RoboKana: Japanese Writing
Olena Bachurina Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
RoboKana: Japanese Writing is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Olena Bachurina. Rated 4.9/5 from 1,955 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 4.9
- 1.9K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 172 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 18
- 2026 · v2.5
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About RoboKana: Japanese Writing
Real hand writing experience for Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji JLPT N5, N4, N3 Robokana is a handy tool for those who study Japanese and need to memorize the writing and reading of Kana and Kanjis. It works like an interactive textbook: *See the animation of strokes order and hear the pronunciation *Draw with a finger right on the screen of your device *Let the robot to check the work *Repeat! Kana features: - Animated hints of stroke order - Support of Dakuten & Handakuten sets - Exam mode Kanji features - tons of Kanji related content: meanings, onyomi and kunyomi, kanji radicals, compounding words - train your muscle memory via hand-writing - do voice practice by reading aloud - improve recognition on mix & match tasks Other nice features: - Possibility to create custom characters sets - Customizable calligraphic brush - Learning statistics Please note, that only part of the content is available for free, App contains in-app purchases to unlock all content.
Ratings & reviews
4.9
1.9K ratings
What’s new
Version 2.5 · Updated August 18, 2026
- Added writing analysis: the app now shows you when the stroke count, order, or direction in your writing is off. - New: build a practice set from a photo. Point the camera at a textbook page or pick an image from your library, and Robokana will find the kanji it knows and turn them into a set. - Further tuning of handwriting recognition.
App privacy
The developer, Olena Bachurina, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- User Content: Customer Support
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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