WaniKani Companion

Your favorite Japanese learning app at a click away.

WaniKani Companion - Quick Access to Japanese Learning App

"WaniKani Companion" is a Chrome extension designed to make your experience with the WaniKani Japanese learning app smoother and faster. It provides a quick profile overview, desktop notifications, badge notifications, and WaniKani website integration. It also syncs user settings across multiple Chrome instances and includes user scripts improvements.

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Extension stats

By: Lucas P.

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.86

(28)

Version: 2.2 (Last updated: 2021-07-07)

Creation date: 2017-01-09

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*.wanikani.com/
notifications
storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking

Size: 153.60K

Email: na*****@pm.me

Ranking

# 24,536 ▲ 96

Other rankings

#4485 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 3 #258 in fastest way keyword 35 ▲ 11

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Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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WaniKani Companion is the fastest way to access to your favorite Japanese learning app.

Features

Profile overview: see your profile summary at a glance (name,, level, lessons, reviews, upcoming reviews countdown, and SRS progression).
Badge notifications: be notified of your available lessons and reviews on the extension's icon.
Desktop notifications: be notified of your lessons and reviews directly on your desktop.
Chrome sync integration: the user settings are saved across all your Chrome's instances.
WaniKani website integration: display all of WaniKani directly from the extension tab (dashboard, lessons, reviews...).
User scripts improvements (extension + standalone HTTPS WaniKani website): the "item info" panel is auto-expanded on reviews et lessons quizzes.

/!\ This app is integrating a frame of the official HTTPS WaniKani website (https://www.wanikani.com); Using another WaniKani extension at the same time may affect your experience.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Provides notifications when lessons/reviews are available
Helps users quickly check reviews without keeping the tab open
Auto expand item info feature is useful
Great for quick reviews in short time intervals

Cons

Does not automatically update the review count
Sometimes fails to connect to the WaniKani website
Support has been dropped and functionality is inconsistent
Window size is too small for reviews and limited resizing options

Most mentioned

The extension doesn't update the number of lessons/reviews automatically
Stopped working after WK removed the V1 API
Notifications are too loud and need volume control options
Great for reminding about reviews without keeping a tab open

User reviews

The extension shows lessons/reviews available before they are ready, in my case it is always ahead a few hours of the review forecast. The only useful feature I have found in it is the "auto expand item info" when using WaniKani.

Esteban Rivera, 2022-09-10

Doesn't work anymore, and support has been dropped. Not worth installing.

qw rt, 2022-08-04

It does work now, it would be nice if it'd update the review count right after I've finished my reviews. I.e.: I had 4 reviews, I finished them all but I still see badge saying "4" until the next update cycle