Hiragana Times Reviews

by Shun Windpyre

I’ve spent at least the last hour going around in circles trying to associate my subscription with HiraganaTimes and it looks like a lost cause. In addition, the link to the developer site isn’t working (at least not for me at this moment) and the website doesn’t seem to have a contact for assistance. The magazine is good, but it may be better to go with paper copies for now until the electronic side has better development and support.

by Reviewer4Apps

User interface is awful on an iPhone - too easy to make it jump out of an article when you are just trying to zoom in. It's taken 3 months for 1st 2017 issue to appear available for download. HiraganaTimes does not sync at all with iTunes, and neither does it's downloaded issues. Pity because the written content is very good.

by JapaneseLonewolf

I have sent more than enough emails for a password reset, to no avail or answer. I can’t get into HiraganaTimes to read any of the issues I paid for.

This is a total failure and unacceptable.

Nicholas Dragon, a reader of Hiragana Times for years.

by Mechakrissy

I’ve been trying to subscribe for the last hour but HiraganaTimes is tediously slow to load and crashes frequently that it’s practically not worth using. It would be nice to read on my devices but I will be purchasing the paper copies instead.

by Sues28394

I subscribed to this for 2 years but now all my old issues have disappeared. I no longer have the login passwords for most of the issues to restore them. I had purchased them so I could practice Japanese while studying the language.

by AnonFox24

Purchased an issue from the in-app store and it didn't show up on my bookshelf. I refreshed HiraganaTimes , restarted my iphone, and still nothing.

by Juraisan

HiraganaTimes wants to charge me for issues even though I’m a subscriber. In the past week I’ve contacted the company three times, asking for tech support. Today I contacted them again asking for a refund since they seem to have no intention of supplying the service I paid for.

Update: It took my reaching out to the company via PayPal, but HiraganaTimes is working for me now. So I’ve updated my rating from 1 to 3 stars. The magazine is great, but the company should have been more responsive to my earlier requests for help.

by May Yams

I’ve used everything and am at about the N1 level. I’ve used this magazine before digital was even available. I look forward to every month’s issue. Great materials from beginning level to native. I love it.