Comparison

小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! vs Railingo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター!

Master third-grade Japanese kanji with interactive exercises and progress tracking. Learn reading, writing, and stroke order through daily lessons and tests. Supports school-use settings for multiple students.

Highlights
  • Learn 200 third-grade kanji
  • Interactive reading and writing practice
  • Stroke order animation and correction
  • Daily kanji study habit builder
  • Progress tracking and saved exercises
  • Kanji reading and writing tests
  • School-use multi-user setting
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Since its release in 2011, the "Elementary School Kanji Drill" series is a long-selling app that has been used not only by individual users but also by schools and cram schools. This app series supports all 1026 characters that elementary school students learn in 6 years. In accordance with the 2020 revised elementary school curriculum guidelines, this app covers 200 kanji learned in the third grade of elementary school. About This App: “The Third Grade Kanji Learning Drill” covers all 200 kanji characters learned by third grade elementary school students in Japan. You can acquire kanji reading and writing skills through interactive exercises, all while having fun. By learning proper stroke order, you will also gain beautiful kanji writing skill. 10 new kanji characters are studied per day, so it’s easy to build a good learning habit. Completed exercises are marked and saved, so it’s easy to keep track of your progress. Test function can be used to test your kanji knowledge and what you have learned. When a kanji is written with improper stroke order, a “re-do” function allows you to learn the correct stroke order. All kanji practices are saved, so you can start your exercise from where you left off. Memorized kanji characters are marked, so you can visually keep track of your daily accomplishments. [App Function] School-use setting (multi-user setting) is now available. Administrator can enter a password to manage students’ information. [How to use] Turn on “school-use” in settings and enter administrator password. Each student’s name and password can be registered. Lists of school and student names are displayed. Students can select their name and enter password to start their exercise. ■Practice: ・ Learn to read and write all 200 kanji characters learned by third grade elementary school students in Japan ・ Study each kanji’s meaning and how to use it through a variety of example sentences ・ Stroke order is demonstrated through animations ・ Practice correct kanji stroke order ・ Both kanji readings, onyomi (sound reading) and kunyomi (meaning reading), are displayed ・ Each kanji character is practiced 5 times ■Kanji Writing Check: ・ Each kanji writing is checked ・ Practicing kanji have to be mastered before moving on to the next new kanji ・ Correctly written kanji characters are marked, so it’s easy to check your progress ■Kanji Reading Check: ・ Each kanji reading is checked ・ Get both onyomi and kunyomi correct before moving on to the next kanji ・ Kana chart can be used to check your hiragana writing ■Test Function: ・ Writing and reading skills can be tested with randomly selected kanji ・ Total of 20 kanji (10 writing, 10 reading) are tested and scored ・ Receive a medal based on your score ・ Challenge as many times as you like and score 100% ■Additional Test Function: ・ Additional exams are available to strengthen your kanji skills ■Score Function: ・ National score ranking chart is available, and it can be filtered by: age, gender or city ・ “National average” displays national average score, number of registered users and average user age ・ “City ranking” displays average score and number of registered users by city ■Setting: ・ Kanji Display Order Setting: Relevance/Stroke Count/Kana Syllabary/Custom ・ Audio: On/Off ・ Clear Practice Record ・ Skip Function ・ Display Kana Guide ・ Multi-user Setting

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Railingo

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Railingo turns real rail routes into gentle typing lessons for children. Practice letters, spelling and keyboard confidence while moving a train from station to station. LEARN OFFLINE Choose a selected route, type the current station name and continue to the next stop. Guided and independent modes support different confidence levels. Lessons, speech, rewards and progress remain available without Wi-Fi after installation. START FREE, ADD ONLY WHAT YOU NEED Starter routes and complete course samples are included. Optional one-time city, course, family and classroom packs add structured lessons, smart review, network-transfer challenges, local learner profiles, reports and teaching tools. There are no subscriptions, ads, tips, wallpaper sales, cloud accounts or public leaderboards. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Learning data and purchase-aware progress stay on the device. Family and classroom tools use local profiles and reports. ACCESSIBLE PRACTICE Adjust text size, contrast, sound and voice guidance. Typing checks accept upper- or lowercase letters and can ignore spaces and punctuation so learners can focus on the target. Railingo is an independent educational app and is not affiliated with any transit agency. Routes are selected for learning and do not represent every service in each city.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Railingo at Free against 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター!'s $4.99. Railingo also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター!'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Railingo is free to download; 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! costs $4.99 up front. 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Railingo sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! ships an update every 6 weeks, Railingo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

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小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! versus Railingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター!Railingo
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGloding Inc.Hot Season Enterprise, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター!

One-time1
  • 小3漢字ドリル 令和2年度版追加ドリル$1.99
10 purchases

Railingo

One-time10
  • Map & Geography Explorer$2.99
  • French AZERTY Line$3.99
  • Network Transfers$3.99
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  • German QWERTZ Line$3.99
  • Spanish Typing Line$3.99
  • Assignment Scheduler$4.99
  • Diagnostics Replay$5.99
  • Assessment Builder$7.99
  • Classroom Handoff Kiosk$9.99
  • Learning Lab Expansion$27.99

Questions

Is 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! free?
小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Railingo free?
Railingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! or Railingo have ads?
Neither 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! nor Railingo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! or Railingo?
小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Railingo every 9 days. Most recently, 小3漢字ドリル 基礎からマスター! was updated on September 21, 2026 and Railingo on September 7, 2026.

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