This is THE app for beginners. – Learn Japanese!! - Hiragana Review

So far I’ve only learned the Hiragana alphabet, but that’s a task in and of itself, and I’m so pleased that I’m inclined to write possibly my first App Store review. This app teaches in an objectively organized way, and makes review and progress tracking incredibly straightforward. While teaching, you are required to actually draw the characters. If you don’t do the strokes in the right direction or order, it corrects you with a teaching prompt. For this, writing style Japanese is taught. When they show letters otherwise, it’s in basic typed script. In the very beginning it’s a little confusing, but it seems the purpose is to teach you to understand both styles without having to think about it. In other words it’s a pro, not a con. You can try the first lessons for free so that’s great, and other than being told to pay to continue there are no ads/solicitations at all. To unlock the entire Hiragana set it was only $2, so a low risk one time cost for something you can try before purchasing. Everything I’ve been presented so far is accurate (e.g. no kanji presented as hiragana like in Duolingo). There’s no penalty for going at your own pace, so I’ve been going slowly and occasionally writing the characters on paper repeatedly to practice and drill it in my head. And it’s really working! I’m starting to recognize words I see in anime intros because I know the letters now. Overall, I give this app 10 stars and highly recommend it to anybody who wants to learn Japanese from scratch.
Review by MahaHola on Learn Japanese!! - Hiragana.