Gakugame - WaniKani Companion
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You opened WaniKani. Saw 300+ reviews. Closed WaniKani.
Gakugame is the WaniKani companion for the days you almost give up. Set a daily limit, chip away at your pile, and keep going — slow and steady wins the kanji.
DAILY REVIEW LIMITS
Choose how many reviews you can handle today. 10, 25, 50 — whatever works. No guilt, no overwhelm. Tomorrow, do a few more.
MULTIPLE CHOICE MODE
Blanking on a reading? Switch to multiple choice and keep moving. You're still learning. You're still showing up.
FORGIVING INPUT
Typed "old" instead of "older brother"? Close enough. Fuzzy matching so typos don't break your flow.
FIX MISTAKES
Misstapped? Mark it correct and move on. Be honest — 学亀 is watching.
WORKS OFFLINE
All mnemonics, radicals, kanji, and vocab cached on your device. Review on the subway, in the mountains, wherever.
SEARCH ANYTHING
Full WaniKani database search, instant and offline. That kanji on the tip of your tongue? Found it.
DAILY REMINDERS
One gentle nudge per day, timed to when you last studied. No spam, just consistency.
CHALLENGE FRIENDS
Kanji battles in iMessage. Who's been slacking? Find out.
NATIVE & SYNCED
Built in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose for Android.
WEAR SUPPORT
On Wear OS, study with lessons and reviews on your watch. Add the Gakugame progress tile for a quick view of your study progress, and add watch-face complications for available reviews, lessons, your study streak, and daily goal progress.
Requires a WaniKani account. Free to use with your existing subscription.
Made by a WaniKani user who almost quit three times. The review pile was not a fun time. Now I do a little every day, and I'm still here. That's the goal.
Gakugame is the WaniKani companion for the days you almost give up. Set a daily limit, chip away at your pile, and keep going — slow and steady wins the kanji.
DAILY REVIEW LIMITS
Choose how many reviews you can handle today. 10, 25, 50 — whatever works. No guilt, no overwhelm. Tomorrow, do a few more.
MULTIPLE CHOICE MODE
Blanking on a reading? Switch to multiple choice and keep moving. You're still learning. You're still showing up.
FORGIVING INPUT
Typed "old" instead of "older brother"? Close enough. Fuzzy matching so typos don't break your flow.
FIX MISTAKES
Misstapped? Mark it correct and move on. Be honest — 学亀 is watching.
WORKS OFFLINE
All mnemonics, radicals, kanji, and vocab cached on your device. Review on the subway, in the mountains, wherever.
SEARCH ANYTHING
Full WaniKani database search, instant and offline. That kanji on the tip of your tongue? Found it.
DAILY REMINDERS
One gentle nudge per day, timed to when you last studied. No spam, just consistency.
CHALLENGE FRIENDS
Kanji battles in iMessage. Who's been slacking? Find out.
NATIVE & SYNCED
Built in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose for Android.
WEAR SUPPORT
On Wear OS, study with lessons and reviews on your watch. Add the Gakugame progress tile for a quick view of your study progress, and add watch-face complications for available reviews, lessons, your study streak, and daily goal progress.
Requires a WaniKani account. Free to use with your existing subscription.
Made by a WaniKani user who almost quit three times. The review pile was not a fun time. Now I do a little every day, and I'm still here. That's the goal.
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Ratings and reviews
29 reviews
Captain Lemonhook
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September 28, 2026
Doesn't Work. . I entered my API key, but it doesn't save it because it thinks I'm offline even though I'm not. Update (09/28/2026): I've installed 1.2.0 but I'm still experiencing the exact same issue.
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Bold Flight
October 1, 2026
Sorry about this, it's fixed and incoming on the next release 1.2.0 (46) It needs to be the specific "46" build or newer of 1.2.0, not 45 or earlier. Google did not publish 46 until 9/29 so you may have still installed the old version, unfortunately they don't show build numbers on the Play Store, but it should show it needs an update.
Adam Snyder
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August 2, 2026
Works great! My only complaint is that you can't view the individual kanji that comprise vocabulary words or their readings during lessons.
Bold Flight
August 3, 2026
Thanks! Actually you can, but it is a bit buried, while starting your lessons, in the presentation phase, you can see the underlined kanji components of a vocab word and tap on the link to visit that kanji's page; also during reviews after getting one right or wrong in the summary view you can tap to see the description and it has the same links.
Dan Dobrick
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June 23, 2026
This is the best wanikani app for android. I've used others but the simple features of this one make it my goto
Bold Flight
August 2, 2026
Thank you very much! The turtle is pleased and I will do my best to keep this the best WaniKani app. Some new features are inbound but will always keep the simplicity.
What’s new
Fixed an issue that could incorrectly prevent saving your WaniKani API token when your device was online.
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About the developer
Bold Flight LLC
douglas@boldflight.com
701 Tillery St Unit 122409
Austin, TX 78702-3738
United States
+1 510-495-5329