Let's Write Kanji! vs Kanji Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Let's Write Kanji!
This game offers a fast-paced quiz to help you learn Japanese Kanji. It covers all JLPT levels and Japanese school curriculum, with progress tracking and stroke order animations. Challenge yourself in a competitive mode to master characters.
- JLPT N5-N1 coverage
- Elementary to high school curriculum
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Stroke order animations
- Death-match mode
- Hints for difficult Kanji
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Let's Write Kanji is a fast-paced quiz that helps you study Japanese characters in a fun and playful way. Test your Kanji knowledge against all the Kanji required for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) levels N5 to N1 or follow the steps of Japanese schoolchildren and study Kanji from the first grade of elementary school all the way through high school. Keep track of your progress and find gaps in your knowledge through detailed statistics. If you get stuck, help is always available - from subtle hints to full-fledged animations with the correct stroke order. Feeling confident about your Kanji skills? Let's see how long you can hold up against the computer in the frantic death-match mode. Improve your Kanji knowledge, master new characters, and become a true Kanji master - Let's Write Kanji!
Kanji Drop
This app teaches Japanese kanji through a unique block-dropping game. Construct kanji from their components and form words from existing kanji to progress. It offers a fun and engaging method for learners of all levels, from beginners to advanced.
- Build kanji from parts
- Form words from kanji
- Audio pronunciation of words
- Import Anki/WaniKani decks
- JLPT and textbook lesson filters
- Beginner to advanced levels
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Learn Japanese kanji by dropping blocks to make kanji and words! Make kanji from their parts and words from other kanji! Blow them up by making words! Fill your limit meter by making kanji from others and watch your blocks blow up! It's a great way to learn kanji for beginners, a fun alternative to flashcards for advanced learners as you can import your Anki, WaniKani, and Koohii decks, and a fun game overall! :D Learn all Japanese jouyou kanji for fun or proficiency. Every time you make a word or kanji, its meaning is spoken and you also hear the pronunciation of words. You also learn how to make kanji from their parts, just like in Remembering the Kanji, Vol. 1, by James Heisig. You can restrict learning to JLPT 1-5 kanji or textbook lessons from popular Japanese textbooks! Open to all skill levels! It starts off easy and gives you hints when you're stuck. Keep playing and you'll find yourself recognizing more and more kanji! You can select Easy/Learning mode to have more time to read about the kanji and words you make!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kanji Drop at every 2 weeks against Let's Write Kanji!'s every 4 months. Kanji Drop also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (26 vs 8). Let's Write Kanji!'s advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%). 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
Both are free to download. Let's Write Kanji! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Kanji Drop sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kanji Drop holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Let's Write Kanji!'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Kanji Drop's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Let's Write Kanji! ships an update every 4 months, Kanji Drop every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Let's Write Kanji! | Kanji Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.3 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 344 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | telethon k.k. | International Technology Consulting LLC |
Customer experience
Let's Write Kanji!
Kanji Drop
In-app purchases
Let's Write Kanji!
- Elementary School Kanji$1.99
- Secondary School Kanji$1.99
- JLPT$1.99
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- Unlock all Levels$4.99
Kanji Drop
- 100 Coins$4.99
- 500 Coins$5.99
- 1000 Coins$6.99
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- 2000 Coins$9.99
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