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Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese is #53 in Education Paid in France and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperOnlineCreation
CategoryEducation
Price4.99 EUR
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (5)
Version2.0
Age rating12+
First seen by us
7 Nov 2026
7 Nov 2026Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese update history & changes
Last change · 3 events since 4 Jul 2021Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 3 events
- 🆕Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese first spotted by AppInsider#26 in Top Paid · Education · France
- 📦Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese version 2.0Katakana Rocks! has been rebuilt from scratch.
What used to be a table of characters and a quiz is now a game with a story: you are on tour in Japan with your band, and Makiko guides you through the country one level at a time, until the ending.
NEW IN THIS VERSION
• 36 levels, following an illustrated story from arrival to final concert
• Hiragana and a selection of useful kanji, after the katakana
• Rhythm mode — read kana in time with music composed for the game
• Battle mode — recall the right character under pressure
• A sticker collection to unlock as you progress
• Street levels: real Japanese signage to decipher
• Full English and French, story and voices included
• Everything offline: no connection, no account, no data leaving your device
Still a one-time purchase. Still no subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Something not working, or a character you think we got wrong? Write to us at katakana.rocks/contact — you reach the person who made the game.… more - 🆕Katakana Rocks! 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
5.0 ★
5 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#53
Education PaidMeasured
Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese on the App Store
App details
App ID
1574924938
Publisher
OnlineCreation
On the store since
Jul 2021
5 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
4 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
179 MB
Also listed in
Trivia, Word, Games
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Simulated GamblingInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
Where Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| France | EducationPaid | #53 |
Apps near Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese on the chart
Education Paid, around #53.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
5 ratings
Measured
Ratings
5
Measured
About Katakana Rocks! Learn Japanese
YOU'RE ON TOUR IN JAPAN. NOBODY IN THE BAND SPEAKS JAPANESE.
Makiko, your guide, takes it from there — one level at a time. Somewhere around minute ten, you notice you're reading.
KATAKANA FIRST
Japanese uses three scripts. Katakana is the one kept for foreign words: コーヒー is coffee, ホテル is hotel, タクシー is taxi, ビール is beer.
You have just read four Japanese words. That is the whole idea. Learn these 46 signs first and a large part of what a visitor actually meets — menus, station signs, convenience store shelves — opens up within a couple of weeks, instead of a month of drilling before anything clicks. Hiragana come next, then a set of kanji chosen for being genuinely useful.
A STORY, NOT A COURSE
36 levels, told as a journey: the all-night konbini, the sunrise onsen, the karaoke night, the train that gets you to the venue. Makiko explains, teases and corrects. There is an ending, and there are credits.
FIVE WAYS TO PLAY
Quiz — short sessions on a handful of characters or words, at your own pace.
Rhythm — read kana in time with the music, on a soundtrack written for the game.
Battle — a duel that makes you recall under pressure.
Stickers — a collection to unlock, some pieces much rarer than others.
Street levels — real Japanese signage, read the way you will actually meet it.
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
No subscription. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account to create. No streak guilt-tripping you at 9pm. One purchase, and the game is yours.
IT WORKS ON A PLANE
Every lesson, voice and music track is inside the app. Nothing needs a connection — not in flight, not on the subway, not in a hotel room with no Wi-Fi. And nothing you do leaves your device: there is no server to send it to.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Both, fully — story, voices, vocabulary.
MADE BY ONE PERSON
Written, designed and built solo in Bordeaux, France, with music composed for the game and a story written for it, tested at every iteration by a small circle of French and Japanese friends.
Play the first five levels free, in your browser, before you buy anything: katakana.rocks
Makiko, your guide, takes it from there — one level at a time. Somewhere around minute ten, you notice you're reading.
KATAKANA FIRST
Japanese uses three scripts. Katakana is the one kept for foreign words: コーヒー is coffee, ホテル is hotel, タクシー is taxi, ビール is beer.
You have just read four Japanese words. That is the whole idea. Learn these 46 signs first and a large part of what a visitor actually meets — menus, station signs, convenience store shelves — opens up within a couple of weeks, instead of a month of drilling before anything clicks. Hiragana come next, then a set of kanji chosen for being genuinely useful.
A STORY, NOT A COURSE
36 levels, told as a journey: the all-night konbini, the sunrise onsen, the karaoke night, the train that gets you to the venue. Makiko explains, teases and corrects. There is an ending, and there are credits.
FIVE WAYS TO PLAY
Quiz — short sessions on a handful of characters or words, at your own pace.
Rhythm — read kana in time with the music, on a soundtrack written for the game.
Battle — a duel that makes you recall under pressure.
Stickers — a collection to unlock, some pieces much rarer than others.
Street levels — real Japanese signage, read the way you will actually meet it.
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
No subscription. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account to create. No streak guilt-tripping you at 9pm. One purchase, and the game is yours.
IT WORKS ON A PLANE
Every lesson, voice and music track is inside the app. Nothing needs a connection — not in flight, not on the subway, not in a hotel room with no Wi-Fi. And nothing you do leaves your device: there is no server to send it to.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Both, fully — story, voices, vocabulary.
MADE BY ONE PERSON
Written, designed and built solo in Bordeaux, France, with music composed for the game and a story written for it, tested at every iteration by a small circle of French and Japanese friends.
Play the first five levels free, in your browser, before you buy anything: katakana.rocks
Latest updates
2.0
Katakana Rocks! has been rebuilt from scratch.
What used to be a table of characters and a quiz is now a game with a story: you are on tour in Japan with your band, and Makiko guides you through the country one level at a time, until the ending.
NEW IN THIS VERSION
• 36 levels, following an illustrated story from arrival to final concert
• Hiragana and a selection of useful kanji, after the katakana
• Rhythm mode — read kana in time with music composed for the game
• Battle mode — recall the right character under pressure
• A sticker collection to unlock as you progress
• Street levels: real Japanese signage to decipher
• Full English and French, story and voices included
• Everything offline: no connection, no account, no data leaving your device
Still a one-time purchase. Still no subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Something not working, or a character you think we got wrong? Write to us at katakana.rocks/contact — you reach the person who made the game.