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title: "Remembering the Kanji - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: ""Remembering the Kanji" (Official flashcard and review app for the Heisig method) is a kanji learning App to complement the bestselling kanji books “Remembering the Kanji” (Volumes I, II & III), by Dr"
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# Remembering the Kanji — United States

![Remembering the Kanji App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/ac/cb/e9/accbe9ce-1986-77e5-c031-8bcddc0b7175/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [MIRAI INTERNASIONAL INDONESIA, PT](https://apptail.io/developer/mirai-internasional-indonesia-pt-mms) (Indonesia)
**Category:** Education
**Rating:** 3.5/5 (23 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.mirai.Heisig
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 5.0 (released 2026-09-15)
**Original Release:** 2011-07-24
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id424471278)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/remembering-the-kanji-txRf/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/remembering-the-kanji-txRf/united-states)

## Remembering the Kanji Description
"Remembering the Kanji" (Official flashcard and review app for the Heisig method) is a kanji learning App to complement the bestselling kanji books “Remembering the Kanji” (Volumes I, II & III), by Dr. James W. Heisig.
* Now updated for Edition 6 of Volume I.

For over 40 years, users have benefited from the highly effective Heisig Method for learning Japanese kanji. With this sole official “Remembering the Kanji” app, you now have review slides and flashcards for over 3,000 kanji available on your mobile device! This App is available only on the App Store!

Reviews for the Heisig Method:
***** “Fastest way to learn all 2000” — L.S. (Texas)
***** “A great gem in kanji learning” — Z.N.
***** “Fantastic for achieving literacy” — S.C. (Michigan)
***** “It's actually fun! And ‘fun’ matters!” — F.T.
***** “I'd recommend this for serious learners of Japanese” — E.H. (Illinois)

What is special about this App?
- It is portable, allowing for review anywhere, anytime, without the need for an internet connection.
- It is the first and only authorized "Remembering the Kanji" App.
- It is customizable to your needs and preferences.
- It has an easy-to-use interface.
- It is reasonably priced.

What this great App can help you with:
- Creating your own study lists and generating flashcards for you to review what you have learned — You’ll love the flashcards function!
- Saving notes for your own imaginative mnemonic stories for each kanji in "Remembering the Kanji" Volume I. Whenever you need to jog your memory to recall the story behind a kanji — refer to the App!
- Learning the stroke order of each and every kanji with fantastic animated diagrams!
- Practicing drawing each kanji with your finger on screen, and comparing your result with a written form of the kanji.
- Learning the readings (pronunciations) of each and every kanji in "Remembering the Kanji". Also, learn the readings of kanji combination words (jukugo).
- Reviewing each lesson for Volumes I, II & III of the "Remembering the Kanji" books with easy-to-use review slides.
- Looking up the meaning of primitive elements quickly.
- Looking up kanji by stroke number.
- Searching for key words and finding the kanji you want in an instant.

Take your kanji knowledge to the next level with this convenient and easy-to-use App!

Copyright Notice:
Kanji data is Copyright © 2013 James W. Heisig
KanjiVG data is Copyright © 2013 Ulrich Apel

## Remembering the Kanji Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/c4/7e/83/c47e8391-9e83-12d9-2ac0-7fe1feb051ee/pr_source.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/32/ce/7c/32ce7ce3-6611-0586-7122-9aff898579f2/pr_source.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple112/v4/c6/21/b4/c621b41e-b1cc-4a4c-518f-643c6e167529/pr_source.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple112/v4/35/e9/6e/35e96e3e-85eb-fdf6-5e5a-b4f011462dab/pr_source.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple112/v4/be/49/1a/be491ad4-6b91-48a3-8e5d-e3029b6e4887/pr_source.png/640x960.png)

## Remembering the Kanji Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 10 (43%)
- 4 stars: 2 (9%)
- 3 stars: 4 (17%)
- 2 stars: 3 (13%)
- 1 stars: 4 (17%)

## Remembering the Kanji Reviews in United States

### ***** "Wonderful companion app to book!"
Lovely app. Thank you! If there was any suggestion for easier studying for the way I learn would be to have a form of next button when in writing practice mode so do not have to go back two screens to practice writing the following kanji in the same lesson.
-- HappyPhish1, 2026-06-10

### **--- "Limited"
Useful as a reference to quickly recall primitive elements for the kanji. No stories are provided (likely due to copyright). It would be helpful if you could reveal the kanji elements to see how some kanji build upon one another. Instead, many say “Please consult the book”.
-- alatown, 2025-05-04

### ***-- "Useful but sorely needs updating"
This app is useful, particularly in combination with other Japanese learning apps and the associated book. But it has some annoying (and likely easy to fix) limitations. Reasons for taking off two stars are:
- only works in portrait mode, so it is very annoying to turn tablet around, when using in combination with other apps that can support either portrait or landscape
- search mode is set to numbers, and cannot be defaulted to letters 
- since presumably is a companion to a book, why is it not pre-populated with said book’s stories?

If these issues were addressed, it could be a 4 or 5 star app.
-- dm01, 2021-09-29

### ***-- "No Heisig story???"
Pros-
Organizes all 3 books by lesson
Using writing as part of the flash card(and being able to compare it yourself as opposed to fighting with a writing AI)

Cons-
Setting up your own flash cards can’t be done from the kanji study itself and need to go into index

No Heisig stories which are the core of the teaching style!!! Writing your own story can defeat the purpose because if you mislabel a primitive you can mess up learning other primaries and kanji.
-- i had to make up a name, 2021-09-01

### ***** "Best App for Heisig method"
Don’t believe naysayers — this app is amazing and worth the money, especially if you’re already using the accompanying books to learn Kanji via Heisig method. 

Pros: 
-Kanji separated out by lessons, easy review
-Practice reading kanji 
-Practice writing kanji 
-Primitives given on back of card
-Blank space (“story” area) to make use of Heisig’s story or memorable mnemonics OR ability to create your own. This is a fantastic space to expand or link knowledge (like Chinese v Japanese words/additional references). Also the ability to use any installed keyboard (Chinese, Japanese) and not just English keyboard support is fantastic! 
-Watch kanji being drawn in real time with stroke order — super clean, beautifully scripted
-Ability to create your own study lists 
-Chinese readings index
-Japanese readings index 

The only con I see is that it doesn’t offer automatic timed repetition (like Anki), but this is minor considering that the app isn’t just meant to be a basic flashcard review app. The true worth of this app is to have you structure/stack your knowledge while you’re actively learning, so that you can rehearse it later with ease. Genius :)
-- Annoying102, 2020-08-27

### *---- "Very disappointed"
I should have read the reviews before spending $10 on this app. Without the stories this is just a robust kanji dictionary, and there are plenty of other free or cheaper apps that do the same thing. I’m going to try to get a refund
-- idownloadappsallday, 2020-08-05

### ****- "Great companion app"
Great companion to the book, supports versions 5 and 6 of the book. On Apple, the backup crashes every time, so only 4 stars. I have to screen capture to back up my progress.
-- Marie from DC, 2020-08-02

### *---- "You would think it would included"
Audio and more of a actual compliment too the book to study with ease.  I WANT A REFUND
-- GuitarGod333, 2020-06-08

### ***-- "Search uses wrong keyboard but good otherwise"
It’s very annoying that search brings up the numeric keyboard when I literally never search by number. It should default to alphabetical so I can check kanjis by name easily.
-- Brentus, 2020-04-08

### ****- "Really good"
2 things would get it 5 stars.
 - preload Heisig stories
 - app should remember where I left off on a study list. It’s not fun when you’re trying to practice 500 randomized kanji, get through half the list, pause and then cannot continue from where I left off.

Adding an SRS kind of memorization system would be great.
-- xfyumd, 2019-11-22

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## Remembering the Kanji Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Finland | Education | #162 |
| Top Paid | Algeria | Education | #173 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Education | #178 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Education | #217 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Education | #237 |

## Remembering the Kanji Discovered Keywords
- remembering the kanji

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