Pacing needs to be fixed
After going through most of the katakana lessons at a reasonable pace (about 5 characters per lesson), the app wants you to learn 43 words in one sitting for the final lesson. Bizarre. It then assigns over 150 cards for a review session, versus the usual 15-30ish.
Overall a decent app but the poor pacing is a real issue that seems like the devs could easily fix
Overall a decent app but the poor pacing is a real issue that seems like the devs could easily fix
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Meilleur app pour le japonais
J’ai appris le japonais vraiment facilement grâce a cette app , je suis passé de 8 de moyenne à 15 franchement je recommande vraiment
Response from developer
Thank you so much for the 5-star review, and for taking the time to share your feedback! If you ever have any questions, you can reach us at team@skritter.com!
The most I pay for any app
This is the most expensive app I pay for … and I like it! I’m probably a corner case in terms of a user, as I’m fluent in Japanese and can read regular novels, write business emails etc without problem. However, ask me to write the same kanji by hand… and I turn into elementary level. Since I can already read the N1 kanji, this has been a super effective way to add handwriting. Highly recommended.
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Perfect for improving reading and writing
Have been using this app with premium on and off for several years now. I notice that when I’m not using it me retention of new vocabulary is worse, my reading is worse and obviously my writing is terrible. But when I’ve got a good streak going I find that I can write without even looking things up. And even if you’re someone who doesn’t think you’ll ever need to write, it’s still super useful. Just the practice of writing the kanji in the correct stroke order deepens your understanding of them and the radicals which comprise them making it easier to distinguish between similar appearing kanji (e.g. 締める and 諦める, or the characters in 輸入 vs 車輪). Relation to this my recognition speed for reading is drastically improved which makes reading Japanese subtitles whilst immersing in Japanese content online soooo much easier.
I also find that remembering new vocabulary involving kanji I’ve studied on the app then becomes much easier. E.g. if I can recognise 動 (movement) and 行 (carrying out, also going) then it makes more sense in some way that 行動 action/behaviour/conduct.
Because of this app I’m constantly impressing my Japanese teacher with my knowledge of kanji despite my overall less than impressive Japanese.
I highly recommend using this app on an iPad/tablet with an pencil/stylus as well as this extra layer of familiarity and simulating real life is much more grounding than just using your index finger on a tiny phone screen.
My one complaint is that there is no way to search for vocabulary
Within decks. I.e. say I come across a new word whilst watching a YouTube video and I want to learn the kanji. I know it’s a fairly basic word and so I know it should be in the pre-made Core 6k deck I downloaded. There is no search function within the deck (for as yet unknown words) so I would have to manually go through and find it - which I don’t wanna do in a 6000 word deck… so i end up just having to make my own hodge-podge messy deck of random vocab.
I also think the SRS algorithm could perhaps use some fine tuning re: writing vs reading/definition cards. The writing card is obviously harder and easier to forget as it contains multiple steps so I feel like I definitely need to review it more frequently, and find myself having to mark it wrong more often than the others (but maybe this is just me being dumb haha).
Realistically, these are just a minor QOL things and otherwise this app is incredible.
Another feature which I’m not even sure is possible but I think would be really cool would be to include in the progress section on a writing card an amalgamation of all the previous attempts (raw squigs), so you can see how your handwriting is tracking overall. But as I said I suspect this is impossible lol.
Anyway..
TLDR: this app is great and is helpful in so many more ways than you would expect. 100% recommend for anyone learning Japanese.
Thanks so much Skritter team for this wonderful tool!
I also find that remembering new vocabulary involving kanji I’ve studied on the app then becomes much easier. E.g. if I can recognise 動 (movement) and 行 (carrying out, also going) then it makes more sense in some way that 行動 action/behaviour/conduct.
Because of this app I’m constantly impressing my Japanese teacher with my knowledge of kanji despite my overall less than impressive Japanese.
I highly recommend using this app on an iPad/tablet with an pencil/stylus as well as this extra layer of familiarity and simulating real life is much more grounding than just using your index finger on a tiny phone screen.
My one complaint is that there is no way to search for vocabulary
Within decks. I.e. say I come across a new word whilst watching a YouTube video and I want to learn the kanji. I know it’s a fairly basic word and so I know it should be in the pre-made Core 6k deck I downloaded. There is no search function within the deck (for as yet unknown words) so I would have to manually go through and find it - which I don’t wanna do in a 6000 word deck… so i end up just having to make my own hodge-podge messy deck of random vocab.
I also think the SRS algorithm could perhaps use some fine tuning re: writing vs reading/definition cards. The writing card is obviously harder and easier to forget as it contains multiple steps so I feel like I definitely need to review it more frequently, and find myself having to mark it wrong more often than the others (but maybe this is just me being dumb haha).
Realistically, these are just a minor QOL things and otherwise this app is incredible.
Another feature which I’m not even sure is possible but I think would be really cool would be to include in the progress section on a writing card an amalgamation of all the previous attempts (raw squigs), so you can see how your handwriting is tracking overall. But as I said I suspect this is impossible lol.
Anyway..
TLDR: this app is great and is helpful in so many more ways than you would expect. 100% recommend for anyone learning Japanese.
Thanks so much Skritter team for this wonderful tool!
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Perfect!
Super fun, easy to use, and based on learning theory, asking you the characters just as you’re about to forget them.
