Kanji Dojo vs Letterpaths

Kanji Dojo is an open-source app for learning Japanese character writing, meanings, readings, and related words. It covers hiragana, katakana, and more than 6,000 characters. Learners can organize study by JLPT level, school grade, or WaniKani level, including combinations of those paths. Flashcards and spaced repetition support practice, with vocabulary examples, and a searchable dictionary provides character and word lookups. After downloading the learning materials needed, users can continue studying offline. The learning content is free, while some extra features are paid to help cover backend and development expenses. The app is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. Its privacy policy describes aggregated usage information and crash diagnostics, and says information is not shared or sold to third parties for marketing. The project is community driven, so requested features may depend on an interested contributor. The linked GitHub repository was archived on August 27, 2026, and is read-only.

Letterpaths is a free handwriting practice resource linked to the UK primary school curriculum. It provides worksheet generators for cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive writing, with custom word practice for words, names, and spellings. Print and pre-cursive sheets can show guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points. Tracing activities include guided modes with plain, snake, and rollercoaster skins, plus freehand tracing using grey word shapes and checkpoints. The tools run on the web and on iOS and Android; the apps can open in a browser or be installed for a full-screen tablet or phone experience. Cursive worksheets encode their settings in the page URL, allowing links to be copied for saving or sharing. The associated cursive font works on the web and in Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote. Letterpaths also links to a public TypeScript library that generates handwriting geometry data for other applications to render.