# Tchin: Learn Japanese-Hiragana — user reviews > 210 indexed App Store user reviews of Tchin by SHUXIAN FENG, rated 4.60/5 from 94 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tchin-learn-japanese-hiragana/id548984813/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tchin-learn-japanese-hiragana/id548984813.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 78 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Tchin? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface - 📚 Comprehensive curriculum for beginners - 🎯 Effective learning methods with visual aids - 🔊 Clear and natural pronunciation - ✍️ Helpful handwriting/writing practice features - 🎨 Engaging flashcard system with drawings - 📖 Well-structured lessons with explanations - 🎬 Video explanations from native speakers - 🆓 Substantial free content available - 🎤 Recording functionality for practice - 💬 Practical daily conversation lessons - 🌐 Support for multiple languages (hiragana, katakana, kanji) **Cons** - 💰 Premium content requires expensive payment - 🔐 Paywall restricts access to most lessons - 🎨 Interface design could be more polished - ⚡ Some speech speed is too fast for beginners - 🔤 Uses romaji instead of actual Japanese characters in some areas **Commonly reported bugs** - Payment does not grant access to purchased lessons - Lessons fail to download completely - Sentence composition exercises mismatch with audio - Some courses missing written content despite audio - App crashes during download process - Premium features not unlocking after purchase **Most requested features** - Adjustable playback speed for lessons - Eraser tool for writing practice - Batch download option for courses - More diverse content topics (objects, places, etc.) - Emotional/expressive voice acting - Japanese character display instead of romaji - Ability to pause after each sentence - More free content without paywall ## Newest reviews (18 of 210) ### 4/5 — It’s useful:) *2026-03-25, version 6.3.2* Loveee the app:> it’s simple to under and to take notes with ### 4/5 — J’adore! *2026-02-26, version 6.3.2* Cette application me permet d’en savoir + sur l’hiragana le katakana et surtout le KANJI ### 4/5 — Good app *2026-02-23, version 6.3.2* Literally the best app ever ### 4/5 — Katakana *2026-02-20, version 6.3.2* Good if you are not good at hiragana or katakana ### 4/5 — good *2026-01-18, version 6.3.2* it's a good app for primary learners ### 5/5 — giúp tôi học tiếng Nhật nhanh hơn *2025-11-27, version 6.3.2* hay ghê!!! ### 5/5 — … *2025-11-26, version 6.3.2* It is a good learning technique I love it very much ### 5/5 — ,good *2025-10-23, version 6.3.2* Helped me ### 4/5 — Decent app *2025-10-15, version 6.3.2* Gets the job done ### 5/5 — 不错 *2025-08-28, version 6.3.2* 棒棒 ### 5/5 — kana *2025-08-19, version 6.3.2* gudd lengkap ### 5/5 — very cool app !!!!!! *2025-08-16, version 6.3.2* very cool and nice u should def use !!!! ψ(｀∇´)ψ ### 5/5 — 좋아요 *2025-08-15, version 6.3.2* 히라가나랑 가타카나 같이볼 수 있어서 히라가나만 배우려고 했는데 가타카나까지 저절로 알게되네요 굿굿 ### 5/5 — C’est super mais *2025-07-11, version 6.3.2* Super application seul bémol c’est pas super joli mais très intuitif et ça marche bien, donc c’est cool ### 5/5 — 好用 *2025-07-07, version 6.3.2* 很完整很有系統的課程教學，不錯 ### 5/5 — Amazing app :) *2025-06-29, version 6.3.2* Very nice app ### 4/5 — ccfr *2025-06-12, version 6.3.2* ghnfd ### 5/5 — 特别好 *2025-06-11, version 6.3.2* 很好 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not happy with the payment service *2019-12-21, version 4.7* I bought the vip learning package because you have to pay in order to access the rest of the learning materials or else you are only viewing the first lesson. But I still could not access the learning materials after more than 24hours of the payment. I have already wrote my request for review to the app support service 3 hours after the payment, no response and no action taken. ### 1/5 — 嘻嘻 *2019-09-23, version 4.6* 这软件真够垃圾的嗷👎👎👎👎👎下了就浪费空间🤮👎👎👎👎 ### 1/5 — Lessons can't be downloaded *2016-05-15, version 3.3* Lessons can't be downloaded ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2015-12-04, version 3.1* Never complete downloading ### 2/5 — Still have bugs. Purchase doesn't grant access to all lesson *2016-05-31, version 3.3* I have purchased the premium plan to unlock all lessons but could only download the first 6 lessons. I hope that the developer could fix this bug soon so that I could learn Japanese with this app. ### 3/5 — Good *2026-01-29, version 6.3.2* Good ### 3/5 — Mhm ok *2025-09-14, version 6.3.2* honestly the first 2 feautures of this app is amazing. I find if so useful and easy to understand but I wish I could use more of it but unfortunately it costs a lot I wish they could make more things free or maybe drop down the price of this app ### 3/5 — ... *2020-11-01, version 5.1* 试试 ### 3/5 — 不錯的app *2013-01-14, version 1.5* 但希望可以有更多的題材可供學習，還有那個男配音讀得時候沒有感情！希望讀得至少有一點感情也好！還有希望有更多內容可供學習日文，物品名稱等等，還有地方名等等〜〜還有，讀得太快了！希望可以有能調整速度的設定！ ### 3/5 — Good except....... *2013-01-11, version 1.5* 為什麼日文顯示是用英文拼音而已，沒有日文顯示差很多呀，不然這個圖文並貌真的是很好的日文學習軟體 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 好 *2026-07-24, version 6.3.2* 好 ### 5/5 — nice *2026-06-27, version 6.3.2* I enjoy the lessions ### 5/5 — 很方便 *2026-04-01, version 6.3.2* 很方便的学习软件。 ### 5/5 — Amazing!!! *2026-02-26, version 6.3.2* I learnt a lot from this app I recommend completely! ### 5/5 — This is SO good *2026-02-16, version 6.3.2* Its amazing hello im starting japanese amd it’s so helpful ### 5/5 — Enjoying it! *2026-02-11, version 6.3.2* Flash card drawings really help! ### 5/5 — 굿 *2026-01-11, version 6.3.2* 굿 ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2026-01-09, version 6.3.2* This is actually really fun and easy to use, love it! ### 5/5 — Just started *2025-12-22, version 6.3.2* I will come back to say how this helped me ### 5/5 — 리뷰 *2025-12-14, version 6.3.2* 꽤 괜찮아요 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-10.*