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Finally learn your kana - don't just flashcard them.

Stroke order, sound, and a story for every character - then quizzes timed to arrive right before you'd forget. The kana are free forever · no subscription · no account.

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Kana Trail lesson introducing あ and ア with stroke animation

How it works

stroke-order animation
STEP 1

Meet each kana

Watch it drawn stroke by stroke, hear a native speaker say it, trace it yourself, and pin a picture-story to it - all before the first quiz.

Multiple-choice recall question
STEP 2

Recall it right away

Multiple choice first, then typed answers in romaji. You prove you know it minutes after meeting it.

Kana chart showing your learning trail filling in
STEP 3

Review right before you'd forget

Spaced repetition schedules each kana at scientifically-timed intervals. The chart is your trail - watch it fill in.

Three minutes from now you'll know あ. Properly.

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Write your own hook.

looks like a HOtel sign to us. Maybe it's a garden hoe to you. Whatever sticks - write it down. When you miss a question, Kana Trail coaches you back with your memory, not ours.

Wrong-answer screen coaching you with your own mnemonic
HIRAGANA
KATAKANA

Both scripts, one trail

Learn them together (recommended - matching pairs reinforce each other) or one at a time. Refreshers can jump straight to katakana look-alike drills: シ/ツ, ソ/ン.

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No ads No subscription No account Fully offline Dark mode built in

All 104 kana are free forever - browse the whole chart, hear every sound, watch every stroke drawn. The first ten kana of the guided course are free too, so you can feel how the teaching works. The full course - every lesson, the smart quizzes and reviews, and all future extras - is a one-time AU$14.99 in the Android app. Pay once, yours for good. And yes - there's a full dark theme that follows your system setting.

Learning with us during the beta? The full course is yours free, for life - thank you for helping shape the app.

Kana Trail home screen in dark mode

Late-night session? Kana Trail follows your system theme, light or dark.

Plain answers

Do I need an account?

No. Progress is saved on your device.

Does it work offline?

Yes, fully. Install once, study anywhere.

Hiragana first, or both?

Both together works well - pairs reinforce each other. One at a time is fine too.

Is typed input supported?

Yes - Hepburn plus common variants (し = shi or si, ふ = fu or hu).

What does it cost?

The kana - all 104 - are free forever: chart, sounds, stroke animations, and the first ten kana of the guided course. The full course is a one-time AU$14.99 in the Android app. No subscription, ever.

What about the Play Store?

Coming soon. The web app installs on your phone today.

New to kana?

Start with our guides - how the two scripts fit together, and the method that makes them stick.

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