Kana LS Touch

This is a fantastic learning tool. I would enthusiastically recommend it to any student of Japanese. This also goes for its companion, Kanji LS. I do have a few issues with it, though. Firstly, it has crashed on me a few times. I'm not sure what the cause is. Considering how frequently I use it, the amount of crashes is rare enough not to bother me too much. Secondly, the user interface could use some tweaking. My biggest gripe is how the top "bar" of the screen you draw your kana on eats up valuable screen real estate. I often start drawing a downward stroke, but it doesn't appear because I was too close to that top bar. Worse, the "solve" button is in the upper right corner on that bar. If I get to close to it when drawing my "ten ten", I prematurely trigger the solution screen for that kana. I really wish the controls in the top bar could be moved to the bottom bar where I think this wouldn't be as much of an issue. Switching test modes is awkward and selecting ranges of kana to study is also a bit tedious (you have to type in the kana numbers). Despite these issues, I absolutely love this app. It was worth every penny.

After running into a few major issues one of the developer's other apps (which ended up being the fault of my device ) and emailing the developer I received immediate support. This app itself is smooth, simple, and fantastic for learning to write the kana. The app is all about utility and it performs! There is a huge amount of content and many ways to test yourself and learn. The most unique and helpful feature that it offers is the ability to grade your own writing and stroke order in a step by step manner. There is no automatic writing detector to be picky and mark you wrong because the angle was "slightly off". This app makes studying and learning Japanese a breeze! It is an absolute must have for any learner! Thank you Jan for bringing this helpful tool to life! I don't have a single regret in purchasing this app and it's upgrade!

I am enjoying my initial experience having just drilled my 1st ten characters. There is a bit of a learning curve in understanding all the functionalities available. It's not entirely clear within the app what certain settings are for, however to the developer's credit there is excellent documentation at the provided link in the info section. Overall it provides a powerful approach to learning the Japanese characters. A few things I'd appreciate: - mixed test mode where it varies the question formats to stimulate learning in different ways and to keep things fresh - intelligent adding of characters to practice then test sessions as one's test results improve (as it stands one must manually set which characters to work on)

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The redesign has made some very stupid changes and taken away useful features! First off I miss the old interface and the "black and orange " option does not put it all back. When you typing during text modes the text is light gray on white which makes it almost impossible to see what you're typing in! But that's not the worst. New katakana is added which is GREAT but when you go to practice mode you have to SCROLL to see the full character. That's pretty useless considering you need to learn the full character together, not in parts. I like the additions but HATE how functionality and the display which I was very used to learning on has been taken away. Please at least give back the option to write combined characters without scrolling!

I was hesitant to jump right into the kanji learning app for that price, but this app is perfect, and so is the price. It is perfect for studying kana. I chose ten kana first, practiced then tested on those, then add five more each time. The interface is smooth and it really is quite lovely. You can turn on a feature in practice mode that automatically moves it forward a kana when you do it correctly a number of times... Up to twenty! It really is brilliant. I know some Japanese but decided to learn all the kana and some kanji before learning anymore. This is perfection.