Japanese My Way App Reviews

Not that good. And it wasted my two dollars. : ( I thought it would show me how to write the letters on my screen but it didnt. X2 : ( its also confusing on what to do.

Im a student of Japanese taking evening classes and have been looking for an application that has everything I need in one place. This application has it all and the great part is, its only 3 bucks. I almost didnt buy because of a couple of bad reviews, but after using the application I can only imagine these people didnt even bother to use the application. I use this application along with my class textbook to create my own lists for studying and then drill the vocab for that week using the flash cards and drill the kanji using the writing (which is great, since it checks your drawing and gives you a grade!). The dictionary is great too, as you can get sample sentences for any of the words youre looking at which really helps with grammar, and at any point you can add it to one of your decks too. I agree with the one reviewer that it did take a while to get to grips with all the features of the application, but it was definitely worth the time. Fully recommended for anyone who is taking a Japanese class like myself.

I love it! it is so incredibly helpful! i just recieved the updates and i love that there are now premade lists for all the kanji grades as well as the word building game! really wonderful and this app has helped me a ton with studying for my classes. there are minor things that could be fixed, but no major problems :) there are spelling errors and a few generic translations that could be more specific. a lot of words will be listed several times, same word but different kanji being used. i have asked my teacher because it was suspicious and he said the meanings are indeed slightly different depending on the kanji. the app does not make a distinction between these different meanings, it instead lists the same definition for each entry but this information would be helpful to know. i would like to be able to reorder the definitions so that when i have the top ones down, i can switch to the other meanings without having to delete the entry, and reenter it, which is a slight hassle. like i said its just little things, this app is by far the best app you will find for kanji and vocab practice. extremely helpful and easy to use! you get a lot of options with this app and i have no doubt about it continuing to be useful to me!

Absolutely love the dictionary. Very complete. Also, I love being able to make flash cards of the vocabulary words, and deciding if they need to be spelled out or if they can just be flipped for the answer. The other students in my class have decided to purchase this app as well. It just makes studying so incredibly convenient. The only thing I would add would be to the flash card game, the option to automatically remove cards that you get correct 3 times in a row, like an Elimination game. You can pick and choose which cards you flash now, and you can stop the game and check your percentage of how many you got right, but it would be nice if the app did that automatically, so that you could focus more on the cards you do not know rather than keep repeating the cards you do. Have an entire stack of flashcards that the other students want, but I am not sure if it is possible to share cards. Would be a nice feature. Otherwise, this app is worth much, much more than what it costs.

The program is great, but when I was reading about details, it says, "stroke recognition.". I thought this was also inclusive of a tutorial for the stroke order to practice. The recognition actually has you write kanji/kana, and gives you a percentage, but if you dont know how to write the kanji already, you have no possible way to write it. I basically wrote these kanji down on paper first and then tested. Really would be nice if there were a stroke practice game instead of just a write from memory. Also, the flash cards should be able to tap to flip, mostly because you cannot go back in the deck, only to the next card. Great application otherwise.

Great app. Learning/methods of study are well done - challenging without being frustrating. Categories/lesson groupings are complimentary of standards so this app helps build from other knowledge gained from other apps and books (ie Grades, Language test, etc). I find testing myself by reading first then learning to write the kanji is better for me. The hints are well balanced giving at first a slight hint, then more, then more, then more up to a full stroke order writing example. Very well done. My gratitude to the developers.

You only need to buy this app if you are serious about learning kanji or hiragana. Very easy user interface thats basic and to the point...no unnessary " bells and whistles" like the other kanji apps (I.e. Stickstudy). Lots of options to customize study. For me I love the create your own deck feature which allows you to make a custom list of select kanji words to study. In my Japanese class we have specific kanji that were learning right now, so this feature allows me to only choose the kanji that Ill be tested on in my class so I can focus my studies. Great job guys! I love simplicity!

Ive been looking for apps to keep up and build on my vocab and kanji skills. Of the japanese learning apps ive tried, this one ive already spent more time practicing with. Other apps i would get bored with, but this one is great because the flashcard games are so varied. You can practice the same vocab list with flashcards for reading, writing either kanji or kana, or any number of combinations. That really is the best way to learn, practicing many different ways. And the writting is really fun too!

I have spent almost $75 dollars on Japanese apps, this is BY FAR the best. I am a serious student of Japanese. I am also a trained EFL teacher with a masters in education. This app does everything - it met my needs when I just wanted to play around and re-learn a few kanji, and it performed equally well when I wanted to get into more serious grammar. Technologically speaking, it is intuitive and fluid. Buy this app now before the developers get smart(er) and raise the price!

This app is quite good for learning kanji, but there are a few frustrating flaws with the interface that prevent the app from truly shining. The Good: -Excellent variety of kanji and vocabulary for practice -Very satisfying writing mechanic - the kanji look beautiful when you draw them. Very smooth and sleek; perhaps the best Ive ever seen. -The kanji rating mechanic is helpful when it works. I know my stroke order now! The Bad -The interface feels very sloppy, and many functions are counterintuitive. For example, when you change a set, you cant simply hit the back button, as it will take you back to the main menu. To make things worse, if you hit back and navigate your way back to the lesson, the app doesnt remember the preferences you set. Instead, you have to hit the "play" button on the bottom. This took me a while to figure out, and I honestly thought that the app was broken in the meantime. -Once youve been shown how to draw a kanji, it immediately disappears and you have no option to practice it until it comes back around, at which point youve likely forgotten one of the stroke orders (which will give you a wrong answer). -Some kanji are completely broken, and it is impossible to get a high enough score on them to succeed. 水 in particular is impossible to get correct, even if you follow the paths and stroke orders perfectly. I think this app has tremendous potential, but its interface flaws hold it back. With a better interface, this would easily be a five star app.

Not so long ago, I criticized this app for its clunky interface and outdated appearance. I also suggested a few small changes I thought might make the app better. I dont know if the developer read my comments, but EVERY complaint I had has been addressed, and many of the suggestions have been implemented. So far I LOVE the result! Creating lists is still easy. The grading system continues to be the best around, and seems to have even improved a bit. Navigation is much, much easier. Single errant strokes can now be erased. Missed kanji can be practiced before moving on. It makes me very happy to see this clever and helpful app return to 5-star form. Welcome back to the family of serious Japanese study applications!

Provides various ways to study, including writing the kanji. Can also test yourself for recognition of meaning, etc. While studying, can get proper stroke order demonstrated. Great support from developer. Immediate, helpful response.

man, i love this app, but its been changing in a way that drives me nuts. before when you went through a deck, you could check your progress, see how frequently you missed words and choose the problem words. now it tells you none of that and instead has this silly progress meter that isnt helpful in the least! bring back the percentages, and allow me to reset them like i used to! its essential for me to see exactly what Im missing and give myself a fresh start!

What can I say? This app is absolutely required if you are studying Japanese!!! It has vocabulary for many popular Japanese learning methods, such as JLPT (all levels), Genki I and II, and so on!!! I attend a Japanese class that uses Genki books, and I go to a class that has their own vocabulary and words. With JMW, I was able to create my own vocabulary/word sets and use it to study. The kanji recognition is very good. You can change how strict it judges your writing to forgivable for newibies up to super strict for the experienced. It syncs everything cloud including your learning progression, your custom word sets, and so on. While it is a wonderful app, it does sometime crash. However, the crashes are few and are between but enough for me not to give it 5 stars. However, if you are learning Japanese, this app is a must for you.

I love the stroke-recognition writing game/quiz--I cant find that anywhere else. The rest of the app is good too. The only thing holding me back from giving it four stars is the "wrong" buzzer that sounds even when I have the volume off. Is there a way to mute that for private study?

I updated this app and have not been able to access practice decks since the update. I keep getting an error about cloud storage?

I absolutely love this app. it is fun to use and helps me study for my Japanese 1 class. HOWEVER, it is giving me trouble with the hiragana "ぴ" and "よ." I tap the help icon, and even when I trace the hiragana directly, it gives me a percentage in the single digits, typically not above 2%. Im not sure if this is an effect of the update, but it makes practice difficult at times

A little skeptical about purchasing this app at first, but Im glad I did. LOTS of vocabulary and kanji to study. I dont think youll run out of stuff to study. The only thing Id like to bring up is the flash cards: its really hard to read the words towards the bottom of the card. Its almost completely cut off. Other than, I advise any Japanese language lover like myself to really consider purchasing this app.

I cannot find the place in the app where I can write, and the app recognizes whether my strokes are right. I see the animated and automated stroke order, but nothing where one writes freehand. Can anyone help? (I tried the website but "contact us" link wasnt working.)