Learn Japanese Kanji: Benkyō 2.6 - App Store

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About Learn Japanese Kanji: Benkyō

When you learn Japanese, memorizing vocabulary or kanji takes too much time: Benkyō manages your drills with AI so it's more effective and painless. Review whenever it’s convenient, leverage AI to organize your studies,...

When you learn Japanese, memorizing vocabulary or kanji takes too much time: Benkyō manages your drills with AI so it's more effective and painless. Review whenever it’s convenient, leverage AI to organize your studies, and keep yourself motivated with progress tracking. Fully works offline. . Browse all Kanji, Vocabulary, & Kana . Drill with smart, custom and SRS quizzes . Train using multiple choice, keyboard or even handwriting recognition quiz inputs . Check your statistics and progress . Practice drawing, learn stroke order FEATURED by Apple on the App Store: . "This week's favorites" (Mar. & Apr. 2021 - France) . "Widgets: improve your language level" (Apr. 2021 - France) . "Find a new passion or profession" (May 2021 & Feb./Mar. 2022 - France) . "Add widgets to your home screen" (Feb./Mar. 2022 - France) == Features == 1) JAPANESE DATABASE - Search and filter more than 10,000 Kanji and 8,000 Vocabulary entries plus Hiragana & Katakana - Browse by JLPT, category, frequency, grade, etc... - Listen to prononciations, check writing stroke order & train drawing - Organise your content with lists - Search Kanji (and Kana) by simply writing them in the free drawing mode, magic! 2) LEARNING DRILL Practice makes perfect, Benkyō provides 3 kind of quizzes . FLEX SRS An exclusive AI powered algorithm that brings the right quiz questions at the right time to optimize your memory performances and the retention of what you learn . SMART QUIZ A quick and easy way to focus on specific flashcards: those you struggle the most with, or that you should review a bit more . CUSTOM QUIZ Maximum flexibility for advanced users, choose entries to be quizzed on (by applying filters, and optionally refine selection manually), choose the kind of flashcards (reading, writing, speaking and understanding) for each entry family, and input mode Plus: - 3 different quiz inputs: multiple choice (4 propositions), keyboard (type the answer, better to recall the information from your memory), and drawing (draw the kanji or kana with your finger or pencil) with automatic recognition (feels like magic, and you can adjust it's sensitivity) - If you get a question wrong or pass: you have the opportunity to pause the quiz and review the entry details so you memorize it for the next time. Here you go, learned something new! - Optionally set quiz reminders at times of your choosing 3) PROGRESS TRACKING Learning Japanese is a long adventure, visualizing your progress is always a motivation boost - Quiz scores, streaks and average times, by entry type and globally - Chart for visualizing evolution over time - Flashcard rankings by score and streak - Complete quiz history - Widgets Benkyō is designed to allow you to drill Japanese on the train, during coffee, or other spare time you have, so that at the end of the day you made progress in Japanese without effort! And the app is going to be even better with your feedback. Try it, you will be surprised! ----------------------- PLEASE NOTE: You need a subscription to access all features. . After the free trial (if offered) and once your purchase is confirmed, your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account. . Subscriptions automatically renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. . Your account is charged for renewal within 24-hours before the current subscription period ends. . You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewals by going to your Account Settings on the App Store. . Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication. ----------------------- . Twitter/X: @BenkyoApp . Privacy Policy: https://benkyo.page.link/privacy . Terms of use: https://benkyo.page.link/tnc

Version History Faster processing of local data and better performances. 2.6 Jul 7 Better performances. If Benkyō helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana more easily, please leave a review :) Enjoy! 2.5.7 May 28 Diverses améliorations et optimisations des performances Rendre le japonais encore meilleur ! 2.5.6 Mar 2 • Fixed an occasional issue with reminders • Optimized the Kanji detail screen • Other improvements and performance optimizations Happy Japanese learning! 2.5.5 Feb 25 - New Vocabulary view for devices on iOS 26+ - Take and edit entry notes (Kanji and Vocabulary) Leave a review Benkyō if it helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana! 2.5.4 Feb 6 Better performances in the Library and Statistics tabs. If Benkyō helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana, please leave a review! 2.5.3 Feb 1 Better performances. If Benkyō helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana more easily, please leave a review! Enjoy the end of the year! 2.5.2 12/01/2025 Better performances. If Benkyō helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana more easily, please leave a review! Enjoy the end of the year! 2.5.1 11/27/2025 Say Hello to Liquid Glass!  Refreshed design and app icon to adopt the new design language. Also in this update: • Get Japanese examples sentences for any Kanji, thanks to the new iOS 26 Foundation Models! • Customise the look of your Library to fell at home. • Optimized performances. In order to provide the best experience, this version requires iOS 15.0 (or more recent). Spread the word! Leave a review or rate Benkyō to share your experience learning Japanese to others! Thank you so much for using Benkyō! 2.5 09/12/2025 - Refreshed settings. - Better performances. If Benkyō helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana more easily, don’t forget to leave a review! Enjoy! 2.4.2 08/23/2025 Better performances. If Benkyō helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana more easily, don’t forget to leave a review! Enjoy! 2.4.1 12/26/2024 Learn Japanese more conveniently with Benkyō v2.4 New features for quizzes (for devices running iOS 17 or later): - Modernized and enhanced user interface (UI) - Sort and filter questions - New speed answering chart - Option to view the flashcards related to the questions for deeper insights - Manage the SRS status of individual flashcards on the fly - Option to redo the quiz (with the same scope & settings, questions may differ) - Interrupting a quiz before the end while saving its progress will now show the quiz results screen Updated Flashcard screen (for devices running iOS 17 or later): - Modernized and enhanced UI - Option to display Furigana - Added statistics - Quiz history with a speed matrix chart showing answer times by date Additional improvements: - The default app icon now adapts to Light, Dark, and Tinted system preferences (iOS 18 or later) - Benkyō now adjusts to your system's text size preference on more screens, whether you prefer small and compact or large and accessible text - General UI and performance enhancements If Benkyō helps you learn Japanese Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana more easily, don’t forget to leave a review!  Enjoy! 2.4 10/06/2024 Improvements and optimizations. 2.3.6 03/01/2024 Happy New Year 2024! Best of luck with your Japanese learning journey this year! This update introduces several enhancements. 2.3.5 01/02/2024 Improvements and optimizations. 2.3.4 12/06/2023 Fixes and improvements 2.3.3 10/27/2023 - Smoother audio for kanji pronunciations and improved furigana display. - Other fixes and improvements. 2.3.2 10/25/2023 New for Kanji pronunciations: Kanji pronunciations (kun-yomi and on-yomi) now have an option to always be displayed exhaustively in both the library and quiz. You can always toggle between main pronunciations and exhaustive on the fly during quizzes and in the library. For a smoother experience it is recommended to keep both new settings (available in Settings → Kanji) to their default (disabled) and show all pronunciations only when you need it. This update also brings visual enhancements. 2.3.1 10/23/2023 New interactive widget! (iOS 17 or later) - Introducing the new "Kanji of the Day" widget, in response to popular demand. - Decorate your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Mac desktop with a beautiful kanji card. - Tap the flag icon directly from the widget to add it to your watchlist if you like the kanji. Or tap the widget to access all the kanji's details. - Access your Watchlist from the Lists screen, where you can add flagged kanji to any of your lists, view their details, or review the entire watchlist in focus mode. But also: - New app icon! Previous icons are available for free as alternate app icons. - Re-imagined entry lists, featuring increased speed, sorting options, and quality-of-life improvements (for devices with iOS 16+). - Kanji will now always display all readings in quizzes and within the library. - Improved sound handling during quizzes. - Various quality-of-life enhancements. - Smoother onboarding experience. - Other improvements. 2.3 09/16/2023 Happy new year! Have you made any good resolutions for 2023? Are you progressing in Japanese? With this update, the application is more optimized. Benkyō will also take up less space on your device. Launch the app after updating to free storage. 2.2.7 01/10/2023 This version brings fixes and optimizations. Happy holidays! 2.2.6 12/27/2022 Fixes and optimizations. 2.2.5 11/17/2022 Autumn is here! It's time to drill kanji with a special event. Complete challenges to unlock special perks! 2.2.4 10/21/2022 Autumn is here! It's time to drill kanji with a special event. Complete challenges to unlock special perks! 2.2.3 10/17/2022 Autumn is here! It's time to drill kanji with a special event. Complete challenges to unlock special perks! 2.2.2 10/14/2022

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of Learn Japanese Kanji: Benkyō since it was posted on our website on 2021-12-16 06:28:21. The latest version is 2.6 and it was updated on 2026-10-14 15:29:57. See below the changes in each version.

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