Learn Japanese from your Lock Screen
Shiba Kana puts a Japanese word under your clock, so every glance at your phone becomes a tiny lesson. Free to start. No account.
Coming soon to the App Store
Lock Screen widgetsToday's words, words due for review or your own lists — right where you look most.
Kana firstAll of hiragana and katakana, row by row, with short quizzes and stroke order. Free, always.
JLPT N5–N1Kanji and vocabulary with furigana above every kanji (勉強 べんきょう), audio that reads the kana and example sentences.
Reviews that workA spaced-repetition scheduler (FSRS): forgotten words come back the same day, and a word only counts as known after you recall it twice.
Shiba Kana Pro adds JLPT N4–N1, every widget style and themes: monthly, yearly with a 7-day free trial, or once for lifetime access. Prices are shown in your local currency in the App Store and in the app.
In English and Traditional Chinese. JLPT levels are unofficial; see Help. Your progress stays on your device and in your own iCloud — see the privacy policy.