renshuu - Japanese learning

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4.7
11.6K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this app

A cute, ad-free, and enjoyable learning experience is waiting for you in the Renshuu community! The free version is unlimited: there’s no timer before you are forced to pay!

★ A path for every learning style and every goal ★
Whether you are getting started with the alphabets or have been studying for years, jump in exactly where you belong! Don’t waste time going through what you already know.

Renshuu maintains learning paths for most textbooks, the JLPT, Kanji Kentei, and for those who just want to learn. You can also carve out your own path! Our community has over 10,000 user-made lessons for even more focused learning.

★ Cute, relaxing, and fun ★
Our mascot Kao-chan is here to let you enjoy learning Japanese, whether it’s through collectible coins every time you quiz, a character that evolves as you learn, manga pages that you unlock, or hundreds of hand-made illustrations.

Additionally, we have both single and multiplayer games to help you keep your learning and reviewing fresh!

★ Personal service ★
We are just a two-person company - and we don’t use chat bots. That means that every question you have gets an answer directly from us.

★ Rich, in-depth materials ★
■ Vocabulary: over 15,000 native-recorded audio files, 17,000 hand-picked images, and 160,000 example sentences make understanding vocabulary a breeze. Our growing library of accent/pitch data can even help you with accent reduction.
■ Kanji: 12,000+ kanji, with no limits on what you can study! Over 2,000 colorful mnemonics help you to understand and retain the meanings.
■ Grammar: Over 800 different expressions, each complete with native-written model sentences, construction diagrams, audio, and over 7,500 hand-made quiz questions.
■ Sentences: Thousands of sentences complete with audio, divided by theme and difficulty levels.

★ A superior quiz system designed around Japanese ★
Our SRS-for-Japanese system doesn’t treat Japanese materials like flashcards to be memorized, and breaks every item down into individual components so you can understand, and not just memorize. Mastery schedules keep you studying only what you need to, pushing weaker materials to the front for you to focus on.

Dozens of different question styles keep things fresh, while a flexible input system (multiple choice, typing, or writing) lets you answer the way that you want to.

★ Customizable down to the last character ★
Renshuu doesn’t believe that there is a single way of studying that everyone should adhere to. Our expansive settings and customizations let you adjust the learning environment to what works best for you.
Updated on
Apr 23, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Financial info and App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
11K reviews
Aster Nightshade
February 7, 2025
I quickly found that some of the Japanese in Duolingo was inaccurate, so I thought I'd try Renshuu, which is so much better!! Renshuu is completely free. You can get guided through each chapter of a particular language textbook on the app if you want. There is a dictionary for words, kanji, grammar, vocab. You can create your own lists of hiragana, words, grammar notes etc, or use lists created by other members. There is also a Discord, which hosts language learning events! Plus much more!!
87 people found this review helpful
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renshuu.org
February 7, 2025
Thanks for the kind words - I'm glad that renshuu's system is working out better for you. If you need anything as you learn on renshuu, do let me know. I'm always here at michael@renshuu.org, or the ? button at the top of the app!
支倉七海
January 24, 2025
Love it! It kinda looks like some sort of tamagochi(?) but it still has a strong point on learning the language. Also, there are a lot of settings for me to study as I wish, so it is additionally a comfortable, learner-friendly application. But as I study for only second day now I can't say something about efficiency except I appreciate the comments from other users about hieroglyphs, e.g. how to remember it, etc. I'm sure it would be a good way to learn Japanese via Renshuu. Kao-chan is cute~
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renshuu.org
January 26, 2025
Thanks for the review! We have a lot of motivational elements, but those were actually added in the last few years on top of the already established and in-depth learning system :). If you have any questions or issues in the future, feel free to let me know. I'm always here at michael@renshuu.org, or the ? button at the top of the app.
Veronica Fomenko
January 18, 2025
It's a great app and it offers a ton for free. If i could, i would buy pro right away to support the developer but for the moment it's not possible sadly. Still, it's a fantastic and a very powerful resource, especially if you combine Renshuu lessons with other learning resources.
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renshuu.org
January 20, 2025
Thanks for the review! We designed renshuu so that the paid renshuu pro is 100% optional, so feel free to use it without pro for as long as you'd like :) And of course, let me know if you need anything. I'm always here at michael@renshuu.org, or the ? button at the top of the app.

What’s new

Tons of server-side fixes, but this app update is to help with regional server support that is coming later in 2025!