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by Small Hobbit

To the developer: yes, it’s due to font, BUT to say the style you use is better for writing is wrong. It is for calligraphy, but THAT DOES NOT make it the form for writing. Personally, I find the connected form easier and faster to draw. Again, due to this issue (and others I did not mention) I wouldn’t suggest this app. The other issue (having problems with typing during the test) I would consider MUCH MORE pressing, but your response tells me that this app is DEFINITELY not worth it.

So I did the test out feature at the beginning (that’s not where the issue is) and skipped ahead a bit because I do already know some Japanese, just not a whole lot. The issue is it counted me wrong on き(I drew it as like the font shown here, which isn’t wrong, but in the app IT WAS COUNTED WRONG) In this app they use the disconnected version, which ALSO isn’t wrong, but the thing is since I skipped ahead and BOTH ARE TECHNICALLY CORRECT it threw me off (especially since it didn’t show this on the flash card because I was tying to draw the characters) What was really weird is that was the first card that was counted wrong (due to a stroke order difference, though as I said BOTH ARE CORRECT) The thing is this one issue (along with the problems I had with typing with the keyboard in app on the test) makes me a bit hesitant to use this app, which is disheartening.

by Cadynce Stanley

Developers, please respond and fix. I saw a review that has a very similar problem. They have the same iPhone as me (iPhone 8+) and every time I open the app it asks me what language I speak and then I hear the background music start to glitch and then I’m kicked out from the app. I’m really disappointed because it looks like such a fun game and can help me continue learning and brushing up on my Japanese like I’ve been needing. But as soon as I found what I’ve been looking for, it has bugs. So unfortunate. Great concept but the app is defective. Developers please follow up with a bug fix, response or solution to this problem because I would be extremely happy to play your game.

by ScaleyKitty

I really like this app. Aside from being super cute I feel like the memorization is fairly easy. My only tick is that I wish it had a player to player option and was more open world. It’s a little limited but the add on or sister app, KawaiiDungeon, is a fun side thing to test your memorization in a mortal combat/street fighter style game. Worth getting the subscription too. You can only “fail” 5 times before you get a time lock but you can “fail” unlimited times with the sub which honestly “failure” is how one succeeds. So I highly recommend it but just wish there was more open world interaction with real people to practice and more Riko story dialog. She’s the main character but her screen time and story is very limited. As an RPG, they really missed the mark but as a tool for learning they’re doing alright. I don’t think it’s 5* yet but there’s a lot of room for growth.