Zen Kana
Japanese learning from the first Kana through JLPT N1.
What it is
Zen Kana is a Japanese learning app for iOS and the web. It starts with hiragana and katakana and goes on through JLPT vocabulary from N5 to N1, grammar points and reading passages, scheduled with spaced repetition.
Handwriting practice compares your strokes with the correct stroke order, and text to speech, voice input and progress analytics with study recommendations round it out. Signing in with Apple or Google is optional and syncs progress across devices, and your data can be exported at any time.
Why it exists
Learning Japanese is a long road, and it is easy to lose the thread between the first characters and the advanced levels. Zen Kana keeps that path in one structured place, without ads or analytics, so practice stays focused on the material.
