Comparison

KanaBattle vs KanaDrills

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

Head to head
About

KanaBattle

Master Japanese Katakana and Hiragana through engaging, timed challenges. Compete in tournaments, test your endurance, and learn rare kana forms in an intuitive system.

Highlights
  • Learn Katakana and Hiragana
  • Timed rounds
  • Endurance mode
  • Tournament play
  • Master rare kana forms
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The learning resource for Katakana (カタカナ) and Hiragana (ひらがな). Three tournaments of seven rounds across seven colors. Katakana and Hiragana are writing forms used in Japan for the Japanese (日本語) syllabary. Master these kana in an easy-to-learn intuitive system. Compete in any of the three tournaments: Katakana/Romaji Hiragana/Romaji Katakana/Hiragana (Versus) Tap the matching pairs to advance levels. Timed rounds to compete against the clock. Endurance mode to score the highest number of consecutive correct. FEATURES Learn the basic kana forms. Infinite round (∞) endurance mode. Six timed rounds of increasing duration. Master the rare kana forms of we and wi.

About

KanaDrills

Master Japanese hiragana and katakana with this focused learning tool. It offers customizable quizzes to test your knowledge of the Japanese syllabaries, including combination characters. Track your progress and sync scores across devices.

Highlights
  • Complete hiragana and katakana syllabaries
  • Includes combination characters
  • Customizable quiz lengths (25-100 questions)
  • Progress tracking with high scores
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Universal app for iOS devices
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Master Japanese kana with KanaDrills. Easily improve your hiragana and katakana anywhere. KanaDrills is a simple app that does one thing well: test your kana. Its simple and elegant interface gets out of the way so you can focus on learning. Costs less than a pack of blank flash cards. FEATURES - Includes complete hiragana and katakana syllabaries, including combination characters (dakuten/ten-ten, handakuten, and yoon). - Test yourself with 25, 50, 75, or 100 questions. Chose katakana or hiragana. - Keep track of your progress with high scores. - iCloud: Synchronize your high scores across your all of your iOS devices. - Universal App: One app works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Screenshots

KanaBattle4 screens
KanaDrills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KanaBattle at 4.5 against KanaDrills's 4.0. KanaBattle also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 75%) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). KanaDrills's advantage is device support. On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. KanaBattle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KanaDrills sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KanaBattle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of KanaBattle's written reviews are positive against 75% of KanaDrills's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KanaBattle versus KanaDrills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKanaBattleKanaDrills
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (12 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequency—Every 12 months
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS4.2 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDifint, LLCGestell, LLC

Customer experience

KanaBattle

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

KanaDrills

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KanaBattle

One-time1
  • Jōyō Kanji$1.99
1 purchases

KanaDrills

One-time1
  • Extend Kana Drills$2.99

Questions

Is KanaBattle free?
KanaBattle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KanaDrills free?
KanaDrills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KanaBattle or KanaDrills?
KanaBattle is rated higher. KanaBattle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while KanaDrills averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.

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