# Tan Dash: Kanji Runner

> Tan Dash: Kanji Runner (iPhone/iPad app by The Auspicious Company.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tan-dash-kanji-runner/id6821832469 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [The Auspicious Company](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894690870)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 23 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-11-03

## What is Tan Dash?

Tan the tanuki is running, and the sign up ahead wants a kanji. Read it, jump, and grab the tile that answers it.

Tan Dash is a one-thumb retro runner that teaches the 82 kanji of the JLPT N5, the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. A sign shows a meaning (MEANS: mountain) or a reading in kana (READS: やま), and two to four kanji tiles roll in. Only one of them is right, in every wave: the game checks that before each release, so a correct grab never costs you a heart.

HOW IT PLAYS
• Tap to jump. Tap again in the air to jump higher.
• Grab the kanji the sign asks for. A wrong kanji or a stump costs a heart.
• Gold boxes help: an extra heart, a giant Tan, super jumps, bonus points, or a mystery.
• Catch six kanji and a new world opens with new kanji to learn. Fourteen worlds cover all 82.

LEARN AS YOU GO
• Mix-ups: the results card shows which kanji you grabbed by mistake, and the ones you wanted.
• Kanji-dex: every kanji you have ever caught.
• From world 3, signs start asking for the readings of kanji you have already met, so the game moves from English to kana with you.
• Chill speed for a slower game, and a choice of English signs, kana signs or a mix.

MADE FOR SHORT, DAILY PLAY
• A run takes a minute or two.
• A daily streak, and an optional 7 PM reminder on days you have not played yet. Off unless you turn it on.
• Haptics on every jump, catch and new world.

PRIVATE AND OFFLINE
• No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your progress stays on your phone.
• Plays fully offline.

Tan Dash comes from MichiKanji, home of The Travels of Tan, a weekly comic in beginner Japanese. The kanji, readings and worlds are the same as the web game at michikanji.com/play.

## Is Tan Dash safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Tan Dash.

## Is Tan Dash legit?

Tan Dash: Kanji Runner has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Tan Dash is 48 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.288.0 — 2026-10-30

No release notes.

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