Instant Kanji

I’ve owned this app for many many years. I’m running the latest iOS 16 and don’t have any problems with it, and I never have. The app has always been resource underintensive and runs smooth as butter. While I adore this app for it’s simplicity, I do wish there were more options for randomization and studying cards together from multiple decks as currently there is no way to either of these things. There is also no review or spaced repetition system either and no way to bookmark decks that you are studying or change the decks default order so you always have to scroll down to find your deck. Decks have about 10 kanji each in them and show the kanjis’ core meanings in English. One of my favorite features is that the kanji have a tappable link that opens their entry up in the Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary app for easy cross referencing.

I’m not surprised when older apps don’t start on iPadOS 15. I AM surprised when an app had an update (its first!) in five years a few days ago (1 Nov 2021) and STILL doesn’t even start.