HeyJapan: Learn Japanese
Let's learn Japanese from zero: Hiragana, Katakana, and common Japanese words
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4.72
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- User-friendly interface and cute design
- Lifetime membership option that is reasonably priced
- Effective in teaching Japanese concepts, especially grammar and vocabulary
- Frequent updates and responsive customer support
- Positive overall learning experience compared to other apps like Duolingo
Cons
- Poor English translations and grammatical explanations
- Issues with the quiz performance and stroke order requirements
- Interrupting ads and persistent prompts to rate the app
- Technical bugs like app freezing and unresponsive features
- Paywall after initial free lessons making it frustrating for budget learners
Most mentioned
- Poor English translations
- Technical bugs and issues
- User interface and design
- Effective in teaching Japanese
- Constant prompts for ratings and feedback
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-07 |  | | I love this app so much, I even have a lifetime membership. But, the quizzes for the hiragana and katakana are complete BS. Not the lessons for each character, the quizzes at the end. Because I will draw a character one way in the lessons and it's FINE, but if I draw it the same way in the quiz, it's wrong, so I feel like you miss out a lot there, especially having to pay for it. I really wanted to learn how to write Japanese too, so beware. |
| 2024-12-05 |  | | I wish there was more guidance on when to do lessons from each of the learning, writing, and speaking sections, but once I found an order that is working for me, it's working well. The exception is the writing section. You will fail letters unless you hit the strokes in the order and method that it expects. And, especially with long strokes, it becomes very frustrating watching the game give you the "failure ding" because your "thumb handwriting" doesn't meet some arbitrary unstated criteria. |
| 2024-11-29 |  | | This app is really great and fun. By doing the units you grasp the grammar in context while learn new voc un context. Also by constantly reading and hearing yo also start to identify Kanjis with the need of the furigana. The app has frequent updates and promotions. And support team is pretty responsive and fix as soon as possible any emerging issue report. Great work!!! |
| 2024-10-24 |  | | pretty fun so far (day 2) however some features don't work such as when I'm trying to trace the Japanese letter for "o" I swear I'm doing it correctly but the system doesn't register it. Also, the UI is cute but takes some getting used to- I am using Duolingo at the same time and it has been easier to start on there. However this app has a 1-time purchase for lifetime access, which seems more worth it. |
| 2024-09-20 |  | | Interrupting ads break my focus and disturb the learning process. Ui is too slow and clunky. Terrible free experience just from the ads alone so I'd never buy the premium just on that. Next time have non intrusive ads on a sidebar in the hub menu or something. This is unacceptable in the current year and I refuse to have apps on my phone that have pop up ads like these. |
| 2024-09-03 |  | | The Good: Shibi is adorable and I love the trophies! Cute app, generally nice UI. Introduces kanji and grammar concepts much quicker than Duolingo. Pro version is reasonably priced and you get it for life. The Bad: Trophies are glitchy; ex: tells me I got the Alphabet Master trophy but won't let me claim it. Voice recognition has gotten better but can still be iffy. The Ugly: The Engrish!! PLEASE have a native English speaker proofread! Many translations are awkward or flat out wrong. |
| 2024-08-19 |  | | Decent app for learning Japanese, but know this. After the beginner and early lessons it becomes quite apparent that this app was not created by people with a firm grasp on English. Sometimes the English translations are bizarre or in the wrong tense. There are many typos in the explanation pages for words and phrases. All that said, You can still learn Japanese but I wouldn't rely on this app alone. |
| 2024-08-15 |  | | The app nags you to rate it after every lesson. The premium menu isn't removed even after you've purchased premium. The app is so desperate for you to rate it five stars it tries to bribe you by offering "achievements" for doing so. The app lists the rate menu three times in the settings menu, that's how desperate they are for a rating. You can increase font size but if you do this causes the furigana to overlap with kanji. No kanji replay or erase for writing practice in lesson history. |
| 2024-08-06 |  | | Great app. I even paid for the premium version. However, it has a very annoying bug that I will change my review once fixed. Sometimes, you will finish a lesson and it won't unlock the next lesson. I've had to do the same lesson multiple times and its getting very annoying. However, as far as apps I have used, it is the best. Please fix this bug. |
| 2024-06-17 |  | | This was a enjoyable experience for the most part, but I found it really annoying when it put up a pay wall. I am fine with ads as I don't have much money to pay for a app but I got only threw the first part before it started asking me to pay. The customer service I ran into was more pressuring me to pay for the app then looking to fix or listen it any problems I had with the app. This added to the frustration. It would be a ok app but I feel they only care about money with their interactions. |
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