Comparison

Let's Write Kanji! vs Rhythm Kanji

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • JLPT N5-N1 coverage
  • Elementary to high school curriculum
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Stroke order animations
  • Death-match mode
  • Hints for difficult Kanji
Features
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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!

About

Rhythm Kanji

Learn kanji through a fun rhythm game experience. Select correct kanji to fill sentence blanks as they descend to music. Track your progress, aim for high scores, and review missed characters.

Highlights
  • Learn kanji like a rhythm game
  • Speed reading effect
  • Voluntary practice repetition
  • Check ranking and aim for high scores
  • Review missed kanji after games
  • Practice mode with global scoring
Features
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Let's learn kanji more fun like a rhythm game! Easy to use! Just select the kanji that fits in the blanks of the example sentences that come down from above, according to the music! Since you have to read the text instantly and find the correct answer, you can expect a speed reading effect. Since you can easily check your own ranking, you can expect to voluntarily repeat practice from the desire to be number one. If there is a kanji you didn't understand, you can check the kanji given on the exam after the game is over and review it. Your score will increase depending on the difficulty of the kanji level and consecutive correct answers, so let's do our best to aim for a high score. In practice mode, you can check how many points you have scored in the world. The ranking is reset once a month, so you can challenge with a new feeling every month. Record mode records your best score in GooglePlayGame. Because it is a game, even children who are not good at reading sentences can enjoy it without hesitation. --Features-- * Enjoy learning kanji like a rhythm game. * You can also expect speed reading effect. * You can voluntarily repeat practice.

Screenshots

Let's Write Kanji!4 screens
Rhythm Kanji4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Let's Write Kanji! at 67% against Rhythm Kanji's 0%. Let's Write Kanji! also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). Rhythm Kanji's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Let's Write Kanji! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Rhythm Kanji sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rhythm Kanji holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Let's Write Kanji!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Rhythm Kanji's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Let's Write Kanji! ships an update every 4 months, Rhythm Kanji every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Let's Write Kanji! versus Rhythm Kanji: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLet's Write Kanji!Rhythm Kanji
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.713.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertelethon k.k.株式会社EIHSOFT

Customer experience

Let's Write Kanji!

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

Rhythm Kanji

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Let's Write Kanji!

One-time4
  • Elementary School Kanji$1.99
  • Secondary School Kanji$1.99
  • JLPT$1.99
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  • Unlock all Levels$4.99
1 purchases

Rhythm Kanji

Subscriptions1
  • No Ads & Unlimited Gems$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Let's Write Kanji! free?
Let's Write Kanji! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rhythm Kanji free?
Rhythm Kanji is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Let's Write Kanji! or Rhythm Kanji?
Rhythm Kanji is rated higher. Let's Write Kanji! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Rhythm Kanji averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Let's Write Kanji! or Rhythm Kanji have ads?
Both Let's Write Kanji! and Rhythm Kanji show ads.
Which is updated more often, Let's Write Kanji! or Rhythm Kanji?
Let's Write Kanji! ships an update every 4 months, and Rhythm Kanji every 7 months. Most recently, Let's Write Kanji! was updated on September 23, 2026 and Rhythm Kanji on September 22, 2026.

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