Comparison

Japanese Class vs Kanji Drill

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

Head to head
About

Japanese Class

Master Japanese with a comprehensive offline course. Features interactive exercises for verbs, vocabulary, grammar, and listening, with a fun awards system to track progress. Ideal for serious learners.

Highlights
  • Offline Japanese course
  • Interactive verb, vocabulary, grammar, and listening exercises
  • 1500+ words and 125 phrases
  • Support for Kana, Kanji, and Romaji
  • Customizable exercises with awards system
  • Progress tracking and error summaries
Features
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Gain a mastery of Japanese! Japanese Class offers a complete offline Japanese course, together with interactive verb, vocabulary, grammar and listening exercises. All words and phrases are available to listen to as well. Great support when you learn Japanese. Easy to practice your verb conjugations, vocabulary, grammar and phrases with. This full course contains 10 Japanese language lessons covering the following content: * All tenses * 1500+ words, sorted into different categories such as food and transport * 12 grammar articles: Hiragana, Katakana, Particles, Adjectives, Verbs, Counters, Numbers, Dates, Te Form, Existential Verbs, and more. * 125 useful phrases And the following features: * Support for Kana, Kanji, Romaji(bring up Course Settings to change writing display). * Highly customizable exercises on all of the above, with a fun awards system that is integrated with Game Center which makes practicing fun, with separate awards for the vocab, verbs, grammar and listening exercises. * Keeping track of your progress by saving statistics and summaries of all completed exercises, while keeping track of errors made. The first strength of this app is the extended content. No other Japanese app offers this much for the same price. The other strength lies in its fun, addictive and useful exercises. If you are serious about learning Japanese, this app is for you.

About

Kanji Drill

This educational app offers three distinct drills to enhance Japanese language learning. Focus on kanji reading, vocabulary acquisition, and verb conjugation. Developed by university students, it's a practical tool for mastering Japanese fundamentals.

Highlights
  • Kanji reading practice
  • Vocabulary word drills
  • Te-form verb conjugation
  • Developed by university students
  • Japanese language learning
Features
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Nihongo Drill is from the Japanese program at Lehman College, The City University of New York. There are three drills - Kanji, Tango and Te-form drill - all designed to help students learn Japanese and improve their knowledge in kanji reading, vocabulary words and the verb conjugation, and they were developed by Lehman students.

Screenshots

Japanese Class4 screens
Kanji Drill3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kanji Drill at Free against Japanese Class's $3.99. Kanji Drill also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Japanese Class's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On ratings volume, 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

Kanji Drill is free to download; Japanese Class costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kanji Drill holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Japanese Class ships an update every 2 months, Kanji Drill every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Japanese Class versus Kanji Drill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJapanese ClassKanji Drill
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinguineo BVBAASAKO TOCHIKA

Customer experience

Japanese Class

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kanji Drill

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Japanese Class

No in-app purchases

None

Kanji Drill

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Japanese Class free?
Japanese Class costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kanji Drill free?
Kanji Drill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Japanese Class or Kanji Drill?
Kanji Drill is rated higher. Japanese Class averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Kanji Drill averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Japanese Class or Kanji Drill have ads?
Neither Japanese Class nor Kanji Drill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Japanese Class or Kanji Drill?
Japanese Class ships an update every 2 months, and Kanji Drill every 7 months. Most recently, Japanese Class was updated on November 1, 2026 and Kanji Drill on November 1, 2026.

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