I sent them an email bug report already 
and they responded super fast (like within a few hours!). But it seems like a small team (only three people listed on the credits page), and some of the performance-related (not content-related) bugs pretty seriously affect the app’s usability for me on my Chromebook tablet, so 
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Thank you very much for sharing! I’ve been using this for about 3 days now and it’s exactly what I needed! 
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I’ve tried to use it but it doesn’t seem to update after finishing a lesson. I like the format it’s presented in and how it’s all contained in one unlike BunPro which sends me to other places to read about the grammar points.
For some reason today all my progress was reset to 0. I didn’t get all that far and could theoretically just look at the remaining stuff but it’s still a bit discouraging and I can total see that confusing people who maybe don’t keep track of which points they already learned. I wrote the developers an email, perhaps it’ll draw their attention to a bug or whatever caused this.
It says it’s not available for my (admittedly rather old, but still capable of using just about everything else just fine) smartphone, a Oneplus One.
Coincidentally, I’ve recently ordered a new phone that will be arriving soon, so I guess it might be moot, but still pretty odd.
I find it a bit hard to believe it would be pushing the limits of my phone harder than, say, any of the games I have on it.
Aw hell yeah I’ll give this a go.
Very nice, but buggy. Going to give it a run, esp at that price.
I’ve been using this app on both iOS and Android. I think it’s a great resource. The teacher / devs answer really quick and they’re always open to new ideas / feature requests.
The Android app was released about a month ago, so it’s still not a matured app yet. Give them time. 
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Which version of Android are you using? It’s probably got a minimum sdk version newer than what your phone has.
What’s the best way to type in Japanese on your phone? I can’t stand typing on my phone in English, let alone using a new language/format. Is this what everyone uses? (I have an Android)
Just for info, anyone else having troubles making it work on iOS? I tried to give another shot and found a way to register by going through the “I already have an account” option then use the “or sign up” from there, but I can’t get past that.
It loads a bit slow at the beginning but works for me on iOS. Bug that might be because I created an account 2 weeks or so ago and am now signed in already? Maybe something has changed?
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Same here, it is slow to load (but while it does you can read a new Japanese proverb every time and swap between Japanese and English translation), but it then works without problems.
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How slow is slow? I gave up after 5 minutes.
Edit: nevermind, I gave it 6 minutes (was aiming for 10) and I got in!
Well, I hope it’s a one time thing…
Edit2: did a couple of lessons and it’s pretty nice indeed! I’m glad to find a resource that covers N1 stuff. (I just wish the explanation were fully available in Japanese)
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Oh definitely not THAT slow. I generally get in after 20-30 sec
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Okay, so my new phone arrived and I gave the N1 lessons a try on Bunpo.
I will say that I liked the explanations and the practice questions.
I did notice furigana errors, but when the voice read the sentence at the end, the correct pronunciation was used.
As of now, I only did the lessons for two grammar points that I already knew, so after I’ve done some that are new or difficult I’ll see if I have more thoughts.
Edit: Oh, and I guess one more thing. There really don’t seem to be that many grammar points. I know above someone talked about how they might count them differently, but I can’t imagine that’s the case for N1. The grammar points at this level are very specific and precise in their nuances, so when the menu says there are less than 40 grammar points I can be sure this won’t cover N1 completely.
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Can I ask if you would think it is worth downloading and putting time on as a secondary resource, or should I just focus on Tobira for N3?
I didn’t try anything other than N1 items yet, so maybe later I can give an opinion on that.
N1 items are interesting because of how specific and restrictive they tend to be. It’s not that they’re difficult grammar points to understand, it’s that they can only be used in a limited way that expresses a particular nuance, so it actually makes explaining them fairly concisely easy.
I’m not sure how well the app handles broader grammar point explanations, so I can’t comment yet.
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On the iOS version, I counted 89 points for N1. I’m not sure why we would have so much difference.
There also doesn’t seem to be a premium version or SRS system for Android (yet?), which is a shame. (Or I’m just really blind…)
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