Kana Practice (Hiragana and Katakana Writing and Flash Cards)

The Kana Practice (Hiragana and Katakana Writing and Flash Cards) is now available for $0.99 for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is designed for use in English language. It weighs in at only 1.8 MB to download. The new Kana Practice (Hiragana and Katakana Writing and Flash Cards) app version 1.2.5 has been updated on 2014-11-27. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later
Bottom Line: For more information about Kana Practice (Hiragana and Katakana Writing and Flash Cards) check developer Rakudasoft`s website : http://

Many apps focus on helping you recognize the characters and not necessarily on writing them This app is very helpful for learning the strokes and helping increase your ability to draw them accurately The ability to choose sections and decks is incredibly worthwhile                     Great for learning strokes Acanders77

I like this so far and it works on my iPad 1 with iOS 5 1 1 but crashes when I try to open on my iPhone 4S with iOS 6 1 2             Nice but pdxZZR

The stroke order in is incorrect and the number of strokes in is incorrect as it should be two in handwritten style You need to turn the sensitivity down in order for it to accept correct characters but then it is too loose and also accepts incorrect characters It s odd that it shows you the correct character in normal script but you write them in handwritten script especially because some characters vary significantly between the two         Meh 抱き

I was recently looking for something to help me practice writing the kana and this app fit the bill Pros This app allows you to select either hiragana or katakana and then to designate exactly what to include in your practice session i am for instance only halfway through the hiragana and it allows me to focus just on what i have covered For each syllable it gives you the English and you write in the appropriate kana Unlike most flash cards that show you one of the kana and the you pronounce it this app actually helps you work on generating the kana yourself based on the romanji After using it for a few days I have found that it is nice to have this additional practice to help me work on both types of memory Cons This app seems a bit buggy I have found that about a third of the time it does not seem to read what I have written marking a correctly drawn character as wrong or even indicating that I have drawn a completely different symbol Additionally it also does not display things in a true random order so you will still notice some patterns to the order of the syllables This is only a bit annoying as part of the reason I wanted to use this app is to randomly test my knowledge it is easier to remember the kana in order than it is to pull a random one from memory On the whole I am happy with my purchase It is a very useful tool for working on writing the hiragana and katakana properly it even judges you based on line order and direction and is decent practice for writing recall Perhaps in an update or two some of these issues will be addressed             Buggy but helpful for practicing the kana Jstbeyondreach

As a visual tactile learner this is exactly what I was looking for It doesn t include sounds but I can get that elsewhere The provided symbols aren t drawn as nicely as I would have liked but the point is to remember the different characters and not specific ways of writing them I can select which specific characters I want to practice I m presented with the Roman characters I need to write and if I need a reminder I can press a button to see an outline It s limited but perfect for me                     What I needed Mario L

This application is pretty basic but being able to draw the characters really helps me remember them That s pretty much all I use it for Would be nice if it had sound samples to go with the flash cards                     Does what it says on the packet jackthelid

Don t waste your buck This is completely useless You have to draw the characters the exact size and shape as their templates for each character but their templates are sloppy and inaccurate On top of it there is no context like how to pronounce the character how hard is it to drop an audio file into each character or even how the character is used in words It completely removes the act of creating the characters from language you could be learning how to tag gang symbols for all this program teaches you about Japanese     Complete crap JayBee NOLA

I bought this to try out the program instead of getting Japanese my way didn t want to pay full price and I won t be buying it All it is is a flashcard program when you practice writing and if you weren t taught to write the kana in a handwritten font it won t accept them as right I guess you could have the outline of it up but then it wouldn t be much practice If I wanted flash cards I would just make them I just was not too impressed with the format of the program and so I bought kanji ls touch instead of Japanese my way If you are looking for just a flashcard program though this is a good buy         Meh Kajsakim

Wish I had found this sooner As the other reviewer said simple but fun Love that you get a score of how well you drew the character Great app                     My New Fave seamonkey70

If you re like me even if you ve been studying Japanese for while you sometimes forget some of the kana especially Katakana Having this application makes it possible for me to practice those kana I don t write very often or are hard to remember For that it s well worth a dollar                     Yokatta jpjunkie

This app is simple but really fun Drawing the strokes makes them really stick in my mind too and having them graded too is a nice touch Strong recommend                     Fun CrazyMuppet