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New Mobile Apps Update - v1.0.11 - Tap to display Furigana & blurring English translations Settings for Grammar Lessons
Hey everyone!
Yet another mobile app update was approved by the app stores! The fourth one in a short period, totally not because someone reported an issue with the results page of the Verb Transitivity Trainer... No, definitely not 👀
Anyways! The good news is that along with a fix for the above mentioned results page, it also brings a neat feature to the mobile apps that many of you had been waiting for:
Grammar Lesson Furigana & English Settings
We've replaced the Suggest Changes button above the navbar on the Grammar Lesson page with a new "more" button. Tapping this button brings up two additional buttons:
The Suggest Changes button (red)
The Lesson Settings button (purple)
Tapping the latter will bring up the lesson settings modal, where you can change if/how furigana shows up on Japanese text in the lesson as a whole, as well as tell it to blur English translations in example sentences or not.
If you enable "tap to show" for furigana, it hides all furigana by default, but when you tap on a kanji (compound), it will show the furigana as usual. This is a great way to test yourself on kanji readings! This setting is now the default for the mobile apps.
In this screenshot, you can see that I've tapped on one of the English translations, and a few kanji (but not all) to show the corresponding translation and furigana. It's that simple!
Other Improvements & Bugfixes
Verb Transitivity Trainer - Fixed the results screen answers
Statistics - Added extra padding to the bottom for the heatmap tooltip to show properly when tapping on the last days.
SRS Lessons & Reviews - Fixed an issue where it wouldn't accept answers with ー in them for reading layouts.
Kanji Imposters - Kanji now show up a bit more towards the bottom of the screen to make them easier to tap.
Images - Images (like Maru in the navbar) would sometimes glitch out and show a purple square. This was a bug in the framework we were using, and it should be fixed now, as we've updated to the latest version of the framework.
That's about it for now! But keep an eye out for more app updates soon! We've already finished work on implementing Quick Study into the app, but want to add a few additional features/pages before releasing yet another update!
New Mobile Apps Update - v1.0.10 - Verb Transitivity Trainer & bugfixes!
Guess what? That's right! It's a triple wombo combo of mobile app updates!
We've just released yet another update to the mobile app, and this time it's the verb transitivity trainer's time to shine!
Verb Transitivity Trainer
The trainer works exactly the same as it does on web, but for those unaware of what exactly it is, I'll give you a little rundown!
The purpose of the verb transitivity trainer is to get you to recognise and use the correct verbs from a pair, depending on the situation.
We've rounded up 62 common verb pairs, of 1 transitive and 1 intransitive verb, and given each verb a unique scenario to test you with. This means we have 124 practice scenarios available!
We have 4 types of practice available for you:
Scenarios
En -> Jp
Jp -> En
Mixed
We think that out of these, scenarios are likely the most interesting to talk about here, as the other modes kind of speak for themselves!
Scenarios present you with an English sentence (a scenario), and you have to decide whether you must use the intransitive verb or the transitive verb for this scenario. Here's an example:
If you don't remember the "rules", make sure to tap on the "Help" button, and it will show you the general "rules" for when to use intransitive versus transitive verbs. Note that there are always exceptions though!
When you start a session, you will get 124 questions total, in a randomized order, but you can stop at any time you wish and it will show you your training results page where you can see your mistakes.
It's great practice, so be sure to give the transitivity trainer a little try on mobile this time around!
Bugfixes & Improvements
Kanji Imposters - Fixed an issue with high score submission.
Kanji Imposters - Removed a kanji with 0 similars from the game data.
Kanji Imposters - You are now able to properly scroll through the results if you had a bunch of mistakes.
Furigana - Fixed an issue where Japanese sentences/words/kana would sometimes get misaligned due to furigana.
And on we go! We're going to try and keep up this steam and bring you mobile app updates on the regular until we catch up to the website!
P.S.: For those that might not know: If you are a subscriber or have a lifetime account, you can try the mobile app through the following links:
iOS app:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/MfpPbqCq
Android app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxlabs.marumori
In the coming months the app will release from early access into general release, meaning everyone will get access to the app, regardless of subscription status. But until then, we'll keep implementing missing features first!
New Mobile Apps Update - v1.0.9 - Kanji Imposters Mini Game & "More" screen redesign
Hey again!
This time around we have another new update for the mobile apps! Mainly focused on implementing the Kanji Imposters Minigame that was released on web not too long ago.
Kanji Imposters (Similar Kanji) Minigame
In case you missed the news: The Kanji Imposters minigame is all about fine-tuning your kanji recognition skills, by pairing a given kanji with its similar-looking kanji cousins. (Think 末 vs 未.)
You can do this in either a practice mode (no time/score pressure!) or a highscore mode where it's all about how quickly you choose the correct option!
We've made sure that everything stays true to how the experience is on the website, so you can expect to find all the same features in there!
Meaning that it's possible to filter out already correctly answered items in practice mode, and that there are leaderboards for the highscore mode!
This mini game is great practice for getting you to recognise kanji rapidly in the wild, as well as a great way to learn how to differentiate those pesky similar-looking kanji! So we hope you enjoy your favorite new minigame on the go from now on!
The "More" Screen
The More screen has gotten a little visual update, as we were getting a bit too many screens, and we figured it'd be nice to have them categorized (especially as we'll be implementing many more minigames and other pages into the app in the coming period).
Bugfixes & Improvements
Some pages (Statistics/Achievements, etc) now also show the navbar.
Kana Minigame - Fixed highscore mode! The difficulty is now the same as on the website (it wouldn't (immediately) spawn the same amount of fish as on web)
Statistics - No longer fails to load/shows a blank screen if you haven't (ever) done any Grammar SRS yet.
That's all for now, but expect a new app update to drop again pretty soon! (We'll be focusing hard on bringing the app up to par with the website in the coming period)
P.S.: For those that might not know: If you are a subscriber or have a lifetime account, you can try the mobile app through the following links:
iOS app:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/MfpPbqCq
Android app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxlabs.marumori
In the coming months the app will release from early access into general release, meaning everyone will get access to the app, regardless of subscription status. But until then, we'll keep implementing missing features first!
New Mobile Apps Update - v1.0.8 - Kana Minigame & Leaderboards, Statistics & Achievements Page,Flip Buttons Mode and more!
Hey everyone!
We've submitted a new mobile app version to the app stores, bringing a bunch of new features and improvements.
Let's start with the smaller improvements:
Improvements And New Pages
Audio in the app will no longer interrupt your background music/sound. Instead, it will temporarily lower the volume of the music while playing the vocabulary / sentence audio.
Background audio will also no longer get interrupted on the adventure region screen.
The Reviews Counter "badge" on the app icon will now always clear upon opening the app.
Flip Button Mode has been added to the app! This makes reviewing on the go a breeze! Enable it during SRS lessons/reviews through the button with the gear icon.
(P.S. I forgot to update the icons on the buttons 😢 expect those to get updated with the next app update)
The Achievements page has been implemented!
The Statistics page has also been implemented!
Kana MiniGame
The kana mini game has been implemented! This was the last missing piece for the complete adventure course in the mobile apps, so we're really happy that it's finally implemented!
The mini game works pretty much exactly the same as on web, but it takes into account available screenspace a bit better. This means that all the corresponding functionality is in place:
The corresponding Adventure levels have now also been linked to the Kana mini game in the app, so every tile in Adventure is now properly covered and implemented! Woohoo!
As on the website, you can choose between practice mode and highscore mode. With the first being a slower version allowing you to practice specific sets of kana, and the latter being an endless onslaught of kana coming your way at an increasing pace! Miss too many and it's game over! Input a wrong answer and your combo drops!
Why not try it in the mobile app yourself? Perhaps you can beat your score from months ago!
That's about it for now, but we'll be working hard on adding new (and missing) features to the mobile apps as soon as possible! So you can expect a new app update to come pretty soon again!
Happy (mobile) studies! 
The (Similar) Kanji Imposter Minigame & Practice Tool just went live!
Emergency meeting! There is an imposter among… these kanji. In fact, they’re all imposters, except one. Your job is to pick the real one! That’s the game. And it’s out now. Hurray!
The Kanji Imposters minigame is all about fine-tuning your kanji recognition skills, by pairing a given kanji with its similar-looking kanji cousins. (Think 末 vs 未.)
There are two different modes, Practice, and High Score. In both modes, you’re given a kanji’s meaning(s), and are prompted to select it from the list of 2-5 kanji below.
For Practice, you may choose from your known (learned) kanji, N5, N4, N3, or N2 kanji. For High Score, the kanji sets are limited to just the JLPT levels.
In Practice, there’s no timer, score, or combo, and you can take as much time as you’d like to identify the correct character. For practice, you can choose the number of questions you’d like, and there is a toggle that lets you filter out correctly answered kanji from your previous session(s). So you don’t have to repeat the ones you find easy!
In High Score, you can pit your kanji-recognition skills against the rest of the community by attempting to pick as many correct kanji (from a pool of 50 random kanji within that JLPT level) as you can, as fast as possible. There is a multiplier bar at the top that starts at x1 and increases as you correctly select kanji. Once it goes above x1, it will begin to diminish quickly, so answer swiftly to increase your multiplier (up to x10) and keep your combo going!
Failing to pick the right answer on time will decrease the combo by 1. Picking the wrong answer will give you 0 points! So, in most cases, it's preferable to make sure you pick the right one, even if your combo drops by 1 or more (as picking the correct answer will still give you points!).
For convenience's sake, we've also added hotkeys for the kanji options. You can press 1,2,3,4,5 to select the corresponding kanji.
For both modes, after your session, you’ll see a results screen that will show you the number of kanji you identified correctly, as well as the kanji that you didn’t get right.
If you do well enough in a High Score session, you may even end up on the leaderboard…
So good luck, and happy kanji-identifying!