Skritter: Write Japanese

Switched to Finland ip (vpn) to check everything works fine. The old app has no restrictions and works smoothly using my real ip. New interface looks much better and modern, but I will switch to it only after problem with connection is resolved.

I’ve had Skritter for a long time now and I thought it was good before. But now with the new platform and options for studying, it’s gotten so much better beyond my wildest dreams! My favourite is testing just the words that I get incorrect - so effective. I highly recommend this app.

The character input area is enormous on an iPad, to the point that it makes it extremely difficult to input strokes accurately. I don’t write letters four inches high, why would I want to learn to write kanji that way? It seems like it would be bad for retention as well, as you’re engaging gross motor skills versus fine.

The fact that this app is so interactive is awesome. Learning to read and write the characters is going to be so incredibly helpful if you plan on immersing yourself in the language. Totally recommending this.

This app has been incredible! I’ve finally started getting the hang of kanji thanks to this app, and being able to practice writing is really helpful for remembering the characters. This is much better then the textbook I bought, and I will definitely be recommending this to my friends!

Whoops I’m dumb, anyways it’s actually very well done I just totally forgot the difference between two hiraganas, anyways again very well done I’m actually learning from this which is awesome considering other apps teach barely anything, here you learn words, hiragana, kanji and even more

I’m a very tactile learner. Being able to write kana and kanji has helped with my writing but also with my vocabulary in general. The subscription is a little pricey, but the app is really well done and very effective in what it does. After trying various apps, this is probably my favourite, and the one to which I am most likely to keep a subscription.

I am using Skritter paid subscriptions for both Japanese and Chinese. The app is wonderful and I’ve been using it for about 4 months consistently. I have learned Japanese kanji on my own in the past and what really lets you learn a character is its CONTEXT, ie what words in the language actually use this character you’re trying to learn. That’s how you build the associations that help the character stick. There’s always a moment of, “oh! That’s the character that you use the word ___!” Skritter does not do this and it’s the biggest difference from reviewing characters in a kanji book and other flashcard systems out there. In some cases, Skritter provides a sentence using the character, but what the app really needs is just a simple list of two or three of the most commonly used everyday words that use the character. It would be the bomb! Please consider this feature for the future.

I've been using this app since its very early days (2011 I think) and nothing has helped me learn kanji better. It's fun too and even if you don't care about being able to write, this will still set you down the right path

I Really Love this app! I have learned so much in a short amount of time thanks to it. I love that you can pick which decks to learn from and that many popular notebooks are included. I also really enjoy the writing experience, and the testing and time attack options. Tiny tweaks: - please create a streak freeze or other way to restore your streak so that it’s not as easy to lose your streak if you forget to practice one day. - for the review option I would like to be able to re review the words I got wrong within that session, similar to test mode. I’m also not clear why both modes exist but prefer the functionality of test mode. Thank you!