“Great app! — Worth the one time purchase, very effective for learning and fun”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 516 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.9 ★18,277 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
38 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Hey there! (•u•) Interested in learning Japanese but don't know where to start? You've come to the right place! MARU Japanese Kana, loved by over a million learners worldwide with an average rating of 4.9 (thank you so much!), is just what you need. As a lifelong learner of Japanese myself, I created this app to make Japanese alphabets less intimidating and more enjoyable. It's a simple app that focuses on one thing but does it very well: helping you start learning Japanese. I wish MARU had been around when I started learning Japanese. Lucky you!
Stop learning with those robotic voices and non-native pronunciations. That will impede your learning effectiveness. Dive in and experience authentic Japanese through exercises voiced by a professional voice actress. With 14 different practice varieties, learning Hiragana and Katakana becomes a breeze.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.15 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.15, updated 2024-08-02.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: States a price, or offers a one-time purchase
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
What we saw: Reviewers report clear pricing: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 516 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Simple and easy — There’s no subscription needed though it offers a one time purchase of the full resources. So great and basic for learning little by little or lots in one sitting! Even some positive punishment! When you get 5 wrong you…”
“Great — This app is awesome! I’ve been able to memorize over half of the harigana characters in just a few days. I love the fact it is a one time payment for unlimited access and even if you don’t pay, you just watch simple ads. The…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.15.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown1
Lowest$19.99
Highest$19.99
Pro Upgrade (Lifetime)$19.99