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24 alternatives to Kana Master
Kana Master is a reference application for all hiragana and
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kana Master launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Kana Trainer▲65An iOS application to learn Japanese, the easy way.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Kana Words▲76Study Japanese hiragana and katakana with this simply game
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Kann for Android▲171Learn Japanese vocabulary you care about!
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Get Kana▲7A simple app for learning Japanese writing on the go
2016 · getkana.com · its alternatives →
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The open source Trello alternative. Contribute to kanbn/kan development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Japanese dictionary app for iPhone and iPad with kanji lookup, example sentences, flashcards, OCR photo lookup, and a Safari extension for reading Japanese.
2015 · nihongo-app.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 · kanjibyhand.com. · its alternatives →
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A quick kanji reading quiz for Japanese learners
Jan 2026 · kanji-master-quiz.vercel.app · 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 hiragana and vocabulary with cute characters
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Japanese Language Learning App
2017 · rootinfosol.com · its alternatives →
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Fujiyama▲192Practice natural Japanese conversation in real-time with AI
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Writing app with grammar & style check in over 20 languages
2020 · blog.ulysses.app · its alternatives →
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