About
KanaLearn is a dedicated, offline-first iOS and iPadOS application designed to teach the Japanese writing systems: Hiragana and Katakana.
Unlike broad gamified language apps, KanaLearn focuses specifically on kana mastery through a calm, distraction-free interface without advertisements, subscriptions, or user accounts.
Key Features:
- Animated Stroke Order: Step-by-step vector stroke-order guides showing the exact direction, starting points, and order of each character.
- Character Etymology & Mnemonics: Origin stories linking modern kana characters back to their original Kanji ancestors (Man'yōgana) to aid visual memorization.
- Look-Alike & Confusion Drills: Dedicated practice modules targeting easily confused character pairs (such as さ/ち, れ/わ/ね, and シ/ツ/ン/ソ).
- Native Offline Audio: High-quality pronunciations for every syllable that work completely offline without network latency.
- Daily Streaks & Progress Tracking: Lightweight local tracking to build daily study habits.
- Privacy by Design: Operates 100% on-device with zero analytics, tracking, or cloud account requirements.