Comparison

Writing Order Kanji 1st. vs Bimoji

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

Head to head
About

Writing Order Kanji 1st.

Practice writing Japanese Kanji characters through a fun game. Learn the correct stroke order and compete against a robot opponent. This app features 80 Kanji characters for the first grade.

Highlights
  • Kanji writing practice
  • Correct stroke order guidance
  • Game-based learning
  • Robot opponent challenges
  • 80 first-grade Kanji
Features
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To learn Japanese you need to learn how to write Kanji characters. The best way to learn them is to practice writing them over and over but this can be boring. Instead, have fun and use this game to practice the correct way of writing Kanji - and beat the Robo! This app has 80 Kanji characters in the first grade.

About

Bimoji

Master beautiful Japanese handwriting with this app. Practice hiragana, katakana, and hundreds of kanji characters with guided stroke order and scoring. Improve your writing for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Practice hiragana, katakana, and kanji
  • Guided stroke order display
  • Character scoring and feedback
  • Repetition writing and progress tracking
  • Model and suggestion display
  • 300 new newspaper-common characters
Features
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300 new characters commonly used in Japanese newspapers and other media have been added! The “Beautiful Japanese Handwriting” has been powered up with more characters to practice, focusing on characters that are often handwritten and commonly used in addresses and people’s names. There are many occasions when handwriting is required. If you can write beautifully, you can write with confidence on those occasions. It’s easy to think that writing beautiful handwriting is a matter of aesthetic sense or innate ability, but it is about getting the hang of how to make it look beautiful. In the “Beautiful Japanese Handwriting,” points for writing beautifully are displayed for each character in the model, and by being aware of these points, the character will change. ◆About the character to practice ・In addition to 46 hiragana and 46 katakana characters and 50 basic kanji characters that are often used in daily life, you can practice 300 kanji characters often used in newspapers and other media. ・The basic Kanji characters are selected from a mixture of basic character building blocks, so they can be applied to writing other Kanji characters. ・Displaying the stroke order helps you remember the correct character ・In the hiragana practice, the original kanji are also displayed for reference, so you can deepen your understanding of hiragana by practicing while visualizing the kanji. ◆Functions ・Equipped with the function of judging the characters by mark. ・Judging standard is graded by full marks. ・Model and suggestion is displayed when finished writing. ・Repetition writing is available! Your writing will be recored. You can see your progress by looking objectively. ・90 or more points is considered as “Beautiful Handwriting”. ・Judgment is expressed by the table. ・The difference of the first score and the top rating which came out after practice is displayed as a growing point. ・Sound ON/OFF ・Reset recording Beautiful characters can be written by writing over and over. Beautiful characters are the property of your life.

Screenshots

Writing Order Kanji 1st.4 screens
Bimoji4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Writing Order Kanji 1st. at 75% against Bimoji's 9%. Bimoji's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Order Kanji 1st. ships an update every 3 months, Bimoji every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Writing Order Kanji 1st. versus Bimoji: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting Order Kanji 1st.Bimoji
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better8.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMASAHIRO MIZUTANIGloding Inc.

Customer experience

Writing Order Kanji 1st.

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%

Bimoji

Written reviews23 reviews
Positive8.7%
Neutral17.4%
Negative73.9%

In-app purchases

None

Writing Order Kanji 1st.

No in-app purchases

None

Bimoji

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Order Kanji 1st. free?
Writing Order Kanji 1st. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bimoji free?
Bimoji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Writing Order Kanji 1st. or Bimoji have ads?
Writing Order Kanji 1st. shows ads; Bimoji does not.
Which is updated more often, Writing Order Kanji 1st. or Bimoji?
Writing Order Kanji 1st. ships an update every 3 months, and Bimoji every 6 weeks. Most recently, Writing Order Kanji 1st. was updated on November 1, 2026 and Bimoji on November 1, 2026.

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