# MOJIKATANA: Learn Japanese — Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji

> Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji (iPhone/iPad app by Shinya Nagahama.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mojikatana-learn-japanese/id6815522395 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Shinya Nagahama](https://appshunter.io/developer/6815522397)
- Category: Education, Games, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 176 MB
- Languages: American English, Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian, Japanese, Nepali, European Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Thai and 1 more
- Released: 2026-09-26
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is MOJIKATANA?

Learn to read and write Japanese by playing.

MOJIKATANA is for people living in Japan who need the characters, not a conversation course. Trainees, specified-skilled workers, students and long-term residents.

**Match, listen, trace**
Line up three of the same character to clear them, and you hear how that character is read. Then trace the stroke order with your finger, in the correct direction.

**112 stages, kana to kanji**
15 stages of hiragana and katakana (92 characters), then kanji by Japanese school year, up to junior high. 2,136 kanji in total — the full list of characters used in daily life in Japan.

**See where you stand**
Each level shows the approximate JLPT level (N5 to N1) and Kanji Kentei grade (10kyu to 2kyu). These are study milestones inside the app, not a guarantee of exam results.

**Six speeds**
Practice, easy, normal, fast, hard and master. Practice mode never ends, so you can stay on one set of characters as long as you like.

**More than a puzzle**
Put sentences in the right order. Choose the picture from sound alone. Learn counters, verb forms and particles. Collect real photographs of famous places, crafts, local food and World Heritage sites as you go.

**Japanese sound and season**
Backgrounds, music and ambient sound change with the season. Readings are recorded in the app.

**Free, and then one payment**
15 kana stages and 4 Grade 1 stages — 19 stages — are free. The remaining 93 stages unlock with a single purchase. Not a subscription. Purchases can be restored.

**Nothing is collected**
No account. No advertising. No analytics. Your progress stays on your device.

Available in English, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Filipino, Thai, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Nepali and Burmese.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| かんじパック | $6.99 | one-time |


## Is MOJIKATANA safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess MOJIKATANA.

## Is MOJIKATANA legit?

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


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.2 — 2026-10-28

New free stages: Everyday Words. Learn all 46 hiragana through phrases you can actually say today — arigatou (thank you), konnichiwa (hello), sumimasen (excuse me), wakarimashita (I understand). A Words of Love stage has been added too.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-10-25

Sound is clearer now. When you clear three tiles, you hear the whole word on the tile (日本 → nihon), then the reading of the character you are about to trace (nichi), and that character again once you finish writing it.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-21

You can now set the music volume with a slider. The music starts quieter than before — turn it up if you prefer.

### 1.0.9 — 2026-10-09

Fixed the English meaning being cut off.

When we made the text bigger in the last version, longer meanings no longer fitted and were cut short. They are now shown in full.

### 1.0.8 — 2026-10-07

The word and its English meaning are now much bigger.

A player told us they could not read them well because of their eyesight. The word is about twice the size now, and the English meaning is larger too.
We also fixed text being hidden behind the round window in the corner.

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All apps by Shinya Nagahama: https://appshunter.io/developer/6815522397

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