Hourly Kana Downloads & RevenueHourly Kana: Learn Japanese · App Store
Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese is #73 in Education Grossing in Australia and charting in 2 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperRadish Retail, LLC
CategoryEducation
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (115)
Version4.1.2
Age rating9+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese update history & changes
Last change · 31 events since 2 Jul 2026Full timeline ↓📈Entered the top 100✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots⭐Passed 1K ratings📦Updated to version 4.1.2📦Updated to version 4.1.1⭐Passed 1K ratings📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 31 events
- 📈Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese entered the top 100Top Grossing · Education · KR
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · US
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese updated to version 4.1.24.1.2의 새로운 기능
• 이제 위젯과 알림에 항상 앱과 같은 단어가 표시됩니다.
• 한자 단어에 각 한자의 음독과 훈독을 보여 주는 읽기 표가 추가되었습니다.
• 로마자를 켜면 N5뿐 아니라 모든 레벨에서 볼 수 있습니다.
• 한 번 구매로 모든 기능을 평생 이용할 수 있는 평생 이용권이 추가되었습니다.
• 오디오 개선 및 버그 수정도 포함되었습니다. - ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new iPad screenshots· JP
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · JP
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new iPad screenshots· KR
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · KR
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new iPad screenshots· ID, CA, AU
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · ID, CA, AU
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese updated to version 4.1.1What's new in 4.1.1
• Today's words now shows new words and words you've seen again in separate rows, with a green check on each word you've learned.
• Listen through a whole deck with the new listening review.
• In writing practice, clear your drawing in one tap or repeat the same word until it sticks.
• Faster quizzes with new sounds for right and wrong answers.
• Ready for iPhone Duo, plus audio and bug fixes.… more - 📈Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese entered the top 100Top Free · Education · KR
- 📈Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese charting in a new countryUnited States
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: description updated· CA, ID, AU
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · CA, ID, AU
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: description updated· JP
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · JP
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese updated to version 4.14.1의 새로운 기능
• 개선된 간격 반복: 잘 아는 단어는 더 오랜 뒤에 다시 나오고, 잊기 시작한 단어는 더 빨리 다시 나와 복습 시간이 줄어듭니다. 기존 학습 기록은 그대로 유지됩니다.
• 새로운 다크 디자인의 Apple Watch 앱, 개선된 퀴즈 선택지, iPhone과 동기화되는 학습 진도.
• 통계에서 학습 중, 마스터함, 연습 필요를 눌러 단어를 확인하고 새 항목으로 표시할 수 있습니다.
• 연습에 복습할 단어 수가 표시되고, 복습 중에는 확인을 누르기 전까지 정답이 숨겨집니다.
• 배터리 사용량을 줄이고 기타 문제를 수정했습니다.… more - 📈Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese charting in a new countrySouth Korea
- ✏️Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · CA, ID, AU
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese updated to version 4.0Lessons, words, grammar and kanji meanings are now available in 9 more languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi and Arabic, and follow your app language.
Choose what you study: set Study source to your saved words or your own imported decks, and hourly words, widgets, and practice follow it.
Smoother flashcard flips, and Got it responds right away.
New everyday essentials added to the beginner words.
Clearer recordings in the Foundations lessons.… more - 📈Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese entered the top 100Top Grossing · Education · JP
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese updated to version 3.4.4Hide words you already know: tap ⋯ on a word to keep it out of hourly words and quizzes. Bring it back anytime in Study settings.
Fixed a bug where the same word could keep coming back.
Mastered now means you got a word right on two different days. Some words may show Familiar until you get them right again.
A cleaner, more consistent look across the app, and an easier typing keyboard in quizzes.… more - 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese updated to version 3.4.3Audio improvements. We’ve re-recorded clips reported as missing, broken, or inaccurate.
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese updated to version 3.4.2Stability and performance improvements and miscellaneous bug fixes.
- 🆕Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese first spotted by AppInsider#96 in Top Free · Education · Australia
- 📦Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese version 3.4.1No release notes
- 🆕Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
115 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#73
Education GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
235
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese on the App Store
App details
App ID
6780309160
Publisher
Radish Retail, LLC
On the store since
Jul 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
9+
1 content note below
Languages
11
AR EN HI ID JA KO MS PT ZH ES ZH
Size
560 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour
Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: Ad-led
How Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 1 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | EducationGrossing | #73 |
 Indonesia | EducationGrossing | #42 |
| Indonesia | EducationFree | #56 |
Apps near Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese on the chart
Education Grossing, around #73.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
115 ratings
Measured
Ratings
115
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
235
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Recent ratings
4.8★
vs 4.8★ lifetime
Review momentum
84/100
faster than 97% of Education apps
Growing fastest in Australia ▲ +164% · 
Canada ▲ +47%
New ratings by country (6)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 117 | 50% | – |
 Japan | 50 | 21% | steady |
| Indonesia | 31 | 13% | ▼ -28% |
 South Korea | 18 | 8% | – |
| Canada | 10 | 4% | ▲ +47% |
| Australia | 9.5 | 4% | ▲ +164% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese
Learn Japanese from your Lock Screen. Hourly Kana brings new words into your day with widgets and reminders, then helps you build from hiragana and katakana to kanji and JLPT vocabulary.
A NEW WORD, THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY
Add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget and choose scheduled word reminders. Set your own pace and quiet hours. Open a word for its reading, meaning, example sentences and Japanese pronunciation audio.
FROM YOUR FIRST KANA TO JLPT N1
Learn hiragana and katakana in Foundations with listening drills and character-building exercises. Take a placement test or choose vocabulary from JLPT N5–N1. Follow the kana-first path or study with Kanji First as your reading develops.
MAKE YOUR VOCABULARY STICK
• Review difficult words with personal flashcards and short quizzes.
• Practice handwriting, reading and listening.
• Learn grammar through sentences and answer explanations.
• Import Anki plain-text exports or build custom decks.
• Follow your collection, learning history and progress.
Keep learning with offline access and private iCloud sync. No ads. Add a widget and make Japanese part of your daily routine.
AVAILABLE IN 11 LANGUAGES
The app, word meanings and lessons are in:
English, Español, Português (Brasil), Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Filipino, हिन्दी, العربية, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文
Try Hourly Kana free for 7 days. Paid access is required after the trial.
Choose your interface language in Settings.
End User License Agreement:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Terms of Service:
https://hourlylearning.com/language/terms
Privacy Policy:
https://hourlylearning.com/language/privacy
Questions or suggestions? Email [email protected].
A NEW WORD, THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY
Add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget and choose scheduled word reminders. Set your own pace and quiet hours. Open a word for its reading, meaning, example sentences and Japanese pronunciation audio.
FROM YOUR FIRST KANA TO JLPT N1
Learn hiragana and katakana in Foundations with listening drills and character-building exercises. Take a placement test or choose vocabulary from JLPT N5–N1. Follow the kana-first path or study with Kanji First as your reading develops.
MAKE YOUR VOCABULARY STICK
• Review difficult words with personal flashcards and short quizzes.
• Practice handwriting, reading and listening.
• Learn grammar through sentences and answer explanations.
• Import Anki plain-text exports or build custom decks.
• Follow your collection, learning history and progress.
Keep learning with offline access and private iCloud sync. No ads. Add a widget and make Japanese part of your daily routine.
AVAILABLE IN 11 LANGUAGES
The app, word meanings and lessons are in:
English, Español, Português (Brasil), Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Filipino, हिन्दी, العربية, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文
Try Hourly Kana free for 7 days. Paid access is required after the trial.
Choose your interface language in Settings.
End User License Agreement:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Terms of Service:
https://hourlylearning.com/language/terms
Privacy Policy:
https://hourlylearning.com/language/privacy
Questions or suggestions? Email [email protected].
Latest updates
4.1.2
4.1.2의 새로운 기능
• 이제 위젯과 알림에 항상 앱과 같은 단어가 표시됩니다.
• 한자 단어에 각 한자의 음독과 훈독을 보여 주는 읽기 표가 추가되었습니다.
• 로마자를 켜면 N5뿐 아니라 모든 레벨에서 볼 수 있습니다.
• 한 번 구매로 모든 기능을 평생 이용할 수 있는 평생 이용권이 추가되었습니다.
• 오디오 개선 및 버그 수정도 포함되었습니다.
4.1.1
What's new in 4.1.1
• Today's words now shows new words and words you've seen again in separate rows, with a green check on each word you've learned.
• Listen through a whole deck with the new listening review.
• In writing practice, clear your drawing in one tap or repeat the same word until it sticks.
• Faster quizzes with new sounds for right and wrong answers.
• Ready for iPhone Duo, plus audio and bug fixes.
4.1
4.1의 새로운 기능
• 개선된 간격 반복: 잘 아는 단어는 더 오랜 뒤에 다시 나오고, 잊기 시작한 단어는 더 빨리 다시 나와 복습 시간이 줄어듭니다. 기존 학습 기록은 그대로 유지됩니다.
• 새로운 다크 디자인의 Apple Watch 앱, 개선된 퀴즈 선택지, iPhone과 동기화되는 학습 진도.
• 통계에서 학습 중, 마스터함, 연습 필요를 눌러 단어를 확인하고 새 항목으로 표시할 수 있습니다.
• 연습에 복습할 단어 수가 표시되고, 복습 중에는 확인을 누르기 전까지 정답이 숨겨집니다.
• 배터리 사용량을 줄이고 기타 문제를 수정했습니다.
Store changes
What Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
9 screenshots (was 9)
New iPad screenshots
