Is the WaniKani iOS companion app any good?

[jprspereira]

@DONKEY

Is the WaniKani iOS companion app any good?

Seems good enough I don’t use iOS but everyone seems to enjoy it:

[iOS] Tsurukame - native app with offline lessons and reviews

This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. Hey everyone! I was frustrated by all the iOS apps that are just webview wrappers for the website, so I wrote Tsurukame - it’s completely native, super fast, and it works offline. View on the App Store Features You can do reviews and lessons offline. Your progress will be synced when you’re online again. Al…

However, WK is beta/alpha (?) testing an official app. You can message hello@wanikani.com to see if they’re willing to allow you access.

@DONKEY

Also does anyone have recommendations for beginner reading materials?

Read this:

Resources for Starting to Read Japanese Content

[Reading] This thread brings together resources and advice for helping people to get started with reading. If you know of any great tips or resources, please share them! You can also let me know if anything needs updating, like if any of the links go out of date for example. Reading Advice and Support Tools

Where to Start

Reading native Japanese content is simply hard, and you’re gonna have to prepare yourself to look up a lot of stuff if you plunge straight in - sorry! Two things…