Features & Capabilities

Kana LS Touch is an App for learning Hiragana and Katakana. It utilizes the unique touch interface to intuitively teach you how to draw the Hiragana and Katakana characters by displaying strokeorder guidelines.

KANA

  • all Hiragana and Katakana Characters:
  • Basic Hiragana/Katana
  • Dakuten, Handakuten, Yōon Kana
  • extended Katakana
  • Strokeorder guidelines for all Kana
  • Sounds for all Character
  • many sample words (all words have Kana, Romaji, english, german & french translation)
  • numerous ways to select the kana you want to train:
  • just Hiragana, just Katakana or both together
  • custom selection (Kana selected via the browser)
  • Range of Kana (e.g. Kana 10 till Kana 30)

TEST

  • 2 Testmodes:
    • Direct Input (drawing or keyboard)
    • Multiple Choice
  • 4 Testtypes:
    • Romaji -> Kana
    • Kana -> Romaji
    • Word -> missing Kana
    • Sound -> Kana

KANA BROWSER

  • overview of all Hiragana/Katakana character
  • select specific character for a custom selection you want to train

MISC

  • Practice mode (for learning how to draw the Kana)
  • practice and testing with 2 fonts (HANDWRITING FONT & system font)
  • Backup & Sync between devices via iCloud
  • Learning with the Leitner system (SRS)
  • application fully localized in English, German, French

for more information/videos/screenshots/handbook: www.asia-ls.com/ios/kana.html

If you like this application check out: KANJI LS TOUCH JAPANESE LS TOUCH

If you find a bug in the software please send me an email [jan(a)asia-ls.com] with as many information as possible so I can try to reproduce and fix it:

  • device & firmware
  • what did you do step by step
  • settings (current set, test mode, Leitner active...)
  • does it happen always/sometime/once

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User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Jan Bogner
Rating:
4.30
(3)
Version:
3.6 Last updated: 2025-12-12
Version code:
866044500
Creation date:
2009-03-05
Compatible devices:
Size:
8.42MB
Price:
3.99
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-06
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Contact the developer

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Developed by:
Jan Bogner
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kana-ls-touch/id306835158
Website:
http://www.asia-ls.com/ios/kana.html

User Reviews

I’ve only had this app for a little bit, but I am already learning a lot. I appreciate how when you look at the individual “symbols” they include commonly used words they are in and their romaji. A nice feature would be though would be symbols searcher, where if you draw a “sign” and it will show the sign and the romaji and whatever.
by Gl*****, 2020-06-03

I am enjoying my initial experience having just drilled my 1st ten characters. There is a bit of a learning curve in understanding all the functionalities available. It's not entirely clear within the app what certain settings are for, however to the developer's credit there is excellent documentation at the provided link in the info section. Overall it provides a powerful approach to learning the Japanese characters. A few things I'd appreciate: - mixed test mode where it varies the question formats to stimulate learning in different ways and to keep things fresh - intelligent adding of characters to practice then test sessions as one's test results improve (as it stands one must manually set which characters to work on)
by 97*****, 2017-01-01

Ideally I could practice while leaving a chat or important page open on the side of the screen.
by Qu*****, 2015-10-01
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