Use Pastel to Master the Kana! Pastel is a unique, beautifully colored Kana Quiz App made with the goal of providing a complete and aesthetically pleasing flashcard gaming experience to everyone learning the Japanese Kana. Include revising Hiragana & Katakana as part of your daily routine by setting a "Daily Practice Reminder" directly within the App. Pastel can now notify you each day to let you know when it's your time to Practice! :) Use the new Quick-Select Buttons in settings to personalize your Kana Quiz Set in seconds. Need to review and test yourself on the Kana before playing?, Use the Kana Charts and Flash Card Buttons in the "Revise the Kana" Section. Pastel automatically saves your last Quiz Set and game settings allowing you to continue where you left off upon return. Practice the Japanese Kana Alphabet in Hiragana, Katakana and Romaji Modes. What's included with the FREE version? All 46 Hiragana Monograms. Hiragana Romaji Quiz. "Revise The Kana" Kana Revision Section Once you've mastered the Hiragana Monograms buy the "Unlock Pastel" In-App Purchase to Unlock the full App and access the following features: All 46 Katakana Monograms. All 25 Hiragana Diacritics. All 25 Katakana Diacritics. All 36 Hiragana Digraphs. All 36 Katakana Digraphs. 5 Extra Quiz Duration Times
This is the app I learned to read Hiragana and Katakana
Please do a similar Kanji app!!
United StatesGreat app for beginners or refreshers
I’ve been using this app on and off for a few years and purchased the extension for more characters. It’s fast paced so you have to keep up with the characters! The only thing that I would recommend is that you can hide the romanji and only show the character so you’re not forced to second guess yourself. I also noticed that when I use headphones a lot of the characters SOUND the same. I thought I was crazy getting the characters wrong when I HEARD it but turns out that wasn’t my hearing problem. Hope y’all can fix this!
United StatesVery effective
The design makes you want to play more and its great to challenge yourself. One suggestion though, it would be really good if you could have a mode where you tap on the hiragana or katakana with only sounds!
United StatesLove this app, just need romaji translation for diacritics and diagraphs
With that I have to say I’ve learned so much faster than memorizing alone. I recommend even the paid version since it’s so helpful and timeless.
United StatesVery good
Simple but effective
United StatesAlmost
This app would be perfect if the audio for the Kana was better. Since that’s what’s most important I have to take two stars. Other than that perfect app. The visual and sound design is great!
United StatesNeeds more options
This app is nice for people already learning Japanese. Definitely only useful if you already have the chararacters down fairly well. The options to pick which characters to include is great. This app is helping me to identify the characters faster. The problem I have is the time limit. There needs to be an option to increase the time you have to answer. The current time is about 2 seconds. Which is great if you already have all the characters memorized, but not so great if you are still having trouble with a few of them... such as nu/me and ne/wa. Tl:dr - Memorize the characters first, then use this app to help you identify them faster.
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