KanaBattle vs KanaDrills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | KanaBattle | KanaDrills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 12 months |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 4.2 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Difint, LLC | Gestell, LLC |
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KanaBattle
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In-app purchases
KanaBattle
- Jōyō Kanji$1.99
KanaDrills
- Extend Kana Drills$2.99
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