Learn Kanji that sticks.

KanjiMate is a kanji dictionary and spaced-repetition app for iPhone and iPad. It covers all 2,230 kanji on the JLPT path from N5 to N1 with meanings, readings, vocabulary, example sentences, radicals, mnemonics, and stroke-order animation for 11,000+ characters. Reading is free at every level; Premium unlocks studying beyond N5.

KanjiMate is free to download, and the dictionary is free forever with no kanji locked and no ads. Premium costs $1.99 per month or $14.99 per year as a subscription, or $29.99 as a one-time lifetime purchase. All prices are in USD before local tax.

No. KanjiMate carries no advertising of any kind — no banners, no interstitials between reviews, no sponsored dictionary entries, and no third-party ad SDKs or ad trackers. The free tier is paid for by Premium subscriptions, not by advertising, so nothing interrupts a study session on either tier. Your study data is never used for advertising profiling and is never sold.

FSRS (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler) is a modern spaced-repetition algorithm that predicts the probability you still remember a card and schedules the next review at the moment that probability drops. Older SM-2 style schedulers, the default in classic Anki for years, multiply intervals by a fixed ease factor instead. FSRS adapts intervals to your actual recall on each card, which generally means fewer reviews for the same retention.

At 10 new kanji a day it takes roughly 8 months to see all 2,230 once, and at 5 a day roughly 15 months — plus daily reviews, which is where most of the time actually goes. The JLPT levels are very uneven: N5 is 103 kanji, while N1 adds over 1,100 on its own, so early levels move much faster than later ones.

Stroke order matters if you plan to write by hand, use handwriting input, or read handwritten Japanese, because correct order produces the shapes native readers expect and makes characters easier to recall. KanjiMate animates the correct order for 11,000+ characters and scores your own drawing on stroke count, order, accuracy, and shape.

N5 covers 103 kanji in KanjiMate — the foundational set including 日, 月, 人, 大, 小, and the numbers. All 103 are free to study with every review mode and full FSRS scheduling, with no daily review limit.

KanjiMate is built natively in SwiftUI for iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later, with a design crafted for Apple's Liquid Glass.

Yes, and no kanji is ever locked. All 2,230 kanji — meanings, readings, vocabulary, example sentences, stroke-order animation, radicals, and mnemonic stories — are free at every level from N5 to N1. On top of that, the complete study loop on N5 is free: all 103 kanji, all three review modes, real FSRS scheduling, streaks, and no daily review limit. The free tier is not ad-supported either — KanjiMate has no ads at all.

Premium unlocks studying beyond N5: take all 2,230 kanji from N4 through N1 into your deck with every review mode and FSRS scheduling, add tags and custom study sets, and open advanced statistics — progress charts, year heatmap, monthly calendar, achievements, and your complete study history. It is available at $1.99 per month or $14.99 per year as a subscription, or $29.99 as a one-time lifetime purchase.

No. iCloud sync is free and never behind the paywall. Progress, review history, notes, and favorites stay in sync between iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account. Your streak, key stats, and the last 7 days of history are free too.

Core study can continue offline. iCloud sync and future web-linked features require connectivity.

Progress, review history, notes, and favorites are stored locally with SwiftData and stay in sync between iPhone and iPad through iCloud (CloudKit).

Yes. KanjiMate is live on the App Store and free to download for iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 and later. Premium is an optional in-app purchase.