Alternatives to WaniKani
A spaced-repetition web app that teaches Japanese radicals, kanji and vocabulary with mnemonics. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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WaniKani
A spaced-repetition web app that teaches Japanese radicals, kanji and vocabulary with mnemonics.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as WaniKani.
Renshuu
A Japanese study app for vocabulary, kanji and grammar, with dictionaries and games.
Renshuu covers vocabulary, kanji and grammar with dictionaries and games on Android, iOS and web, rather than a fixed web-only kanji path.
Anki
Flashcards that schedule themselves, showing you a card just before you would have forgotten it.
Anki is open source and lets you study kanji with shared or self-made decks in any order, with free sync across desktop, Android and web.
Bunpro
A spaced-repetition study platform for Japanese grammar and vocabulary, on the web and mobile.
Bunpro applies spaced repetition to Japanese grammar and vocabulary with example sentences and audio, on web, Android and iOS.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Satori Reader
A Japanese reading service with graded stories, audio and detailed grammar and kanji explanations.
Migaku
A Chrome extension that turns YouTube, Netflix and other sites into language learning material.
Pleco
A Chinese dictionary and learning app for iOS and Android with handwriting and camera lookup.
Memrise
A language learning app with courses built around spaced repetition and videos of native speakers.
AnkiDroid
An open-source Android app for studying Anki spaced-repetition flashcards.
