Comparison

Bimoji vs 漢字拡大ルーペ

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

Head to head
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.

About

漢字拡大ルーペ

Instantly look up how to write Japanese Kanji characters. This app provides enlarged views of character stroke order and allows for tracing practice. It's a free tool for anyone needing to learn or verify Kanji writing.

Highlights
  • Enlarged Kanji writing display
  • Stroke order visualization
  • Tracing practice
  • Quick Kanji lookup
Read full description

漢字の書き方・書き順を拡大表示! このアプリ「漢字拡大ルーペ」なら漢字の書き方が分からない時にパッと調べることができます。 書き順表示やなぞり書き練習にも対応。 本アプリ「漢字拡大ルーペ - 漢字書き方・書き順検索アプリ」は無料です!

Screenshots

Bimoji4 screens
漢字拡大ルーペ3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 漢字拡大ルーペ at 76% against Bimoji's 9%. Bimoji's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bimoji ships an update every 6 weeks, 漢字拡大ルーペ every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bimoji versus 漢字拡大ルーペ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBimoji漢字拡大ルーペ
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.7% of reviews75.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB61 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGloding Inc.Flipout LLC

Customer experience

Bimoji

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

漢字拡大ルーペ

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative13.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bimoji

No in-app purchases

None

漢字拡大ルーペ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bimoji free?
Bimoji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 漢字拡大ルーペ free?
漢字拡大ルーペ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bimoji or 漢字拡大ルーペ have ads?
漢字拡大ルーペ shows ads; Bimoji does not.
Which is updated more often, Bimoji or 漢字拡大ルーペ?
Bimoji ships an update every 6 weeks, and 漢字拡大ルーペ every 6 months. Most recently, Bimoji was updated on October 16, 2026 and 漢字拡大ルーペ on October 18, 2026.

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