# Learn Japanese Kanji: Benkyō

> JLPT, Vocab & SRS Flashcards

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1541592138](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1541592138)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1541592138`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** App to Learn Pte. Ltd.
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (3,482 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-07
- **First published:** 2020-12-30
- **Size:** 164 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/learn-japanese-kanji-benky%C5%8D/id1541592138)
- **Website:** [https://www.benkyo.app](https://www.benkyo.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://romainpellen.github.io/app/benkyo/legal/privacy.html](https://romainpellen.github.io/app/benkyo/legal/privacy.html)

## Description

Benkyō is an AI-powered study tool for learning Japanese. It helps you memorize kanji, vocabulary, and kana with offline access, smart drills, and progress tracking, making practice efficient and painless.

Browse a vast database of Kanji, Vocabulary, and Kana; drill with AI-driven SRS; and choose input modes—from multiple choice and typing to handwriting recognition. Track your progress with charts, rankings, and complete quiz history.

## Rankings

- #30,946 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Learn Japanese Kanji: Benkyō for its breadth of kanji with kana, stroke order, and handwriting practice, plus a free, ad-free experience and JLPT-ordered content. The interface is clean and quizzes are engaging. However, recurring issues include laggy performance, crashes and unsaved progress, occasional quiz data errors, and missing cross-device sync and other features like sharing lists and a guided curriculum.

### Pros

- Free to use with lots of resources and no ads in the free version
- Comprehensive kanji learning with stroke orders and handwriting recognition
- JLPT-ordered kanji with pronunciations and example words/phrases
- Clean, easy-to-use interface with effective flashcard quizzes
- Widget available for quick review

### Cons

- Slow, laggy UI and performance issues; the app can feel sluggish
- Crashes during writing practice and failures to save progress or keep lists
- Content accuracy issues in quizzes (some kanji/meanings are incorrect)
- No reliable cross-device sync; progress and lists do not sync across devices
- Curriculum organization/mapping is lacking and onboarding can be confusing; missing features like sharing lists

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1541592138)