10 Minute Japanese

There are very few decent apps for learning a Japanese. This app is simply great!

Expects me to know how to read Kanji, like, can you sound it out one more time for me, again? Maybe, like, have Hiragana next to it so I might be able to pronounce.

Mostly fine if you want to learn new vocabulary with SRS. The big problem it has is that there are multiple ways to write a certain word or phrase, and often the app will hear what you said correctly, but incorrectly write a different phrase that is pronounced the same or similarly pronounced. This means it considers your word choice to be incorrect even though you are saying the same thing in the same way as the example. For example the app may present you with a phrase written with the appropriate kanji to speak. When the phrase is spoken into the app, the voice recognition decides to write what you said in hiragana without converting any of it to the proper kanji. So even though you said the correct thing, the hiragana is not the same exact text as the kanji and so it fails you for being “incorrect”.

I cannot read Kanji. I have learned Hiragana and Katakana but not being able to read Kanji makes it hard for me to continue to use this app until I am able learn. Also, the speaking part does not give you enough time sometimes. I would say it all and say it right yet it would cut off before I finish and then just skip the word all together so I cannot add the word to my learned list. It’s just a little frustrating.

I love this app so much it’s teaches me so much Japanese!

Love to continue to this course

Take $87 can’t cancel. Will have to dispute charges with my bank. Thieves

I’ve just started day one of the free trial. The app is pretty good, a lot like duolongo except they start you immediately learning phrases rather than from the very basics like hiragana and katakana. The forced use of kanji right off the bat is a little intimidating however I suppose I can’t imagine a better way to learn than a cold shower. I think if you’ve taken the time to learn how the language works fundamentally and you’ve started on another app like I have but are looking for a challenge this is just the right app for you.

It seems great, but I haven’t found a way for it to teach the letters themselves. It seems like it just expects you to already know them, which I don’t.

I liked the app when it worked and used it every few days. Good for when you only have a few minutes and want to study really quickly. However about a month and a half ago the Volume stopped working, I tried restarting my phone, closing all other apps, even deleted the app and reinstalled but nothing fixed it. I couldn’t email the company through the app it would just give me an error. The volume not working was an issue when it’s just showing you kanji you haven’t memorized yet and it quizzes you on the leaning. Bro I need to hear it. anyway it was a fine app until it broke and I couldn’t find any way to repair it.