Kana Challenge: Learn Hiragana
30-Day Basic Japanese Course
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Read hiragana and katakana in 30 days. Timed quizzes, full reference charts with native audio, and speaking practice that checks your pronunciation. No account needed.
Kana Challenge teaches you to read hiragana and katakana, the two phonetic alphabets you need before anything else in Japanese. It is built around a 30-day plan, so you always know what to study next instead of staring at a wall of 200 characters.
How it works
You move through 30 short lessons. Each one introduces a small set of characters, then drills them with a timed quiz. Get answers right and the quiz speeds up and levels up; miss too many and you run out of lives and try again. The next day opens once you finish the current one and a new calendar day starts, which keeps the pace to something you can actually hold.
What you get
- A structured 30-day hiragana and katakana course, from the first row to full words.
- Timed recognition quizzes with four choices, single sounds or vocabulary, that get faster as you improve.
- A 90-second speed round for when you just want to see how many you can clear.
- Free practice where you pick the script, the rows, and the starting speed.
- Speaking practice that listens to you say a word and checks your pronunciation.
- Full hiragana and katakana reference charts with audio for every character.
- Recorded audio so you hear each sound, not a synthesized guess.
- Streak tracking and optional daily reminders to keep the habit going.
- Progress stats for your average score, study time, and whether you are on track, ahead, or behind.
No account, no clutter
Your progress is stored on your device. There is no sign-up, no login, and no social feed. Open the app, do a lesson, close it.
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• Smarter, personalized study reminders that fit your daily routine
• Fixed a crash that could happen when starting speaking practice
• Performance improvements and bug fixes
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Information
- Seller
- MY SENPAI LLC
- Size
- 48.6 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Ad-Free Limited-Time Offer $7.49
- Remove In-App Native Ads $9.99
- Copyright
- © My Senpai LLC