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Skritter: Write Japanese

Skritter: Write Japanese

Inkren, Inc.
Released: 2018-12-03
© 2025 Inkren, Inc
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Free0%
Version 3.13.8
4+
Download on the App Store
Free0%
Version 3.13.8
4+
Download on the App Store
Released: 2018-12-03
© 2025 Inkren, Inc

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Description

Practice Japanese writing with Skritter, whether you have a strong grasp of written Japanese and want to remember the characters better or are a beginner who doesn’t know where to start.
Skritter has existed for more than 10 years, and for a good reason: our learners are amazing! They help us with feedback, which allows us to create what we think is the best Japanese writing app out there!
Japanese writing uses three different scripts; Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Skritter offers all three and you can learn them through our “decks” (similar to a card deck) based on topics and difficulty.
Deck examples:
- Survival Japanese (for traveling in Japan)
- Food and drinks (learn to understand the menus at your favorite Japanese restaurant with delicious sushi, ramen, and other dishes)
- Cultural topics like Samurai Japanese
- More advanced topics like foreign policy
- And many more…
First, you learn a character’s meaning, then practice drawing it and before you know it, you’ll want to learn thousands of characters, and words like these two happy users:
“If I could only keep one app on my iPod, this would be it without a doubt. Skritter will change your life!”
― Wendy Werneth, UN Translator
“Learning to write characters has never been so fun. From writing zero to 2000+ characters in six months!”
― Brian Jackson, Economist
Have questions, problems, or feedback? We would love to hear from you. Reach out to us at team@skritter.com
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Guest accounts enjoy free access to select decks forever! Unlock Review mode, and study anything you want with a premium subscription, which is available for purchase in the app. Big savings offered on 12-month subscriptions!
• One month subscription (automatically renewed until canceled)
• 12-month subscription (automatically renewed until canceled)
Recurring billing, cancel anytime. Within 24 hours before the subscription period ends, you will be charged through your iTunes account. Manage your subscription from your iTunes App Store settings where you can turn off auto-renewal at any time. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
Privacy Policy: https://skritter.com/legal
Terms of Use: https://docs.skritter.com/article/133-terms-of-use

What's New in Version 3.13.8

- Smarter review timing and increased max-cap on mature items for more efficient long-term learning
- Improved password reset error handling for smoother logins
- Fine-tuned stroke data for characters like 翻 to improve handwriting accuracy and recognition
- General bug fixes and improvements
Questions, comments, issues? Email team@skritter.com and we'll be happy to help. Happy skrittering!

Seller

Name

Inkren, Inc.

URL

https://skritter.com

Information

Developer

Categories

Version

3.13.8

Size

112.9 MB

Game Center

No

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated: 4+

Compatibility

iOS 14.0 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17Pro, iPhone 17ProMax, iPhone Air, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English

App Store: Customer Ratings

Ratings & Reviews

4.5 of 5 (43 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

2024-08-19

Excellent, Needs Minor Tweaks

Overall hands down the best way I’ve found to practice and learn Japanese writing systems.
Occasionally, it refuses to recognise my writing even when it’s exactly as the tracing suggests (e.g., it has trouble with my hiragana hi, and for some reason it thinks I’ve done the last stroke of a hiragana fu before I have) - but these are minor niggles in the grand scheme of things.
For Kanji, as a new learning, I’ve found it an excellent complement to the “Remembering The Kanji” books - avoiding the need to creating flash cards.
Whirly101
Version 3.11.4
2024-06-13

Best app I've found to learn kanji

Each card has three different review options: the meaning, reading, and writing, so can choose what to review depending on what need to practice. The built-in JLPT decks are great.
AM iOS
Version 3.11.1
2023-08-04

Great for Advanced/Specialist Study

Renewing my knowledge of kanji is very accessible with Skritter. My motivation has snowballed.
Jinson James
Version 3.9.8
2023-05-21

Very good but needs some tweaks

It is excellent in some ways, especially the Apple Pencil recognition. There are some quirks though, in particular the fact that despite having JLPT decks it is not really adequate for studying for the JLPT exam: in the JLPT N5 deck (and any other JLPT deck) despite the words are level appropriate the kanji aren’t: it introduces straight away advanced kanjis, even from N1 level, that normally one wouldn’t be expected if not years later. This makes it very hard to use for exam preparation, or to use it at all unless one is already intermediate/advanced.
FirePrince
Version 3.9.3
2023-05-03

Reliable, solid app which helped me learn a lot of words five different ways.

A built-in link to a good online Japanese dictionary (like in chinese skritter ) would take it to five stars in my opinion.
Abkabkabk
Version 3.9.3
2022-03-25

Excellent

Really the best resource for learning kanji, the big letters and stroke repetition really help the memorisation even if you don’t actually want to learn to write
barneyly
Version 3.7.4
2021-11-14

Monthly subscription cost too high

Would use, but only if about half the monthly cost.
Jdde
Version 3.7.0
2021-10-24

Skritter

It’s a good app for different people to learn and write Japanese. Even if you are a beginner or have a bit of knowledge you can use the app. I didn’t know a thing about Japanese by know I know quite a bit so I can watch my favourite anime’s with knowing a bit of what they are saying and I can speak to my friends who speak fluent Japanese so I know what their saying. Overall, really good 5 stars
DonDrake77
Version 3.6.4
2021-06-27

Great app for beginners

I love this app. It’s been very helpful for someone just starting to learn Japanese. 10/10 100% recommend especially since even though I procrastinate and don’t like learning I was able to complete so many sessions , it felt like I was playing a game
miss mandala
Version 3.5.6
2019-06-05

Clean

This is great! The app is easy to use and layout is presented well. The Japanese sounds have been improve and the writing is more responsive. Could you update the Chinese app in the same way?
grantNsua85
Version 3.1.5