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title: "MARU: Learn Japanese Hiragana - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United Kingdom | 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 — United Kingdom
> 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 (2,229 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** io.learnjapanese.SuperKanaDrill
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United Kingdom
**Version:** 2.15 (released 2024-08-02)
**Original Release:** 2017-02-24
**Languages:** Russian, English, Vietnamese, Dutch, Indonesian, Spanish, Italian, Korean, German, Polish, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, French, Czech, Swedish

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

## 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 United Kingdom
- 5 stars: 2,080 (93%)
- 4 stars: 129 (6%)
- 3 stars: 10 (0%)
- 2 stars: 5 (0%)
- 1 stars: 5 (0%)

## MARU Reviews in United Kingdom

### ***** "ありがとうございます！！！^ - ^"
Such a good app! Really good for memorising and it has great features for keeping track of what you need to work on more. Would highly highly Recommend for anyone wanting to learn to read and write. Gives a great foundation for learning to speak the language better, and with better pronunciation.
-- Madeleinehealey, 2025-02-23

### ***** "love it"
this apps so helpful and especially when you do a word and it tells you what it means if that makes sense its really good
-- tiglyy, 2025-02-23

### ***** "Best for memorising"
repetition improves your understanding and memory also moving on when it feels that you are confident in the hiragana you’ve learnt so far
-- bexwingz67890/, 2025-02-15

### ***** "Absolute awesome"
I love how it’s tested in loads of intuitive ways and I think the gamification of the ads rather than them being shoved upon you is a incentive to learn more and think hard to get the right answer. Well done.
-- Caninekilz, 2025-02-09

### ***** "Nice and simple"
Very simple app but does exactly what it promises. This was way more useful than flash cards!
-- Machaboba, 2025-02-01

### ***** "Try it!"
This is the best way I’ve found for learning and remembering hiragana and katakana.
-- 1984RK, 2025-01-31

### ***** "Really good"
Fantastic app to practice Hiragana and Katakana ありがとうございます
-- BasHO2, 2025-01-27

### ****- "Excellent except for premium price if you want Pro"
The basic free version of the app is great, no complaints, and I would’ve liked to have got the pro version for offline mode, but £19.99 is really really steep especially when competitor apps for learning Japanese don’t cost as much. I hope though the developer creates more well designed apps for learning Japanese that perhaps includes grammar or kanji or a way to export words you’ve learnt so you can create an Anki deck from it - all of which could better help justify the price of £19.99
-- GemimaB, 2025-01-24

### ***** "love it"
i like how it reads it to you and how theres different japanese sentences what you can press on to see what they say this app is quite good
-- tiglyy, 2025-01-14

### ***** "very useful and easy to understand exercises"
very good, thankyou!
-- jimjom782, 2025-01-13

### ***** "5 stars"
interface is great and the speech is from an actual japanese va. helps me learn really fast its been 2 days and ive learnt dakugon
-- nbocian, 2025-01-12

### ***** "Really good app"
This works well for me and my learning style, tried Duolingo but that assumed a base level of knowledge I don’t have. This is easy to use and makes learning pretty easy.
-- Emily???, 2025-01-09

### ***** "this app is amazing"
this app is so worth it! i learnt hiragana in 3 days! off by heart too. it’s such an amazing app you don’t realise you know everything till you do a drill! it’s so amazing i really would recommend.
-- rub 1234560987, 2025-01-06

### ***** "Really good"
Fantastic app to practice Hiragana and Katakana
-- BasHO2, 2024-12-31

### ***** "Brilliant"
Very user friendly! Algorithm is brilliant too, always makes you recap any mistakes you make. What I also love about it, is the fact that you cannot move on to the next part until you’ve perfected the previous rows. Overall amazing!
-- Rathbone127, 2024-12-18

### ***** "Mark13"
Amazing app. Dont struggle with a book use this. I can't believe my progress. Brilliant!
-- Mark Thirteen, 2024-12-16

### ***** "Unbelievably good and fun"
First time reviewing an app. This app is very fun and clever in the way it teaches. Loved the humour placed throughout. Paid for pro (although I didn’t need it) just to support the developers. A mix of this for learning Hiragana and Dualingo for learning actual sentences (orally, but then you can stitch it up over time yourself) is a very good way to learn foundational Japanese.
-- ygyfxexrctvv, 2024-12-16

### ***** "Very good so far"
After using another app for a few weeks and feeling I wasn't remembering anything! I searched for another app, luckily I found/chose this one as I now use this app at the same time, I enjoy this app more. So I go through the boring routine of the other app first then and then look forward to use this app after as my reward!, it's a bit more challenging but more fun at the same time. I like that you are asked to writes words. I like that you can also tweak the setting, so as I have learnt more I can make it more difficult by increasing the amount of multiple choice answers. Just coming to the end of the first 46 hiragana after about two weeks. Of 1 hour a day.
-- Pauliop81, 2024-11-26

### ***** "Seems pretty good"
Having a blast with this app, seems pretty good and shows progress etc. the questions are random too which helps get the brain working . I’ve always wanted to learn Japanese so understanding the letters and hearing someone speaking helps a lot
-- Ols1994671, 2024-11-13

### ****- "Great app with only 1 downfall!"
For learning hiragana and katakana characters they are amazing and I love how new words are taught as you learn more characters. The only criticism of the app is there is no writing component, this is easily solved with another app or your own research but still loved it and helped me so much with actually recognising the characters. PS: I love the phrases the cute red ball (?) says when you open the app or tap on it, it’s so cute!!
-- leeooooooo_, 2024-11-08

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## MARU In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Pro Upgrade (Lifetime) | £19.99 |

## MARU Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Taiwan | Education | #20 |
| Top Grossing | Taiwan | Education | #36 |
| Top Grossing | Russia | Education | #57 |
| Top Grossing | South Korea | Education | #64 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | Education | #69 |
| Top Free | Indonesia | Education | #76 |
| Top Free | South Korea | Education | #79 |
| Top Free | Singapore | Education | #147 |
| Top Free | Czechia | Education | #196 |
| Top Free | Thailand | Education | #207 |
| Top Free | Ukraine | Education | #221 |
| Top Free | Poland | Education | #232 |
| Top Free | Belarus | Education | #298 |
| Top Free | Kazakhstan | Education | #329 |
| Top Free | Sweden | Education | #331 |
| Top Free | Mexico | Education | #350 |
| Top Free | Finland | Education | #358 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | Education | #394 |
| Top Free | Philippines | Education | #395 |
| Top Free | Malaysia | Education | #395 |
| Top Free | Canada | Education | #416 |
| Top Free | United Kingdom | Education | #419 |
| Top Free | Chile | Education | #449 |
| Top Free | United States | Education | #452 |
| Top Free | Switzerland | Education | #454 |

## MARU Discovered Keywords
- japanese
- 速成日语
- write it japanese
- katakana
- japanese learning
- renshuu
- japanese dictionary
- kana
- katakana writing challenge
- maru

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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)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/singapore)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/poland)
- [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)
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- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/luxembourg)
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- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/paraguay)
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- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/kuwait)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/estonia)
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- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/nigeria)
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- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/suriname)
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- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/grenada)
- [Belize](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/belize)
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- [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/maru-jqK/bermuda)

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