Doriru: Learn Japanese
Kanji, Hiragana & Katakana
Free · In‑App Purchases
Learn Japanese by writing it, stroke by stroke. A personal path from your first hiragana to N1 kanji, 6 ways to practice and 2,800+ words. Works offline.
Learn Japanese the way students in Japan do: by writing it, stroke by stroke.
Doriru is named after ドリル, the drill workbooks Japanese students practice kanji in. Tell it where you are and it lays out a path of small, clear steps, from your first hiragana to N1 kanji. Ten minutes a day is enough to start.
WRITE EVERY CHARACTER
• Animated stroke-order guides for kana and kanji
• Practice grids with center guides, like a Japanese drill book
• With a stylus, strokes respond to pressure and speed, and you choose the line thickness
A PATH THAT STARTS WHERE YOU ARE
• Starting from zero, know a little, preparing for JLPT N5 or past your first JLPT: Doriru builds your route from your answer
• Small milestones of hiragana, katakana, words and kanji, level by level up to N1
• New to Japanese? A short guide explains how its three scripts work
6 WAYS TO PRACTICE
• Flashcards for kana, kanji and vocabulary
• Kanji quiz and reading quiz
• Vocabulary puzzle: drag the syllables into place to spell each word's reading
2,100+ KANJI. 2,800+ WORDS.
• Kanji by JLPT level (N5–N1) or by school grade
• Complete hiragana and katakana
• Vocabulary from N5 to N3
• Search kanji by character, meaning or reading
• Everything lives on your device: no account, no connection needed
BUILD THE HABIT
• Set a daily goal and keep your streak
• Watch every character move from studied to mastered
• Bookmark the characters you want to come back to
COMFORTABLE TO USE
• Light and dark mode
• Clean layouts for phone and tablet
• Modern or classic Japanese font
FREE AND PRO
Free: hiragana, katakana, JLPT N5 and grade 1 kanji, and N5 vocabulary, with writing practice and every game. Doriru Pro unlocks every kanji and vocabulary level, unlimited bookmarks and the classic font.
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The biggest Doriru update yet:
• A personal path from your first hiragana to N1 kanji, built around your level
• Vocabulary: 2,800+ words from N5 to N3, with 3 new games
• A daily goal, a streak and stats that show your progress
• New to Japanese? A short guide to how it's written
• A celebration when you hit an answer streak or finish a step
• Kana cards can show hiragana, katakana or both
• A fresh new design
The developer, Juan Carlos Mayoral, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Juan Carlos Mayoral
- Size
- 115.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Doriru Pro $24.99
- Doriru Pro $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Dobleclic
