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title: "MARU: Learn Japanese Hiragana - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Saudi Arabia | 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 — Saudi Arabia

![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:** 5.0/5 (124 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** io.learnjapanese.SuperKanaDrill
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Saudi Arabia
**Version:** 2.15 (released 2024-08-02)
**Original Release:** 2017-02-24
**Languages:** English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

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

## 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/v4/3f/62/04/3f620443-7709-0e76-27b4-abfed90859e8/08bc9c3b-a936-4e14-9681-d10a21aef123_5.5-01.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/74/aa/f4/74aaf4bf-e932-5d52-e96e-8c71af384672/5893244e-dc44-43a7-9820-2aeb49116317_5.5-02.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/a2/bd/7a/a2bd7aee-3265-3ad2-a1fe-1856c1136fc6/b779b172-b246-4a2b-ba02-3203b9e54777_5.5-05.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/06/ce/24/06ce243b-2d89-e99f-4252-a37d2537409d/3d749f76-556a-4c40-8301-acfe68479a72_5.5-04.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/1c/ca/19/1cca192a-629c-4172-3d9c-45c8f06e4080/ebad23e9-6d38-4732-9105-71430f2f5d5b_5.5-03.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/44/63/a8/4463a8fd-f39b-d299-8e8a-8e214e9abfa4/4e39530a-9851-4386-a052-5847c700e74f_5.5-06.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/5e/de/28/5ede281b-df74-13fb-7870-ad589d6212c6/88e22817-5023-4f5f-8fd0-ea01e2cbf247_5.5-07.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/c3/94/4d/c3944de1-e404-7d7e-81c6-073cbd95fc5d/5a29195a-eb5e-44ee-8c25-2716b1a9aef9_5.5-08.png/392x696bb.png)

## MARU Rating Breakdown in Saudi Arabia
- 5 stars: 113 (96%)
- 4 stars: 5 (4%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 0 (0%)

## MARU Reviews in Saudi Arabia

### ***** "Excellent app its so good for beginners and very helpful i recommend this"
this app is verry good use it
-- mikasa x lara, 2024-12-21

### ***** "THE BEST LITERALLYN"
I wanna say THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH to the creator/s of this app… for the firsg time in my life I felt like I actually remember the hiragana after the lesson ends😅😭If you struggle with memorizing the japanese alphabet like me this is your go to!!! It helped me learn & ACTUALLY memorize all of the hiragana (I’ve been using it since yesterday nonstop lol and I already know all of the hiragana now!) 
I believe there’s also the other writing systems which is cool I’m going to continue learning them. 
I genuinely recommend it cause gurlllll it’s easy and it keeps testing THE HELL out of you and forces you to remember it all & gives you vocabulary lessons while you’re at it😂

Best of luck guys🫶🏻

Once again.. thank you so much to whoever created it i realllly wish i could kiss you right now😔😪😞🙏🏻
-- sarahusamon, 2024-10-15

### ***** "Simply the best!"
Absolutely amazing, i learned entire hiragana with this and im half way inro katakana now!!!!!!! 

best part is it does not use mnemonics because they hinder your learning later on!

I wish this beautiful and talented dev would make another app like this but for kanji!
-- LifeSaverThankMeLater, 2024-09-12

### ***** "best app ever"
it’s so easy to use and makes learning kana so easy. there’s no ads and everything is free!
-- blue.d.lana, 2024-08-06

### ***** "Fun way to learn the language!"
The design is simple makes it easier to learn

And the learning techniques helped me learn faster woww!!
Step by step to unluck the next alphabet row 
And lastly the quizzes are FUNN.
-- Reen281, 2024-07-19

### ***** "this app is fantastic"
I don’t get ads every 5 seconds so it gets 5 starts
-- haiwhsjsdjskjejs, 2023-10-27

### ***** "Kana"
Till now it’s amazing app it’s helped me alot but i have 3 things pls add it to the app please : 

• writing letters practice 
• add more basic / essential words that the user can you it when they’re in japan / talk with Japanese people 
• sentence practice 

And thank you so much guys 🩷🩷
-- urlocalstargirl, 2023-10-20

### ****- "جيد جداً👍🏻"
حلو صراحه وكل ماتفتح سطر يدربك عليه مع السطر اللي قبلو كمان ف ماتنسى عجبني
عيبه انو كلمات الكاتاكانا اللي موجوده هيا في الاصل كلمات تنكتب بالهيراغانا مو الكاتاكانا وفيه حرفين تقريباً النطق فيها مو واضح الى خاطئ ذي السلبيات الوحيده بس بشكل عام تطبيق جميل وبستخدمه مره ثانيه
-- yuki | ゆき, 2023-03-27

### ***** "Loved it"
ありがとうございます。
An interesting app, it is a real drill hhh
I have already learned the kana from other source but i used the app to review the characters and to help me memorise them more 
Thanks for the little to no ads almost 
Hope you have made some money
-- ghalia 689, 2021-06-26

### ***** "Deserves all the support"
OMG this app is best of the best! No kidding, it’s simplicity and area of focus has made it one of the legends when it comes to practice hiragana and katakana! And sorry developer if I’m not making mistakes enough to let you gain profit! すみません^ - ^
-- Soeeran, 2021-04-24

### ***** "Good"
Hiragana be easy now
-- momonoga sama da, 2021-02-01

### ***** "Good app"
I like this app , it’s very good
-- losEI7452, 2020-05-28

### ***** "👍🏻👍🏻"
It’s sooo good for practicing
-- Khadijah___, 2019-12-01

### ***** "Incentive."
This app has the perfect balance between remaining free and being able to generate income for the owner through the ad-system. All without bothering the user, or slowing the pacing at all. Try not to make too many mistakes! :)
-- M7md_Maxen, 2019-07-31

### ***** "Love it (looks cute too)"
This app is good against slacking off haha. I love how the text ‘hiragana’ on the homepage gradually switches to Japanese letters the more drills you take 👍🏼✨ I improved. I wish there was more diacritics drills as well as digraphs. All in all I love it.
-- heartbeatsgt, 2019-07-30

### ***** "Easy and fun"
This app is the easiest way I came across to learn reading Japanese letters. Very neat and fun to use!
-- HIND HJ, 2019-05-22

### ***** "I loved it sm ❤️❤️"
It’s great i can literally write any word in hiragana or katakana
-- anhar alturki, 2019-03-06

[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) | SAR 89.99 |

## MARU Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Taiwan | Education | #18 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | Education | #48 |
| Top Grossing | Taiwan | Education | #57 |
| Top Free | Indonesia | Education | #66 |
| Top Free | South Korea | Education | #96 |
| Top Free | Belarus | Education | #142 |
| Top Free | Thailand | Education | #206 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | Education | #214 |
| Top Free | Malaysia | Education | #220 |
| Top Free | Singapore | Education | #238 |
| Top Free | Ukraine | Education | #285 |
| Top Free | Philippines | Education | #312 |
| Top Free | Kazakhstan | Education | #320 |
| Top Free | Poland | Education | #336 |
| Top Free | Switzerland | Education | #340 |
| Top Free | Mexico | Education | #353 |
| Top Free | Czechia | Education | #359 |
| Top Free | Canada | Education | #372 |
| Top Free | Ecuador | Education | #402 |
| Top Free | Russia | Education | #431 |
| Top Free | Austria | Education | #432 |
| Top Free | Australia | Education | #491 |
| Top Free | United Kingdom | Education | #496 |

## MARU Discovered Keywords
- practice u
- katakana
- jlpt word
- japanese hiragana and katakana
- kanji draw
- maru
- learn japanese hiragana
- jlpt vocabulary

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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)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/japan)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/philippines)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/australia)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/brazil)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/malaysia)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/vietnam)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/poland)
- [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)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/saudi-arabia)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/switzerland)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/austria)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/sweden)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/new-zealand)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/portugal)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/norway)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/india)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/united-arab-emirates)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/colombia)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/belarus)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/ireland)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/romania)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/peru)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/finland)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/denmark)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/hungary)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/south-africa)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/lithuania)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/israel)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/dominican-republic)
- [Honduras](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/honduras)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/nepal)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/ecuador)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/uzbekistan)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/slovakia)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/greece)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/azerbaijan)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/luxembourg)
- [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/uruguay)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/sri-lanka)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/bulgaria)
- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/paraguay)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/qatar)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/kuwait)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/estonia)
- [Panama](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/panama)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/armenia)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/egypt)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/croatia)
- [Oman](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/oman)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/latvia)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/algeria)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/brunei)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/malta)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/pakistan)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/tunisia)
- [Jamaica](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/jamaica)
- [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/senegal)
- [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/jordan)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/cyprus)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/slovenia)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/iceland)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/kenya)
- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/mauritius)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/north-macedonia)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/bahrain)
- [Angola](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/angola)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/lebanon)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/nigeria)
- [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/uganda)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/madagascar)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/suriname)
- [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/cayman-islands)
- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/grenada)
- [Belize](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/belize)
- [Mali](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/mali)
- [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/bermuda)

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