Write It! Japanese 4+

I’m a Japanese teacher facing the prospect of teaching Japanese 1 online this fall. I’ve spent a week on the App Store trying out every kana-teaching app that I could find. I’ve tried over 34 apps at this point! And to be perfectly honest, this is the ONLY app I’ve found that has what I’m looking for: It teaches how to WRITE kana while also teaching audio and visual recognition. The quizzes test both recognition (reading) and production (writing). There is audio reinforcement throughout both practices and tests. The home screen has a simple interface that shows progress at a glance. As a teacher, I can ask my students to show me screenshots of their quiz results or their home screen as evidence of their progress. The real important thing is that this app corrects students’ handwriting mistakes as they use it, which is something that I unfortunately can’t do in an asynchronous online learning environment. The app is fully free, unlike many of its competitors, although the paid version removes advertisements and unlocks a more robust “review” feature for users who have finished progressing through the hiragana and katakana chart the first time. I am so, so happy that this exists!!!

I love this app because I’m learning Japanese and it helps me to be able to learn how to write the letters and see the detail so I can memorize them and learn them even better, and it la completely free!?! WHAT?! I’ve downloaded so many apps to help me learn how to write Japanese and they all only let me take one small lesson and then I have to pay but this app is amazing, other than the adds which you barely get this app is amazing, it’s just that o have one thing, it’s kinda annoying when you write something and it corrects the lines, it can be frustrating and it kinda stops me from perfecting the lines when the app does it for me. But that’s all, it’s just kinda annoying, like auto correct . But other then that this app is AMAZINGGG

Love love love this app. Its interface is intuitive and easy. The writing tests are not too picky about matching the kana font perfectly, as in it leaves enough grace for handwriting/font variance when you’re obviously writing it correctly. REALLY good. My only critique I think is that I would prefer to not have to tap the bottom of the screen every time after I correctly write a kana during tests and reviews to move onto the next one. I would prefer it to automatically move on. However the way it is now is good for when you screw up so you can stare at it and redo it a couple times. Over all amazing and exactly what I want from a kana app.