Comparison

Kanji Draw vs Bimoji

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

Head to head
About

Kanji Draw

Master Japanese Kanji with interactive study and quiz modes. Learn through association, writing practice, and reading comprehension exercises. Features native speaker audio and real-world word examples to prepare you for exams.

Highlights
  • Interactive Kanji writing practice
  • Reading comprehension quizzes
  • Associate kanji with images/stories
  • Native speaker audio pronunciation
  • JLPT exam preparation
  • Real-world word examples
Features
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Now with the 3,000 most used kanji in Japan! From your very first kanji all the way to reading a Japanese newspaper — Kanji Draw now covers the complete journey: every kanji taught in Japanese schools, every JLPT level from N5 to N1, and the most frequent kanji of everyday Japanese. All 3,000 of them, beautifully organized and ready to study. Kanji Draw is the most complete and fun tool to learn and practice kanji! The 3 ways to remember a kanji are: • Associate it with a story or image. • Associate it with a sound. • Write the kanji over and over again. Well, you can do all this with Kanji Draw. WHAT'S INSIDE • 3,000 kanji, organized into themed lessons: Actions, Nature, People, Time, Animals and more. • Over 12,000 example words — real, everyday vocabulary. No need to waste time on words that no one uses anymore. • Japanese audio for every reading and every example word. Tap any word and hear it spoken aloud. • Stroke-order diagrams with numbered strokes and direction arrows for every single kanji. • Elegant brush-style kanji in the classic textbook form used in Japanese schools. Lessons hold hundreds of kanji each, but you choose your own pace: enable just the kanji you want to study, add more little by little, and watch your collection grow. HOW TO USE KANJI DRAW There are 3 modes: STUDY KANJI, KANJI QUIZ and MEANING QUIZ. • STUDY KANJI You typically start with the STUDY MODE. Here you can focus on each kanji. Write something about it that will help you remember it later, or make a drawing about it. If you are out of ideas try importing someone else's text or drawing. You can also take a picture or import an image from your photo gallery, maybe a fun image that you found on the web... Don't forget to share your text or image with the community! (if you use Game Center your user name will be displayed next to your creations) To learn how to use the kanji in Japanese, check the details card. Here you will find the most used words containing the selected kanji, along with the readings in HIRAGANA and ROMAJI. Tap any word to hear its reading spoken in Japanese. Tapping the icons next to the examples will access an online dictionary with more information and hundreds of sentences. Courtesy of Denshi Jisho (the best online dictionary). Next, it's practice time! Select the kanji that you want to practice and start a quiz. (We recommend practicing about 10 kanji each time) You have full control of how much help you want during the quiz. • KANJI QUIZ Look at the reading and meanings on the details card and try to guess the correct kanji. On the right, you can choose to show your text or drawing, or simply swipe sideways to hide this card. The left card is where you answer. Find the correct kanji and tap it. Or even better, switch to draw mode and use your finger to write the kanji. You can start by writing on top of a guide showing the stroke order and direction, and when you're ready, hide this hint and you're on your own. • MEANING QUIZ The MEANING QUIZ is similar but you are shown the kanji and must choose the correct meaning. Note: Kanji Draw started with 333 kanji. Today it has 3,000 — and every update has been free for everyone who unlocked the lessons. That's a promise we keep: unlock once, grow forever. We believe Kanji Draw truly is the best and most fun way to study kanji. And we hope you enjoy it!

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

Kanji Draw4 screens
Bimoji4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kanji Draw at 58% against Bimoji's 10%. Kanji Draw also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Bimoji's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 16 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. Kanji Draw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bimoji asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kanji Draw ships an update every 16 months, Bimoji every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kanji Draw versus Bimoji: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKanji DrawBimoji
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.0% of reviews — better9.5% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOktoidGloding Inc.

Customer experience

Kanji Draw

All ratings16 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral13.0%
Negative29.0%

Bimoji

Written reviews21 reviews
Positive9.5%
Neutral14.3%
Negative76.2%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kanji Draw

One-time1
  • Unlock All Lessons$3.99
None

Bimoji

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kanji Draw free?
Kanji Draw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bimoji free?
Bimoji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kanji Draw or Bimoji have ads?
Neither Kanji Draw nor Bimoji shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kanji Draw or Bimoji?
Kanji Draw ships an update every 16 months, and Bimoji every 6 weeks. Most recently, Kanji Draw was updated on September 18, 2026 and Bimoji on September 27, 2026.

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