitely try it out !
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Great app for mastering kana!

It makes it simple with customization features depending on how you prefer to study (just try all the buttons) I love the mascot it’s so cute! And you only get ads if you make a mistake or finish a drill early, sounds like a steal to me!

Solid Practice Tool

I’m picking up a lot just from daily use.

Amazing!!!

I love it! It is free and it teaches me many Japanese words, it’s free, and adds are not constant, which I absolutely adore. Not many Japanese learning apps aren't completely free (like Duolingo) for good, quality learning that will help you understand a native Japanese speaker. (I am in middle school so if it does not make sense I apologize)😊
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Best For Hiragana

This is honestly the best app I’ve used for memorizing Hiragana! It’s so helpful getting to drill and you even get to select which ones you want to drill for more targeted learning.

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Has helped me remember both
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Actually helpful

Pairing this with my textbook, workbook, and flashcards really helped me understand which ones I was still struggling with.