Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Kana Board
Learn Japanese Hiragana and Katakana
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kana Board launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Learn Japanese hiragana and vocabulary with cute characters
2023 · its alternatives →
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Learn japanese hiragana & katakana
Oct 2025 · japanese50sounds.com · its alternatives →
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Learn to read Kana in a Manga style
Jul 2026 · kanapow.com · its alternatives →
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LenGaki▲13Learn Everything from vocabulary to grammar for Free
2025 · lengaki.com · its alternatives →
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Learn Japanese with 1000 phrases and intelligent flashcards
2016 · its alternatives →
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The idea is actually quite simple. As a Japanese learner and a coder, I've always wanted there to be an open-source, 100% free for learning Japanese, similar to Monkeytype in the typing community. Unfortunately, pretty much all language learning apps are closed-sourced and paid these days, and the ones that are free have unfortunately been abandoned. But of course, just creating yet another language learning app was not enough - there has to be a unique selling point. And then I thought to myself: why not make it crazy and do what no other language learning app ever did by adding a gazillion…
2025 · kanadojo.com · its alternatives →
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Learn Japanese Alphabets / Language Hiragana and Katakana
2022 · its alternatives →
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Douzo▲127Free Japanese typing practice organized by JLPT level
Mar 2026 · typingdouzo.com · its alternatives →
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Mainichi▲133Learn Japanese, one prefecture at a time.
Jul 2026 · mainichiapp.com · its alternatives →
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KanaBlob▲1Learn and review Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
Jul 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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I'm a long time lurker that recently quit my job to work on my own projects, a lot due to the inspiration from Hacker News. Now I have published my first serious project, an app for learning how to write Japanese characters. It's the app I always wanted but couldn't find when I was studying. It tries to be simple to use, you just start the quiz and go with the flow. There's no need to plan and manage your studies, and it uses spaced repetition for better retention. There's a promo page with more details up at http://www.kanjibyhand.com. It's only for Android so far. The free version includes…
2012 · its alternatives →
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