Kanji LS Touch 4+

とても素晴らしいソフトですよ！

This software is outstanding and sets the standard for which all other future Japanese and Kanji related software should follow. Well done to the developer!

nice

Very nice!! and useful for gaijin

Very good- almost great!

I use this application almost every day. It's a fairly simple program but it really does help me practice my kanji writing skills, and the stroke orders are (as far as I've seen!) always correct. It can be used on both an iPad and iPhone / iPod touch and is an excellent study resource. Worth the asking price in my opinion.

Why isn't it 'perfect'? Here are some things that I think could be / I would love to see improved:

- the UI and menu navigation can sometimes be a little awkward. For instance, if I tap on a word to get a more detailed explanation, I almost always tap the button that I would expect would take me back to the practice screen, but in actuality it's the 'main menu' button. iPhone / iPad apps usually follow a very similar navigation path, so I often find myself back at the main menu when I simply wanted to check up a kanji's meaning before going back to my practice.

- Saving my own lists of kanji is fiddly. You go into the browser, search for a kanji by typing in the word (fine until now). After this, you have to go to a separate screen (settings> kanji set) and find 'marked kanji'. From here you can name the group. I do this nearly every day as I have kanji classes and a test of different kanji every weekday morning. The problem is that, even when I save a group of 'marked' kanji under, for example 'Friday's kanji', then repeat the process on Monday for a new set, despite saving my group under a new name, 'Monday's kanji' includes the previous marked set. Making groups and folders of kanji to study could be made simpler for people like me who want to study specific sets of kanji from one day to the next.

- when using the app on an iPad, we can choose to have the writing practice area in the bottom left corner or using the majority of the screen. When you choose the latter, however, the small box displaying the kanji's reading disappears, even though there is space for it at the top. It's not a problem to switch between full-screen and bottom-left modes on-the-fly, but it'd be great of I could keep that lovely big writing area and still be able to check the kanji reading as I practice.

- although the emphasis of this app is on kanji writing, I would really, really, really love to be able to study kanji in the forms they appear in real life. It's rare that a kanji appears on it's own, so I'd like to be able to study vocabulary in its kanji form, i.e. words consisting of two or three kanji. This would make memorisation far easier as, in its current form, the app presents kanji in the order they exist on the database. test modes include writing or selecting the correct reading of kanji, which is great, but it would be great if I could study kanji as they naturally occur e.g. 嫌疑 (kengi - doubt) is a common word and paring of two kanji, but if I tell the program I want to study both kanji, the two characters will never be presented to me together, or even one after the other, making learning the vocab and recognising naturally-occurring pairs harder than it need be.

For all these improvement suggestions, I am still about fan of the application and have recommended it to several of my classmates. This app is by far the best of its kind at the moment, and I hope to see it continually supported in the future. Thanks!

Developer Response ,

Most of the points above were added over time based on user feedback. This app is focused on studying individual Kanji. If you wanna study complete works please try my other app Japanese LS Touch.
If you have suggestions or find a bug please contact me directly jan(a)asia-ls.com It is impossible for me to scan all worldwide individual App Stores for feedback. Thx.