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title: "MARU: Learn Japanese Hiragana - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in New Zealand | Apple App Store"
description: "Hey there! (•u•) Interested in learning Japanese but don't know where to start? You've come to the right place! MARU Japanese Kana, loved by over a million learners worldwide with an average rating of"
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# MARU: Learn Japanese Hiragana — New Zealand
> Free Beginner Kana Practices

![MARU App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/c8/2f/27/c82f278b-6421-e7c6-8daa-920a14ef9538/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Overdreamer](https://apptail.io/developer/overdreamer-hVJb)
**Category:** Education
**Rating:** 4.9/5 (119 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** io.learnjapanese.SuperKanaDrill
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** New Zealand
**Version:** 2.15 (released 2024-08-02)
**Original Release:** 2017-02-24
**Languages:** Spanish, German, Czech, Chinese, Korean, French, Indonesian, English, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/app/id1208009110)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/new-zealand](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/new-zealand)

## MARU Description
Hey there! (•u•) Interested in learning Japanese but don't know where to start? You've come to the right place! MARU Japanese Kana, loved by over a million learners worldwide with an average rating of 4.9 (thank you so much!), is just what you need. As a lifelong learner of Japanese myself, I created this app to make Japanese alphabets less intimidating and more enjoyable. It's a simple app that focuses on one thing but does it very well: helping you start learning Japanese. I wish MARU had been around when I started learning Japanese. Lucky you!

Stop learning with those robotic voices and non-native pronunciations. That will impede your learning effectiveness. Dive in and experience authentic Japanese through exercises voiced by a professional voice actress. With 14 different practice varieties, learning Hiragana and Katakana becomes a breeze. Reading, writing, listening, typing, and even building your vocabulary – it's all here, making it the perfect start to your Japanese journey!

What's the catch? You’ll see an ad after every five mistakes. Since MARU's launch in 2017, it’s been downloaded over a million times, yet ad revenue has been modest. But that’s okay! My goal is to spread the joy of learning Japanese.

To fulfill that goal, I try to provide tremendous value for everyone and keep as little as possible behind the Pro Version. 

Here’s what you’ll find in the default Free Version:

• All 105 Hiragana and Katakana characters, not just the basic ones.
• A short ad after 5 mistakes. No mistakes = No ads.
• Over 300 everyday words for practice, like "hello" and "thank you."
• Clear voice recordings for all words and characters.
• MARU-kun, our adorable mascot, greets and motivates you each time you practice.
• Date and Time that changes every minute to teach you Japanese words for numbers and calendar.
• A smart feature that identifies your weak spots and helps you improve.
• A fun way to practice Katakana using familiar Hiragana words.

My app is completely free with minimal ads, but if you choose to upgrade to the Pro Version (one-time purchase), you’ll enjoy:

• An ad-free experience.
• Offline practice, anytime, anywhere.
• Writing and typing exercises.
• Timed challenges to test yourself.
• Access to more words for time, date, and Katakana.

Don't just take my word for it. Here’s one of my favorite reviews:

"This is MY #1 app for learning Japanese. I downloaded EVERY Japanese app I could find without paying a single dime. The app does exactly what it promises - nice graphics, great voice acting, and awesome practice methods. I'm in love with this awesome app!" - A happy user

Thanks for reading! If you're interested, just download and start your Japanese learning adventure with MARU! (•u•)

## MARU Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/af/c9/93/afc99350-a04f-8f5e-7d9f-5e8f79174543/54a0e9d3-d963-4438-a62c-fd5e0110e56f_6.5-01.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/fc/1a/f4/fc1af4c1-036b-68af-b675-7544d2eccc1a/9d52974c-4ee5-472e-8497-73db9ef4bb17_6.5-02.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/03/6c/a9/036ca9c0-c33a-69a9-6ab3-b76c28a69b26/512e3f13-33d0-4a8e-bf94-b3a8af152684_6.5-05.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/21/40/dd/2140dd80-bd4b-3aaa-4667-19e395bc93b7/fe39b60d-504f-4212-95a1-5c4ab3e5d659_6.5-06.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/e3/cb/f2/e3cbf2c5-823d-883b-a606-b048da552ae8/496076b0-da78-4f99-bdfd-91b2b301091c_6.5-03.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/eb/9a/45/eb9a45ef-42fc-2123-275b-e529404e7109/e90977eb-f978-47dd-a3aa-e18e98d618ca_6.5-04.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/28/71/92/287192d7-7656-3ca6-8274-5013e3243991/a9b00bf4-71fb-4ae8-a69b-cb7921dc3cac_6.5-07.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/cd/96/3a/cd963a9d-3dc1-704f-7a88-fedb7e0c98ef/45ad98dc-6a9b-4ffa-a4e0-aa7251931cdc_6.5-08.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/48/fd/28/48fd28e6-64e5-fb25-8009-26ce34244ff1/e7d9185f-65fc-4475-9b63-d4980adb764c_6.5-09.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/d7/8f/bb/d78fbbbb-96cb-abe8-f31c-b9450a2e88d8/a42d7fd3-5940-47a7-ac04-683a97e6fac2_6.5-10.png/1284x2778.png)

## MARU Rating Breakdown in New Zealand
- 5 stars: 109 (92%)
- 4 stars: 9 (8%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 1 (1%)
- 1 stars: 0 (0%)

## MARU Reviews in New Zealand

### ***** "Amazing"
Keeps you entertained and challenged to learn the basics of Japanese. Highly recommended!
-- te mako, 2025-02-06

### ***** "Helps a lot to learn the basic of Japanese"
A very beginner learner, always heard about how important it is to learn the basic, very appreciate to have this app focus on this and helps a lot.
-- Ann Y. Chang, 2025-01-20

### ***** "It’s a Wonderful app to learn Hiragana and Katakana"
This is a great app for any one who is wanting learn Hiragana and Katakana.
-- RusselB1, 2024-05-14

### ***** "Great app!"
Really enjoying using this app while learning Hiragana. Simple, fast and enjoyable!
-- Reesy117, 2023-11-02

### ***** "The best"
This is one of the best apps I’ve used for learning hiragana and katakana characters!
-- Salvador Fuemana, 2023-03-11

### ***** "Kana drill"
Very helpful in learning hiragana. Thanks.
-- Bubble1914, 2023-02-17

### ***** "really great app"
Good job
-- jEAEFAfe, 2022-12-04

### ***** "Great app"
Really straightforward and fun app to use, each drill is very short so easy to practice for a
few minutes, often! No ads, unless you make mistakes!
-- kth987, 2022-11-11

### ***** "one of only katakana and hiragana apps you need"
i did this every night before going to sleep and only needed a week to completely learn katakana! ive already learned hiragana and it definitely helped in my learning (some characters will be more familiar making it easier to remember) but the way you gotta unlock rows of characters by memorizing good scores made it much more effective for me!
-- Tuebulento, 2022-05-11

### ***** "ありがとうございます！"
This app really saved my life in my classes, it helped me memorise katakana so fast! Thank you!
-- Same Starr, 2022-05-05

[View all MARU reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews)

## MARU In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Pro Upgrade (Lifetime) | $39.99 |

## MARU Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Taiwan | Education | #23 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | Education | #29 |
| Top Free | Indonesia | Education | #39 |
| Top Grossing | Taiwan | Education | #51 |
| Top Grossing | Indonesia | Education | #71 |
| Top Free | South Korea | Education | #80 |
| Top Grossing | Hong Kong SAR China | Education | #87 |
| Top Free | Belarus | Education | #135 |
| Top Free | Singapore | Education | #167 |
| Top Free | Ukraine | Education | #185 |
| Top Free | Dominican Republic | Education | #197 |
| Top Free | Thailand | Education | #244 |
| Top Free | Malaysia | Education | #247 |
| Top Free | Portugal | Education | #273 |
| Top Free | Norway | Education | #299 |
| Top Free | Argentina | Education | #300 |
| Top Free | Russia | Education | #312 |
| Top Free | Poland | Education | #313 |
| Top Free | Philippines | Education | #327 |
| Top Free | Belgium | Education | #353 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | Education | #358 |
| Top Free | Chile | Education | #370 |
| Top Free | Netherlands | Education | #387 |
| Top Free | Hungary | Education | #414 |
| Top Free | Spain | Education | #441 |
| Top Free | Finland | Education | #452 |
| Top Free | Canada | Education | #454 |
| Top Free | Kazakhstan | Education | #456 |
| Top Free | Czechia | Education | #472 |
| Top Free | United States | Education | #477 |
| Top Free | Mexico | Education | #479 |

## MARU Discovered Keywords
- learn japanese
- hiragana
- hiragana - katakana
- 我的名片
- learn japanese words
- kana
- jlpt n5 flashcards
- japanese hiragana and katakana
- learn hiragana and katakana
- japanese hiragana

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## MARU Available In
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/taiwan)
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/united-states)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/china)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/hong-kong)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/south-korea)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/united-kingdom)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/indonesia)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/thailand)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/mexico)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/russia)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/canada)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/france)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/germany)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/philippines)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/japan)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/brazil)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/australia)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/malaysia)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/poland)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/vietnam)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/singapore)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/italy)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/spain)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/netherlands)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/turkey)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/chile)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/ukraine)
- [Macao SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/macau)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/czechia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/argentina)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/kazakhstan)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/belgium)
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- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/sweden)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/portugal)
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- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/south-africa)
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- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/latvia)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/croatia)
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- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/tunisia)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/pakistan)
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- [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/senegal)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/iceland)
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- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/kenya)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/slovenia)
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- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/mauritius)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/bahrain)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/north-macedonia)
- [Angola](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/angola)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/nigeria)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/madagascar)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/lebanon)
- [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/uganda)
- [Mali](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/mali)
- [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/bermuda)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/suriname)
- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/grenada)
- [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/cayman-islands)
- [Belize](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/belize)

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