iKnow!

I have been using this 6 months and I’m 240 hours in. I can now watch Japanese programs in Netflix with Japanese subtitles and understand a lot of the kanji. A real game changer. I tried everything and this system really works for me.

I love this app! It’s fantastic to be able to hear how to pronounce and use the words you are learning in a sentence. It would be even better if they could incorporate a mnemonics system to help you to remember the kanji. I am currently using this app and a few books to create mnemonics to remember the kanji I am learning. One minor gripe - I wish that the price of pro was listed in £/$ rather than yen as I had to look up the currency conversion before taking the plunge and purchasing pro. Overall a very well made app and I will use it for a long time.

If only it gave you an option to learn by Kana and switch off the Kanji. Frustrating as a beginner to use Kanji when you study hiragana and katakana and all words and sentences have Kanji included. Not well thought through for the user.

Great app - sound and sentence trainer issues have appeared since last update. When trying to load Sentence trainer on all items, the app crashes out to the home screen. Also, the audio isn’t balanced properly, leading to loud distortions on the iPhone X and iPad Pro speakers, even at low volumes.

This app is powerful for learning contextual Japanese vocabulary, and covers reading, typing, sentence structure (grammar) and listening. I noticed that my listening had improved significantly since starting this app. My Japanese reading is much improved. It has helped me to rearrange the translation of the sentence in my mind. The photo imagery is sometimes shaped like the Kanji being used. I assume this is a conscious decision, unless I am just seeing thing! It helps as an extra visual prompt to the meaning of the word in a quiz. Why 4 stars? Only needs to be able check other words in a sentence after the quiz for their meaning, just in case you had forgotten one of the words. This would be a nice addition. Use it every morning on the train to and from work. This app is a great app packed with content and is worth the subscription for learners on the move all the time. Give it a go...

I really like this app and service for learning Japanese. I would like to see the option to get review reminders as notfications as soon as a course is ready to review (not just at a specfic time) in a future update.

Been using for 3 months now and it's really good, almost perfect. Happy that I can use the app while on the go away from my PC. My Japanese has improved SO MUCH since using iKnow. So happy that I came across this. I don't even use memrise anymore as this is way better for learning and understanding Japanese. Thank you guys so much for this wonderful experience. Because of you my Japanese is getting really good and my kanji reading is great. Just wish all the kanji had the stroke orders shown as some do not.

I have been using this app for more than two years now and have improved a lot in spelling, pronouncing and reading the words.

Memrise is pointless compared to this. It sounds pricey but the amount of time you save, you won't regret buying. Context is key for learning and being able to use new vocabulary. Having native speakers repeating common phrases all the time is the key!

So far so good! Hopefully it's worth the money in the end, but I can already feel my vocab increasing!