Kana Practice - パソコン用

I like this so far, and it works on my iPad 1 with iOS 5.1.1, but crashes when I try to open on my iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.2.

The stroke order in も is incorrect and the number of strokes in そ is incorrect as it should be two in handwritten style. You need to turn the sensitivity down in order for it to accept correct characters but then it is too loose and also accepts incorrect characters. It's odd that it shows you the correct character in normal script but you write them in handwritten script, especially because some characters vary significantly between the two.

I was recently looking for something to help me practice writing the kana, and this app fit the bill. Pros: This app allows you to select either hiragana or katakana, and then to designate exactly what to include in your practice session (i am, for instance, only halfway through the hiragana and it allows me to focus just on what i have covered). For each syllable, it gives you the English and you write in the appropriate kana. Unlike most flash cards that show you one of the kana and the you pronounce it, this app actually helps you work on generating the kana yourself based on the romanji. After using it for a few days, I have found that it is nice to have this additional practice to help me work on both types of memory. Cons: This app seems a bit buggy. I have found that about a third of the time, it does not seem to read what I have written: marking a correctly drawn character as wrong or even indicating that I have drawn a completely different symbol. Additionally, it also does not display things in a true random order, so you will still notice some patterns to the order of the syllables. This is only a bit annoying, as part of the reason I wanted to use this app is to randomly test my knowledge (it is easier to remember the kana in order than it is to pull a random one from memory). On the whole, I am happy with my purchase. It is a very useful tool for working on writing the hiragana and katakana properly (it even judges you based on line order and direction) and is decent practice for writing/recall. Perhaps in an update or two some of these issues will be addressed.

As a visual/tactile learner this is exactly what I was looking for. It doesn't include sounds, but I can get that elsewhere. The provided symbols aren't drawn as nicely as I would have liked, but the point is to remember the different characters and not specific ways of writing them. I can select which specific characters I want to practice. I'm presented with the Roman characters I need to write, and if I need a reminder I can press a button to see an outline. It's limited but perfect for me.

This application is pretty basic, but being able to draw the characters really helps me remember them. That's pretty much all I use it for. Would be nice if it had sound samples to go with the flash cards.

Don't waste your buck. This is completely useless. You have to draw the characters the exact size and shape as their templates for each character - but their templates are sloppy and inaccurate. On top of it there is no context, like how to pronounce the character (how hard is it to drop an audio file into each character?) or even how the character is used in words. It completely removes the act of creating the characters from language - you could be learning how to tag gang symbols for all this program teaches you about Japanese.

I bought this to try out the program instead of getting Japanese my way (didn't want to pay full price), and I won't be buying it. All it is is a flashcard program when you practice writing, and if you weren't taught to write the kana in a handwritten font, it won't accept them as right. I guess you could have the outline of it up but then it wouldn't be much practice. If I wanted flash cards I would just make them. I just was not too impressed with the format of the program, and so I bought kanji ls touch instead of Japanese my way. If you are looking for just a flashcard program though, this is a good buy.