# Write It! Japanese — user reviews > 246 indexed App Store user reviews of Write It! Japanese by Jernung, rated 4.80/5 from 2,290 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/write-it-japanese/id1268225663/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/write-it-japanese/id1268225663.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,006 · 4★ 191 · 3★ 48 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 31 ## What do users think of Write It! Japanese? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💖 Excellent app - 🎉 Great learning tool - 📚 Helpful for learning to write kana - 🧠 Effective for memorization - 🤩 Amazing app - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Intuitive interface - 🆓 Completely free - 🕰️ Efficient for learning - 🎯 Accurate character recognition **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes or freezes - 🤖 Robotic audio - 🔍 Overly forgiving character recognition - 🔀 Disorganized lesson structure - 🔒 Paid features locked behind paywall - 🚫 Incompatible with certain devices - 🧹 Lack of progress reset option - 🔍 Inaccurate character recognition **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezes when drawing outside the box - Inconsistent character recognition - Resets progress after updates - Crashes on launch for some users **Most requested features** - Add kanji writing practice - Ability to customize review content - Provide more detailed performance tracking - Include native speaker audio - Add landscape mode support - Implement stroke order guidance - Allow selecting specific characters to review ## Newest reviews (18 of 246) ### 4/5 — Good *2026-09-04, version 4.6.5* great but would be nice to lean to connect them together to form them into words, like learn how to say hello, then write the symbols and learn the individual symbols that way. ### 4/5 — Good for kana, but no kanji :( *2026-08-30, version 4.6.5* I really liked this app for learning kana, so much so i was actually disappointed to find theres no section for learning joyo kanji. I think this app would benefit a lot from having a kanji section to learn to write all the joyo kanji. Please put that in 🙏🏼 ### 5/5 — The only app that works *2026-03-30, version 4.6.3* Of all the language learning apps, this is the only one that makes you learn the script by always writing it. The others show the characters which does not help memorizing, only active recall by writing does ### 5/5 — 10/10 *2026-03-06, version 4.6.2* Perfect for learning kana ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-02-21, version 4.6.1* I find it really helpful as I’m learning Japanese it’s easy to use and repetitive so it sticks in your brain haven’t found any bugs and so far enjoying the app! ### 5/5 — Worth it *2026-02-09, version 4.6.0* Tho I paid for the add free version I think it was worth it. I already had learned hiragana and katakana with mnemonics from tofugu. But writing these kanas really fixed the knowledge and sped up my reading ### 5/5 — Love this *2026-02-02, version 4.5.16* It's just really good, even when I was using the free version it wasn't filled with adds, and i liked it a lot. The only thing I can say I don't like is how the "character" section is organized. ### 2/5 — Paid for app and still getting Ads *2026-01-26, version 4.5.16* As far I’m concerned that’s unacceptable. I bought these apps so I could use them ad-free so what’s the point in paying to get access and then also having to watch ads? ### 5/5 — Simple and Effective *2026-01-26, version 4.5.16* Perfect! Amazing way to learn hiragana and katakana easily! ### 5/5 — LOVE THIS APP BUTT *2026-01-24, version 4.5.16* I really love this app it helped me memorize a lot but they should add more learning options and also more features when you pay 9$ like I did. There should be like how you could select the words u want to practice. But overall I love it!! ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-01-20, version 4.5.16* I love this app I’ve been trying to learn Japanese for so long this is it 5 star ### 4/5 — GREAT *2026-01-19, version 4.5.16* Honestly i say this is a great app if you want to learn to wrote and read japanese and it also goves you the correct pronounciations ### 5/5 — Synchronising android purchase. *2026-01-18* I cannot use my purchase in the android, plz synchronise it. ### 4/5 — Good, a couple kinks *2026-01-03, version 4.5.16* Great, easy-to-use app. Helped me practice, review, and test my knowledge of Hiragana and Katakana. Sometimes the app doesn’t pick up what you write properly (especially the Handakuten on P sounds) and this can get pretty frustrating. ### 3/5 — Ehhhh… *2025-12-23, version 4.5.16* It’s fine but it has bugs. One time I was tracing and I couldn’t erase the incorrect stroke ### 3/5 — Good app. but bugs *2025-12-16, version 4.5.16* Nice app which I hope will help me to learn the characters easier. However There is a bug on iPad where if your line cross outside box (while reviewing), the app freezes. Also sync doesn’t work in between devices unless you log out and back in. ### 5/5 — The best app for learning Japanese *2025-12-12, version 4.5.16* I’ve been learning for a few weeks with a tutor just to get to the level where I could play for 20 minutes on this app. I’m near fluent thanks to this app. ### 5/5 — Excelente 💖💖 *2025-11-20, version 4.5.16* Está app es MUY útil , realmente me encanta , cumple 100% con su función , 100% recomendada 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads at every corner *2026-04-02, version 4.6.3* Instantly uninstalled, ads at every corner don’t entice me to pay a cent. ### 1/5 — Klingon *2025-11-19, version 4.5.15* I open it and instead of Japanese it’s Star Trek. ### 1/5 — Why is this app trying to force me to learn Klingon?!?? *2025-11-19, version 4.5.15* I used and purchased Write it! Japanese to learn hiragana and katakana to prepare for language school in January. This app was amazing and was able to learn and write both Hiragana and Katakana. I try to use the app today to study and it’s only showing Klingon which I had to google what it was and I guess it’s the language from Star Trek. I DO NOT WANT TO LEARN A STAR TREK LANGUAGE AND JUST WANT TO STUDY JAPANESE. PLEASE FIX THIS -_- ### 1/5 — Even though I downloaded Write Japanes, when I open the app, it becomes the Klingon ver. *2025-11-19* Please change it. It’s two Japanese version. ### 1/5 — I’m sorry, but a glitch happens. *2025-05-14, version 4.5.6* When ever I open the app, it just goes to the Home Screen, EVERY SINGLE TIME I TAP ON THE APP! It worked before, but now it goes to Home Screen, that is a crash, crashes. ### 1/5 — doesn’t work on iPhone 16 pro *2025-05-12* crashes every time I try to launch the app :( **Developer response:** Thanks for the report! We’re working to try to reproduce and patch this issue as quickly as possible. Can you reach out to us directly at writeit@jernung.com with additional information about your device and version of iOS/iPadOS? ### 1/5 — don’t work after update 4.5.6 *2025-05-12* don’t work after last update 4.5.6 **Developer response:** Thanks for the report! We’re working to try to reproduce and patch this issue as quickly as possible. Can you reach out to us directly at writeit@jernung.com with additional information about your device and version of iOS/iPadOS? ### 1/5 — After the 4.5.5 update, the app now crashes on launch *2025-05-06, version 4.5.5* This is not an ideal state of affairs. I hope there is a fix soon. ### 1/5 — Not working since recent update *2025-05-05, version 4.5.5* I love this app, it’s been great but it won’t open without immediately crashing since the last update. Cant open it at all anymore ### 1/5 — App crashes immediately on startup *2025-05-03, version 4.5.5* Something changed and this app now crashes immediately when trying to load/start on iPadOS 17.7.6 on an iPad. It used to be a great app that I would highly recommend. (And I paid for the full access.) I went back today to review after a few months away and the app no longer works at all. I assume either because of my recent OS upgrade or one of the many recent app updates. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it remains completely broken. If a new patch makes it start working again, I’ll gladly edit this review and change my rating back to 5 stars. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best app! *2026-08-29, version 4.6.5* I've been learning japanese for 3 days now. This app is the best when you want to practice writing Hiragana and Katakana! 100% recommended! ### 5/5 — Helpful *2026-08-15, version 4.6.5* Really helping me with my Japanese. ### 5/5 — Thank you. *2026-07-20, version 4.6.5* This game is awesome, thank you for teaching me the way. ### 5/5 — . *2026-07-09, version 4.6.5* Bilinç altına yerleştirmek için harfleri baya iyi bir uygulama ### 5/5 — леле *2026-06-17* приложение суперское ! пока мне всё нравится 🫰🏻 ### 5/5 — Aavya Singh said ( it’s me ) *2026-06-10* U can learn half of the Japanese in I weak it’s really nice I like it ### 5/5 — “I’m learnding “ *2026-05-10, version 4.6.4* Very fun ### 5/5 — Best app *2026-04-30, version 4.6.3* It is teaching me a lot ### 5/5 — really good! *2026-04-21, version 4.6.3* helped me learn hirigana way easier than other apps :D ### 5/5 — Nice app *2026-04-01, version 4.6.3* Very easy to use! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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