Dr. Moku's Katakana LITE

Only 15-20% of the alphabets are available in the free version. The mnemonics displayed were also stupidish.

I had already bought Dr Moku’s hiragana app and absolutely loved it. I had been really struggling with memorizing all the different Japanese letters and that app made it so simple to learn and actually remember day to day, month to month. All the silly pictures and sayings make it nearly impossible to forget! I thought that I would try and get by with just the lite version of Dr Moku’s katakana. It took me months of practice before I felt like I knew all the letters pretty well. Then I got busy and didn’t work on any Japanese for a month or so, and when I got back to it, the only Katakana letters I could remember were the ones that I learned from the katakana app. I had no problem remembering all the hiragana and the few katakana letters from the lite app because I could associate them with the pictures and phrases. I was so frustrated and tried to practice writing them over and over hoping it would help. I finally decided to go ahead and get the full version of the app. I hate myself for not doing it sooner- All the unnecessary stress! The app is awesome and just as helpful as the hiragana app. I’m so grateful for the stories that tie in all the similar looking katakana. It just makes learning this alphabet so simple. I can’t recommend both apps enough. Spend the money, it’s well worth it! *Also as a side note, I contacted the app support team with a question and they responded very quickly and were so helpful and friendly. I couldn’t have asked for better service.

It really helps me remember katakana characters. Before I actually started studying hiragana and katakana I thought that katakana would be easier, but imo it's easier to remember hiragana because a few katakana characters look very similar to each other, such as shi and tsu. In just five to ten minutes I was able to remember thirteen characters. The reason I give this four stars is because it's addicting, but there seems to be a small amount of katakana characters. Maybe add another three to five more characters? I still use it even though I already know them just to be safe and I am willing to buy the app if I ever get an iTunes card.