Kanji Garden Japanese

Name: Kanji Garden Japanese
Rating: 4.72402 (587 reviews)

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Kanji Garden Japanese

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User Reviews for Kanji Garden Japanese

Difficult Review

I love this app! I wish there were more garden related things to go with the theme but functionally it is great. The only difficulty I have is when reviewing kanji that have more than two on’yomi/kun’yomi definitions. Regardless, only two questions will be presented, but the answer will be different. I think there should just be more questions corresponding to how many on’yomi/kun’yomi there are so that you get the full review every time. That, or a question with multiple answers to select.

Bestlemons, Feb 15, 2023

Concerned for the dev

I used to love this app, and still think it’s great for getting started. There’s sooooo much good and helpful info. I paid for it long ago and feel like I got my money’s worth. However, a couple months ago, all the audio stopped working for me. Previously and comments or feedback to the developer were replied to, but since the app audio stopped working, I’ve not heard from the dev. I hope they are okay. But given that the app might be abandoned now, I would recommend Benkyō app instead for now. Otherwise, this app and its cross-platform nature, are totally worth it.

brandonjp.com, Oct 25, 2021

I love this app and use it every day.

I really love this app. The only thing I would do differently is give the option to review certain kanji sooner than the scheduled Kanji Garden timeline. There are times where I’m passing reviews but I don’t feel particularly confident. If I was asked to actively recall the readings of these kanji, there are times where I wouldn’t be able to do it but because I’m given the choice between three options, I can usually figure out which one feels right. If there was a system where you needed to type out the reading given a certain word, I feel like I’d have a much stronger association. Overall, this app is great. It has streaks, which are a motivating factor for me. It has scheduled reviews based on when human memory tends to start forgetting things. Overall, the app is virtually perfect for my needs. There are still places where it could exceed expectations though. I’d still highly recommend this app to any new Japanese learner. It’s great. Edit: I realized that there is indeed a setting that allows you to type the readings instead of choosing from three options! I have been loving this app for months and plan on continuing to use it! As soon as I have some disposable income, I’m going to subscribe with the lifetime upgrade. Keep up the good work devs!

Create Nickname 1776, Jun 20, 2022

Great App - No updates

I love this app, and starting off it was so good I got the lifetime. Learning Japanese is something that I want to do so it seemed obvious. I waited as long as I could before jumping. First, they don’t use iTunes money so you have to go through a third party, which is definitely sketchy.Now to the real problem and the reason I give a whopping 1 star. The app used to offer audio reading of the words, which is one of the main reasons I got this app. A few weeks after acquiring lifetime, the audio just stopped. Now, I don’t have a way of hearing as I learn, and I’ve reached out via email, phone call, and everything in between with no reply. There’s no app support so I don’t know when or if there will ever be a solution.

Gejekdhsiwgue, Oct 08, 2021

Good, but not safe.

The app was wonderful until the free trial ran out. I understand that there’s a cost of maintenance, and was willing to support the developers, but it’s absolutely ridiculous that their billing system is not through the App Store. It’s monumentally dangerous to have third parties have your credit card information, which is why you’re billed through the App Store in the first place... so it’s really disappointing that I’m locked into this diminutive app now because the app won’t let me pay for it in a SAFE manner. I want to be able to review more than just 10 kanji per day, and I want to pay for that ability— but it’s a simple fact that giving out credit card information like they’re asking for is extremely dangerous as it can get hacked and leaked out to nef

kajzebold, May 05, 2021

Awesome

This app is great. It took me a few days to fully understand how the whole thing (as in the app itself) worked, but once I did it was smooth sailing. There’s no ads, it’s a refreshingly sleek and simple interface, and there’s plenty of information for further learning into the topic. The only things I wish were different would be a more detailed tutorial, and if I could listen to audio clips of more characters/sentences/phrases, just to better understand them and how to pronounce them. Otherwise, 100% solid app, I really appreciate it, and I will probably be purchasing the pro version, just because I don’t want this kind of app to die. It is still completely functional without the pro version, you just unlock the ability to learn more kanji in a day. Anyway, this is a great app, and my gratitude goes out to the devs.

Mooie the Artist, Mar 18, 2023

Best Kanji learning app

This app is incredible. I love the way it starts with basic kanji that act as components of more complex kanji and builds on your knowledge. Both on’yomi and kun’yomi readings are taught and tested, which I think is awesome. This app has been making it fun to learn kanji. I think one thing I might improve is with each kanji, including a small diagram of how it’s drawn (brushstrokes). Even though it’s not meant to teach drawing, I would love to have it included as reference. But overall, I highly recommend this app for anyone trying to learn kanji

Nickle804, Jul 05, 2022

One of the best with major gripes

Seriously one of the best kanji learning apps I’ve ever used, however, it teaches you in order of most common and doesn’t have the option do so JLPT at all. Why? Also some of the words have no recordings and doesn’t let you look at radicals, search via radicals, etc. I’ve emailed the developer about suggestions and such but no answer at all. Not to mention that it’s been over 2 years since the app has last been updated. Why? It’s not like he disappeared, as I’m writing this, he updated a different app he developed 9 months ago and published a new app in 2022. So I’m giving this a 1 star rating because the developer needs to seriously step up considering how you have to pay to use this app and the lifetime payment option is over $100USD…This needs work.

Orpheus drinkin a forty, Feb 08, 2023

Awesome basic learning tool for self study!

Honestly if you’re committing yourself to finally learning kanji you should have this app apart of your studies! The app is very informative it lets you dive in the kanji’s meaning and how they form concepts on their own and when put together. It will also give you nouns, verbs, and adjectives that use the same kanji that also help you connect meaning and concept. Again not good for school study, as the lessons are based on giving you the most basic kanji (in form) to the most complicated. It’s repetitive and keeps track of your comprehension of each kanji giving you the kuyomi and onyomi. Which if you didn’t know already, are important to know to build your kanji garden (knowledge). Definitely recommend this app for your Japanese Kanji journey!

pink flare, Jun 01, 2022

It seems to fail more now that I’ve subscribed

1) Yes, it’s dodgy that they switch out to a third party merchant for subscription services, but you can still use Apple Pay with that merchant. 2) I feel confident this app will train me towards competency in record time. It would be perfect if writing practice was included. I move to StickyNotes for that. 3) I greatly appreciate the authentic Japanese voice talents instead of those horrific synthesized ones other apps use (like StickyNotes). 4) If you’re going to charge me, the app shouldn’t creep slowly up and off the screen, requiring a force quit and relaunch. It performs fine for a while, then suddenly the page is offset halfway up the page with the top part missing. At first you can pull the page down and recenter it, but eventually, it is stuck up there. Brilliant. 🙄 This app hasn’t been updated in a year, so it doesn’t play well with iOS 15. I will cancel my sub if an update doesn’t come by the time iOS 16 arrives.

Sparky McMuffin, Aug 16, 2022

Description

Designed for Japanese second-language learners. Whether you're learning your first kanji, or skip 2000 you've already mastered to start, it adapts to your knowledge level and time commitments. PERSONALIZED STUDY: Set a goal of how many kanji you'd like to learn each day.

The app creates a personalized study plan based on what memories you need to strengthen, based on proven learning techniques like spaced repetition. Kanji you forget will be reviewed more often, while enough correct reviews will fill up its progress ring—which means you won't review it again for a full year. This allows you to maintain progress for hundreds and even thousands of kanji at once, while maintaining a reasonable amount to study each day. SMARTER REVIEWING: Get tested on all the common readings for each kanji. Kanji Garden uses vocabulary words made of kanji you've already learned to test in context. Multiple choice answers include commonly confused answers to help you catch your mistakes. Or type in kanji readings to practice Japanese input. BETTER LEARNING ORDER: Kanji Garden is built on a simple idea: Learn all the components for a kanji first. When you can break down a character into its components, even kanji with many strokes become easy to recognize. Plus it enables you to take advantage of phono-semantic components that give hints at what the character means, and what it sounds like: 建: Build 健: Health (亻:Person + 建:Build) 鍵: Key (金:metal + 建:Build) Here, 建 is a phonetic component. Now you know all three have the same on'yomi ケン (ken)! There's also a heavy focus on easily confused kanji. Kanji Garden teaches these characters together and tests you on their differences to ensure you know how to differentiate them from the start, saving a lot of pain down the road. 料: Material 科: Department AMAZING STATS: Visualize your unlocked kanji history or upcoming reviews on the graph. Track your learning streak and earn grace days as you study more. Time travel through your learning history, and save a wallpaper image or animated video of your current progress.