Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese

Name: Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese
Rating: 4.8 (754 reviews)
Author: Radish Retail, LLC

Kanji, JLPT & Word Widgets

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

754 Ratings
Age Rating

9+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Radish Retail, LLC
Language

EN
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Size

527.2
MB

Keep Japanese in your day with word widgets and reminders. Learn hiragana, katakana and kanji, then review vocabulary from JLPT N5 to N1. Learn Japanese from your Lock Screen. Hourly Kana brings new words into your day with widgets and reminders, then helps you build from hiragana and katakana to kanji and JLPT vocabulary. A NEW WORD, THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY Add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget and choose scheduled word reminders. Set your own pace and quiet hours. Open a word for its reading, meaning, example sentences and Japanese pronunciation audio. FROM YOUR FIRST KANA TO JLPT N1 Learn hiragana and katakana in Foundations with listening drills and character-building exercises. Take a placement test or choose vocabulary from JLPT N5–N1. Follow the kana-first path or study with Kanji First as your reading develops. MAKE YOUR VOCABULARY STICK • Review difficult words with personal flashcards and short quizzes. • Practice handwriting, reading and listening. • Learn grammar through sentences and answer explanations. • Import Anki plain-text exports or build custom decks. • Follow your collection, learning history and progress. Keep learning with offline access and private iCloud sync. No ads. Add a widget and make Japanese part of your daily routine. Try Hourly Kana free for 7 days. Paid access is required after the trial. Choose your interface language in Settings. Some learning content is available only in English. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://hourlylearning.com/language/terms Privacy Policy: https://hourlylearning.com/language/privacy Questions or suggestions? Email support@radish.software.

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

754 Ratings

Excellent learning app, well worth the price
Sep 30
Asa Watanabe
I’ve been using the app for the past few months, I saw an ad for it on Instagram. I love the functionality of getting to have a new word appear on your lock screen every hour. It helps remind me to keep studying and thinking about using Japanese.The flash cards are an amazing tool to learn new vocab along with Kanji. And each word has example sentences, and within those examples sentences you can click on other words you see and add those useful ones to your flash card decks. I’ve been over to memorize and can now recognize over 100 basic kanji using this app.While you do have to pay, I think the price is really quite reasonable for all the useful functionally you get and no annoying ads like Duolingo. For beginners, this is a great little app to hop into and study on the go. It obviously won’t teach you everything (no single resource can), but it is a great way to learn new and actually useful vocab and see it in context. It’s also very useful because for each Kanji it shows the meaning/logic behind the radicals that make it up, and it teaches you the stroke order for writing it.Overall, an excellent app for building your foundations of Japanese if you’re self-guided.
Excellent learning app, well worth the price
Sep 30
Asa Watanabe

I’ve been using the app for the past few months, I saw an ad for it on Instagram. I love the functionality of getting to have a new word appear on your lock screen every hour. It helps remind me to keep studying and thinking about using Japanese.The flash cards are an amazing tool to learn new vocab along with Kanji. And each word has example sentences, and within those examples sentences you can click on other words you see and add those useful ones to your flash card decks. I’ve been over to memorize and can now recognize over 100 basic kanji using this app.While you do have to pay, I think the price is really quite reasonable for all the useful functionally you get and no annoying ads like Duolingo. For beginners, this is a great little app to hop into and study on the go. It obviously won’t teach you everything (no single resource can), but it is a great way to learn new and actually useful vocab and see it in context. It’s also very useful because for each Kanji it shows the meaning/logic behind the radicals that make it up, and it teaches you the stroke order for writing it.Overall, an excellent app for building your foundations of Japanese if you’re self-guided.
Wonderful
Aug 21
Art0091
The only reason I didn't give this five stars is because I don't think that the different types of learners or segments of learners were well considered. For instance I've been speaking Japanese for well over a decade and I love the idea of being able to learn new words. The app is crowded a little bit with some of the beginner stuff, which isn't helpful to me personally. I think all of the functionality is here. It just needs to be either onboarded a little better or through the UX, connected to the experience. For instance I like the idea of creating some decks and having that go into rotation of words I learn using The hourly concept. Also I want it to be really easy to disqualify or hide words that I know very well. I would hope that through the daily practice the spaced repetition memorization concept also influences what words are shown on my screen, for instance, and prompted at me. Perhaps I would like to see a mix of 80% new words but mix in 20% review. Also I forgot to mention I think that having grammar as a separate widget or being complementary to the hour notification.For context I lived in Japan for three years in my 20s. That was about 14 years ago and I am living in the States now. I consume some Japanese media but it's not a central part of my life so I passively and casually maintain and increase my vocabulary. I think this is a great app for people who who want to maintain their Japanese long-term. Finally on the pricing I would be comfortable. Actually I would prefer buying a lifetime access to the app. It would be neat if there was a Discord or something else for users.
Wonderful
Aug 21
Art0091

The only reason I didn't give this five stars is because I don't think that the different types of learners or segments of learners were well considered. For instance I've been speaking Japanese for well over a decade and I love the idea of being able to learn new words. The app is crowded a little bit with some of the beginner stuff, which isn't helpful to me personally. I think all of the functionality is here. It just needs to be either onboarded a little better or through the UX, connected to the experience. For instance I like the idea of creating some decks and having that go into rotation of words I learn using The hourly concept. Also I want it to be really easy to disqualify or hide words that I know very well. I would hope that through the daily practice the spaced repetition memorization concept also influences what words are shown on my screen, for instance, and prompted at me. Perhaps I would like to see a mix of 80% new words but mix in 20% review. Also I forgot to mention I think that having grammar as a separate widget or being complementary to the hour notification.For context I lived in Japan for three years in my 20s. That was about 14 years ago and I am living in the States now. I consume some Japanese media but it's not a central part of my life so I passively and casually maintain and increase my vocabulary. I think this is a great app for people who who want to maintain their Japanese long-term. Finally on the pricing I would be comfortable. Actually I would prefer buying a lifetime access to the app. It would be neat if there was a Discord or something else for users.
Best Japanese App
Sep 29
Eve.v.p
I love this app. I found that when I was learning with Anki, if I opened the app it worked well- but then I would go weeks without opening the app, and getting zero benefit. With this app, I get a notification with my new word every 30 mins, and when I see the new word (especially when it’s a word I already know) I always open the app to click “Got it” so it’ll be added to my list of known words. From there once I have opened the app, I have the momentum to quickly learn 5 or so words before closing it again. I’ve learned 200 words in less than 2 weeks, and based on my word reviews usually being flawless, I am actually retaining the words better than expected. Totally worth the cost!
Best Japanese App
Sep 29
Eve.v.p

I love this app. I found that when I was learning with Anki, if I opened the app it worked well- but then I would go weeks without opening the app, and getting zero benefit. With this app, I get a notification with my new word every 30 mins, and when I see the new word (especially when it’s a word I already know) I always open the app to click “Got it” so it’ll be added to my list of known words. From there once I have opened the app, I have the momentum to quickly learn 5 or so words before closing it again. I’ve learned 200 words in less than 2 weeks, and based on my word reviews usually being flawless, I am actually retaining the words better than expected. Totally worth the cost!
Seriously great app
Aug 21
Greyskiesla
This is hands-down the very best app I’ve used to support my Japanese learning. The ability to learn a bite-sized piece of vocab, along with the written form AND with additional example sentences that add more practice, vocab, grammar and context, continually throughout the day, at your own pace and convenience, even in the middle of work, is just brilliant. I’d describe it as micro-immersion learning that hits on all fronts. My tutor is blown away at the increase in my vocabulary and my ability to read kanji and hiragana, and frankly, I’m blown away myself. Highly recommend subscribing to this, it is worth every penny.
Seriously great app
Aug 21
Greyskiesla

This is hands-down the very best app I’ve used to support my Japanese learning. The ability to learn a bite-sized piece of vocab, along with the written form AND with additional example sentences that add more practice, vocab, grammar and context, continually throughout the day, at your own pace and convenience, even in the middle of work, is just brilliant. I’d describe it as micro-immersion learning that hits on all fronts. My tutor is blown away at the increase in my vocabulary and my ability to read kanji and hiragana, and frankly, I’m blown away myself. Highly recommend subscribing to this, it is worth every penny.

Hide words you already know: tap ⋯ on a word to keep it out of hourly words and quizzes. Bring it back anytime in Study settings. Fixed a bug where the same word could keep coming back. Mastered now means you got a word right on two different days. Some words may show Familiar until you get them right again. A cleaner, more consistent look across the app, and an easier typing keyboard in quizzes.

Version 3.4.4 5d ago

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Seller: Radish Retail, LLC
Size: 527.2 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

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Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

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Languages: English and 11 more

English, Arabic, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
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