Kana Alternatives

Kana is described as 'Hone your Japanese skills by matching romanized characters to their correct hiragana and katakana counterparts' and is a language learning tool in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Kana for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Kana alternative is Duolingo, which is free. Other great apps like Kana are Kanji Dojo, Jisho, 10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp) and Tagaini jisho.

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Hone your Japanese skills by matching romanized characters to their correct hiragana and katakana counterparts.

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Kana alternatives page was last updated Mar 24, 2025
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  1. WaKan icon
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    ?? (wakan) is a versatile tool for students of Japanese or Chinese. It features a character dictionary, a word dictionary, a text editor, a vocabulary management utility, many printing options (character flashcards, vocabulary lists, text including furigana), and a text...

    10 WaKan alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

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  2. Obenkyo icon
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    Obenkyo is an app to help you learn Japanese on the Android Market.

    34 Obenkyo alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

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    Learn A Language with Rocket Languages! If you want to learn Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Italian, American Sign Language or German fluently in the shortest possible time then check out our free 6 Day Courses and our Premium multimedia Learn A Language packs!

    43 Rocket Languages alternatives

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    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Rocket Languages Features

    1.  Spanish

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  4. Lingualift icon
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    LinguaLift provides guidance to thousands of busy language learners through a course structured so that you always know what to do next.

    34 Lingualift alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online

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  5. RomajiDesu icon
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    RomajiDesu is a free online bi-directional Japanese-English dictionary, Kanji dictionary, Sentence analyzer and Japanese to Romaji/English translator, and Romaji to Hiragana/Katakana Converters for Japanese learners.

    8 RomajiDesu alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online

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  6. Conjugar icon
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    Conjugar is an app for learning Spanish verb conjugations. Conjugar conjugates 95 irregular and 112 regular Spanish verbs in all Spanish verb tenses. Conjugar allows you to study vosotros conjugations, useful in Spain, and vos conjugations, useful in parts of Latin America.

    35 Conjugar alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Conjugar Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Gamification
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode

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    Hello-Hello Japanese is a full-fledged language course with 30 LESSONS developed in collaboration with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), so you can be assured that these lessons follow an effective research-based methodology.

    10 Learn Japanese (Hello-Hello) alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

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  8. Kiten icon
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    Kiten is a Japanese reference and study tool. It features an English to Japanese and Japanese to English dictionary, as well as a Kanji dictionary. For the Kanji dictionary there are multiple ways supported to look up characters.

    4 Kiten alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft

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    Draw Japanese character dan select a character to show reading, meaning, radical, and the correct stroke order.

    6 Kanji Recognizer alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Android

    Kanji Recognizer Features

    1.  Handwriting recognition

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  10. lingory icon
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    Learn Korean(Hanguel/Hangul) with Lingory for free! You will practice speaking, reading, listening and writing Korean to maintain your long-term language retention.

    Lingory contents creators are certified Korean teachers who were teaching Korean for several years abroad. We are.

    55 lingory alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet

    Properties

    1.  Educational

    Features

    1.  Gamification

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  11. Japachar icon
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    This application helps you to learn Japanese characters using a gradual learning algorithm which makes you test-like questions.

    25 Japachar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required

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    Scribe is a pack of iOS and iPadOS keyboards for language learners! It provides features to help users remember grammar rules so they can effectively communicate without ever leaving their keyboard.

    28 Scribe - Language Keyboards alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No Tracking

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