Comparison

Bimoji vs Kanji Pad

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

Kanji Pad

Master Japanese kanji through interactive writing practice. Track your progress with kanji organized by grade levels. Customize your learning pace with adjustable group sizes and repetition cycles for a smooth, stress-free experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive kanji writing practice
  • Kanji organized by grade levels
  • Customizable group sizes and repetition
  • Progress tracking
  • Stress-free learning experience
Features
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The fastest way to remember a kanji is to write it. Kanji Pad teaches you all 2,136 jōyō kanji stroke by stroke — you draw each character on screen, and the app checks every stroke you make. WRITE, DON'T JUST FLIP CARDS Trace each new kanji with guided strokes, then reproduce it from memory. Kanji Pad scores your strokes as you draw, so muscle memory does the work that flashcards can't. STRUCTURED THE WAY JAPANESE IS ACTUALLY LEARNED • JLPT levels from N5 to N1 — study exactly what your next exam requires • Japanese school grades 1–6 and secondary school • Your own custom sets — group kanji any way you like SEE YOUR PROGRESS EVERY DAY The Today dashboard shows your streak, your JLPT progress level by level, and a 12-week activity map. Pick up right where you left off with one tap. FIND ANY KANJI — EVEN ONE YOU CAN'T READ Search by English meaning, by on/kun reading in kana, or simply draw the character and let Kanji Pad recognize it. Perfect for looking up kanji you spot in the wild. LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH CHARACTER • On and kun readings with native speech synthesis • Meanings and Heisig keywords • Real example words, sorted by how frequently they're used in Japanese • Swipe between kanji to keep exploring MAKE IT YOURS • Choose your session size and repetition pace • Four authentic Japanese typefaces: kaishō, kyōkasho, minchō and gothic • Haptic feedback while you write NO STRINGS ATTACHED Works fully offline. No account, no sign-up. Your progress stays on your device. Whether you're starting with your first N5 characters or closing the gap to N1, Kanji Pad turns daily writing practice into a habit that sticks.

Screenshots

Bimoji4 screens
Kanji Pad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kanji Pad at 86% against Bimoji's 9%. Kanji Pad also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Bimoji's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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

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, Kanji Pad every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bimoji versus Kanji Pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBimojiKanji Pad
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGloding Inc.Vitaliy Golubenko

Customer experience

Bimoji

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

Kanji Pad

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Bimoji

No in-app purchases

None

Kanji Pad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bimoji free?
Bimoji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kanji Pad free?
Kanji Pad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bimoji or Kanji Pad have ads?
Neither Bimoji nor Kanji Pad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bimoji or Kanji Pad?
Bimoji ships an update every 6 weeks, and Kanji Pad every 4 days. Most recently, Bimoji was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kanji Pad on October 25, 2026.

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