u/Express_Ear5909

I’ve been studying Japanese for a while now, and one thing I kept struggling with was consistency.

Not motivation .. consistency.

A lot of apps felt either:

• too overwhelming
• too gamified in a manipulative way
• or so optimized that studying started feeling like managing a productivity system instead of learning a language.

So over the last few months I started building a small app for myself called Jozu.

It’s basically a daily hiragana word puzzle:

• short sessions
• kana-first
• vocabulary focused
• one shared daily puzzle
• unlimited practice mode
• designed more like a calm daily habit than a grind

The weird thing is… building it has actually helped my own Japanese a lot because I started thinking more deeply about:

• how beginners recognize kana
• what makes words “stick”
• why consistency matters more than intensity
• and how discouraging the “nothing is clicking yet” phase can feel

I’m still polishing it, but it recently got approved on the App Store and I’d genuinely love feedback from other learners here.

Not trying to replace textbooks/teachers/etc .... mostly trying to make daily exposure feel lighter and more sustainable.

Curious what kinds of features or learning mechanics you all wish more Japanese apps focused on.