Learn kana in days. Read it fluently in weeks.
Hiragana and katakana with real words, one clear voice and fair handwriting checks. Hand-checked. Works offline. No account. No ads.
Free on iPhone and iPad. Pro is one purchase, US$9.99, no subscription.
Progress
The chart fills with ink.
A kana you have not met is a faint outline. Once you learn it, it turns full black, and the green bar under it fills up in four steps, from new to mastered, one review at a time.
No XP, no levels, no crowns. A yellow dot marks what is due today. A red bar marks a kana you keep missing.
- new → mastered
- due
- weak
Free Forever
Every kana, free.
All 46 hiragana and 46 katakana, plus dakuten, yōon and the extended katakana used in loanwords. Lessons, spaced repetition, writing with stroke checks, a flick pad and look-alike practice.
- 230 kana with stroke order from KanjiVG
- Reviews scheduled by FSRS, the same algorithm Anki uses
- Write by hand, or answer on the flick pad, or type
Fluency · Pro
Read real words, faster.
Timed reading of real words built only from the kana you already know. Your speed is one number, kana per second, and you watch it climb.
- 1,500 curated words with audio
- Your slowest kana come first
- 10 words a day are free, with or without Pro
Katakana
Katakana is its own discipline.
Most people give up at katakana. Kanaria treats it as a second course: loanword packs, look-alikes side by side, dictation and minimal pairs.
- シ and ツ, ソ and ン, practised as pairs with one sentence naming the difference
- Decode コーヒー, ホテル, バス before you see the meaning
- びょういん or びよういん: hear it, then type it
Price
Pay once. Yours forever. Works offline.
Everything in the Free column stays free, with no ads. Pro is one purchase, no subscription, never revoked.
| What You Get | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| All 230 kana, lessons, reviews, writing, mastery grid, widgets | Included | Included |
| Reading practice | 10 a day | Unlimited |
| Katakana loanword packs | Food | All 5 |
| Dictation and minimal pairs | Not included | Included |
| Speed stats, history and coming reviews | Not included | Included |
| Custom lists | Not included | Included |
ProUS$9.99one time
Local prices vary. About the price of one month of a typical subscription. A Supporter option (US$19.99) helps build the kanji app.
What Kanaria Promises
Works offline
Everything is on the phone. Planes, trains, basements.
No account
Nothing to sign up for, nothing to lose.
No ads
Not in the free tier, not anywhere.
No tracking in the app
No analytics SDK, no third-party code.
Widgets free forever
Today’s weakest kana on your Home Screen.
Your data is a file
Export and import it. iOS and Android use the same file.
Audio is generated with VOICEVOX (voice: 雀松朱司). Every clip was checked by ear and by an automatic reading test. We never call it a native speaker.
Questions
All QuestionsIs Kanaria free?
Yes. All 230 kana, lessons, reviews, writing, look-alike practice, the mastery grid and the widgets are free, with no ads. Pro adds unlimited reading practice, all five loanword packs, dictation and minimal pairs, speed stats with history and the coming-reviews forecast, and custom lists.
Is it a subscription?
No. Pro is one purchase. It is never taken away, and Restore Purchase brings it back on a new phone. There is no trial that turns into a payment and nothing to cancel.
Does it work offline? Do I need an account?
It works fully offline, and there is no account. Your progress stays on your device and in your own phone backup.
How long does it take?
Most people can read all 46 hiragana after 3 to 7 days of 10 minutes a day, and katakana in about another week. Reading real words without sounding them out takes a few weeks of daily practice.