Comparison

renshuu vs Hyper Edohaku

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

Head to head
About

renshuu

Learn Japanese vocabulary, kanji, and grammar through engaging quizzes and games. Offers personalized learning paths, rich study materials with audio and images, and a unique quiz system designed for the Japanese language. Enjoy a fun, ad-free experience with a supportive community.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning paths
  • Extensive vocabulary and kanji database
  • Grammar explanations and quizzes
  • Native-recorded audio and images
  • Engaging quiz system
  • User-made lessons
  • Multiplayer games
Features
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A cute, ad-free, and enjoyable learning experience is waiting for you in the Renshuu community! The free version is unlimited: there’s no timer before you are forced to pay! - A path for every learning style and every goal - Whether you are getting started with the alphabets or have been studying for years, jump in exactly where you belong! Don’t waste time going through what you already know. Renshuu maintains learning paths for most textbooks, the JLPT, Kanji Kentei, and for those who just want to learn. You can also carve out your own path! Our community has over 10,000 user-made lessons for even more focused learning. - Cute, relaxing, and fun - Our mascot Kao-chan is here to let you enjoy learning Japanese, whether it’s through collectible coins every time you quiz, a character that evolves as you learn, manga pages that you unlock, or hundreds of hand-made illustrations. Additionally, we have both single and multiplayer games to help you keep your learning and reviewing fresh! - Personal service - We are just a two-person company - and we don’t use chat bots. That means that every question you have gets an answer directly from us. - Rich, in-depth materials - > Vocabulary: over 15,000 native-recorded audio files, 17,000 hand-picked images, and 160,000 example sentences make understanding vocabulary a breeze. Our growing library of accent/pitch data can even help you with accent reduction. > Kanji: 12,000+ kanji, with no limits on what you can study! Over 2,000 colorful mnemonics help you to understand and retain the meanings. > Grammar: Over 800 different expressions, each complete with native-written model sentences, construction diagrams, audio, and over 7,500 hand-made quiz questions. > Sentences: Thousands of sentences complete with audio, divided by theme and difficulty levels. - A superior quiz system designed around Japanese - Our SRS-for-Japanese system doesn’t treat Japanese materials like flashcards to be memorized, and breaks every item down into individual components so you can understand, and not just memorize. Mastery schedules keep you studying only what you need to, pushing weaker materials to the front for you to focus on. Dozens of different question styles keep things fresh, while a flexible input system (multiple choice, typing, or writing) lets you answer the way that you want to. - Customizable down to the last character - Renshuu doesn’t believe that there is a single way of studying that everyone should adhere to. Our expansive settings and customizations let you adjust the learning environment to what works best for you. End user license agreement can be viewed here: https://www.renshuu.org/eula

About

Hyper Edohaku

Features
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum’s smartphone app is finally here. What creativities and delights did the lives of Edo’s townspeople have? Journey into the hustle and bustle of Edo and discover originalities that can lead to insights for the present-day! - Find Them: One hundred from the Edo-Tokyo Museum Collection Ryōgoku-Hirokōji is Edo’s entertainment district, which the app has had recreated in 3D based on the Edo-Tokyo Museum’s model of the area to the west of Ryōgokubashi Bridge. This augmented rendition includes the Ryōgokubashi Bridge in the summer, squares on both ends of the Bridge, and the Sumida River. Scattered among this 3D rendering, overflowing with diverse people and commodities, are one hundred items selected from the Edo-Tokyo Museum’s collection for you to find. - The Four Areas: From the nagaya to Ryōgokubashi Bridge, and to Ekōin Temple and the Sumida River Your journey as an Edo teenager begins in a busy morning in the nagaya. Stroll through to collect the area-themed items to open doors into the following areas, where, finally, you will enjoy a cool evening on a riverboat on the final Sumida River area. - The Sumida River Opening Thriving with Events The Ryōgokubashi Bridge carries many of Edo’s townspeople back-and-forth their destinations where countless incidents and events happen on the daily: performances of freak/animal shows (misemono), fires, and even street fights. The firework display at Sumida River and the sumo wrestling at Ekōin Temple are also two out of many of these events unique to Edo, items of which you can find and collect. Throughout your discovery, you might also encounter famous figures such as Katsushika Hokusai and Gennai Hiraga.

Screenshots

renshuu4 screens
Hyper Edohaku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hyper Edohaku at none against renshuu's 14. Hyper Edohaku also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). renshuu's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. renshuu sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hyper Edohaku asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

renshuu ships an update monthly, Hyper Edohaku every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
renshuu versus Hyper Edohaku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterrenshuuHyper Edohaku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael HominickTokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Bugs and requests

renshuu

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional freezing or crashes
  • Inconsistent responsiveness of writing/drawing input

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode
  • More advanced grammar and kanji lessons
  • Verb conjugation practice
  • Ability to type answers instead of selecting
  • Integration with other language learning resources

Hyper Edohaku

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

renshuu

Subscriptions7
  • renshuu pro subscription$3.991 Month
  • Kao Club - Level 5$5.001 Month
  • renshuu pro subscription$6.991 Month
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  • renshuu pro subscription1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Kao Club - Level 10$10.001 Month
  • Kao Club - Level 15$15.001 Month
  • Kao Club - Level 30$30.001 Month
One-time7
  • 1 year access to renshuu pro$49.99
  • 12 month gift code to renshuu pro$49.99
  • 1 year access to renshuu pro$59.99
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  • Lifetime renshuu pro$109.99
  • Lifetime renshuu pro - gift code$109.99
  • Lifetime renshuu pro - gift code$129.99
  • Lifetime renshuu pro$129.99
None

Hyper Edohaku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is renshuu free?
renshuu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hyper Edohaku free?
Hyper Edohaku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do renshuu or Hyper Edohaku have ads?
Neither renshuu nor Hyper Edohaku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, renshuu or Hyper Edohaku?
renshuu ships an update monthly, and Hyper Edohaku every 2 months. Most recently, renshuu was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hyper Edohaku on October 7, 2026.

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