Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics 4+

I’ve tried out a lot of different apps for learning Hiragana and this one is still the best I’ve found. I was able to get 100% on all basic AND modified Hiragana, even while covering up the multiple choice answers, within 1-2 hours of using the app, having started basically from knowing nothing (I learned them a few years ago but had forgotten all of it). Same goes for the Katakana version as well.
Definitely worth getting the full paid version, you won’t regret it. Easy and fast learning, cannot recommend enough.

Well, I downloaded the free version of this app after seeing it recommended on a website, and deciding to give it a try, as other Hiragana apps hadn't worked out for me. The free version was great and in a few minutes I had memorised the whole lite set. But then I wanted more. I thought the £4.99 price tag was high, but I'd paid it for other apps so I have it a go. And within the hour I had learned to read all 46 Hiragana characters. Good, but expensive. That was 4 stars. But this new update adds a cleaner GUI and some great new features, like writing practice and listening practice and words to learn. For £4.99 you can easily learn Hiragana completely and I will be purchasing the katakana version when I have mastered this.

This is both fun and challenging and it works. As someone who is genetically predisposed (spellcheck) to forget information as soon as I receive it, I was sceptical about this app's ability to help me learn hiragana. Twenty minutes in and I had already learnt about twenty symbols. It works, the quizzes are integral in helping you memorise the symbols and the pictures just stay in your mind. Like I have mentioned in my review of the katakana app by Dr Moku, I really wish they had gone the extra mile to design slides for the modified hiragana, as it stands you are given a textual explanation of the modified symbols, this is a little disappointing. But this is still a fantastic app, and well worth the price.