Hiragana vs Bunchuu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hiragana
Master Hiragana characters quickly and efficiently. This app offers a simple, proven method for memorizing the Japanese syllabary in just a few hours.
- Learn Hiragana characters
- Memorize Hiragana efficiently
- Fast learning method
- Proven effectiveness
- Simple interface
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This application is a simple and very fast way to learn and memorize all Hiragana characters. I created this application for myself when I started to learn Japanese. Proven effectiveness ! Give it a try if you want to learn and to memorize all Hiragana with a very simple, fast and efficient method in few hours.
Bunchuu
This app enhances language learning by providing real-world context for vocabulary and kanji. It offers customizable study sessions, offline access, and seamless synchronization with an existing learning platform. Enjoy a visually appealing and private study experience.
- Vocabulary in context with furigana
- Customizable study and review sessions
- Offline access and progress syncing
- Visual progress tracking
- Private study with no tracking
- Dark mode support
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Bunchuu is a beautiful, fast, native companion app for WaniKani. Do your lessons and reviews anywhere — then go further, and meet every kanji where it lives: in real sentences. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT Real context sentences for every vocabulary item. Furigana readings and plain-English grammar notes, one tap away. Translations stay veiled until you ask, so you can test yourself first. YOUR STUDIES, YOUR PACE Hand-pick exactly which radicals, kanji, and vocabulary to learn next. Review in batches, choose the ordering, and ask meaning and reading back to back — or far apart. Typo tolerance, your own synonyms, an automatic kana keyboard, and a leech threshold you control. WANIKANI'S SRS, SYNCED Works fully offline — lessons, reviews, and every mnemonic are cached on your device, and progress syncs when you're back online. Your progress lives in your WaniKani account, so you can switch between Bunchuu and the website at any time. Accuracy, streaks, and review history for every item. WATCH YOUR PROGRESS RISE Every level and every SRS stage, at a glance. Get notified the moment reviews are ready. A DELIGHTFUL PLACE TO STUDY A watercolor world, from the radicals to the snack breaks. Beautiful enough to make reviews feel like a treat. Full dark mode. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Bunchuu account, no analytics, no tracking. Your study data syncs directly between your device and your WaniKani account. Bunchuu requires an active WaniKani account (wanikani.com). WaniKani's free trial covers its first three levels, so you can try both together. Bunchuu is an unofficial third-party app and is not affiliated with WaniKani or Tofugu, LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bunchuu at Free against Hiragana's $0.99. Bunchuu also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 15 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Hiragana's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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
Bunchuu is free to download; Hiragana costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bunchuu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hiragana has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Hiragana ships an update every 15 months, Bunchuu every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hiragana | Bunchuu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raphael Wach | Four Skills Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
Hiragana
Bunchuu
In-app purchases
Hiragana
No in-app purchases
Bunchuu
No in-app purchases





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