"Good Reader". I bought this a few days ago. I had been using "PDF Expert" but "Good Reader" is an improvement in several ways, e.g.

- Renders faster
- Searches text documents
- Searches for Japanese text

I can use my own home-made Japanese dictionaries on the iPod touch now. Very useful.

One small quibble: their documentation could be more detailed – for example it took quite a bit of trial-and-error to work out how to move files and folders around. But overall very good.

The present low price of 115円/$0.99 is temporary – apparently because an upgrade is coming soon.

By the way, there is also a long thread "iPhone Apps for Studying Japanese", though it's been dormant for a while.

exxel wrote:

I had to share because I find it so useful to be able to study anywhere. Two products are necessary.

1. Good Reader: This is the PDF reader I use to read "Remembering the Kanji" eBook on I-Phone. Adobe does not make a free one and Good Reader is cheap($0.99) and works for me, but you have your pick of many to choose from.

2. Kanji LS Touch: Great product for practice!!! It can be set up for testing multiple ways. I set it to present me with the kanji meaning. I draw the kanji on the screen and then it presents me with the correct kanji and I can see how close I am to the answer.

I was especially happy to see it have the option of using the Leitner method of review, just like "Reviewing the Kanji". But I was disappointed to find that although there are Kanji lists oraganized by school grade, JLPT and the compete Joyo, there was not a Heisig list. I emailed the app writer and it turns out although he wanted to include the Heisig list in his app copyright issues were a problem. He did however, include the ability to import custom lists. I was able to create a txt file in the correct import format and can now study using a Heisig list by importing using this url:

http://www.nexonlouis.com/heisig_lists/complete.txt

I think it's a truly great product, but it does cost $11.99. But for the convenience it provides it's a bargain!!!

Very nice, appreciate the file upload!

I like kanji LS touch as mentioned by OP, because it lets you draw the kanji on the phone and then compare with the correct character, stroke-by-stroke.  Very helpful if you struggle with stroke order, as I do.  It is also good for mindless study while pretending to have a conversation with my wife.

See also http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=1327.

futnuh wrote:

I can type the desired frame, but how to "hit enter"?

Return?

Thora wrote:

futnuh wrote:

I can type the desired frame, but how to "hit enter"?

Return?

Unfortunately hitting "Return" does nothing in this case.

As a workaround, typing in the English keyword brings up a dropdown menu with auto-suggestions for the keyword you're looking for. You can then click directly on the suggested keywords. 

But if you know the frame number but not the keyword, I think you are out of luck. This is not supported on the iPhone as far as I can tell -- well, as an extremely kludgey workaround you can change "framenum" in the URL string. But this is way too inconvenient.

Nii87 wrote:

http://www.nexonlouis.com/heisig_lists/complete.txt

Thanks a bunch for the link to the Heisig list.  :   )

I added it to Kanji LS, but it seems to be showing me kanji out of order.  My aim was to use Kanji LS as a means of reviewing what I've already studied via the desktop Anki app.  It does me no good to see something for the first time in Kanji LS and not having a ready-made story for it, or one that I can reference via this (awesome) website.

I feel like I must be doing something wrong, as though may have a shuffle function turned on somewhere.  Any ideas?

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Love the Kanji LS..

I imported the file posted here

http://www.nexonlouis.com/heisig_lists/complete.txt

but when I used it in test mode...Crash....

Anyone else have that problem?  For now I erased it, and just use the Jouyou List.

Are all the Jouyou in RTK1?  My guess is that they are.

Is it difficult to get this all up and running?

Specifically how do we import the PDF versions of RTK into the iPhone, and how do we get the Heisig list into the iPhone?

Also I can update that list for the full 3004 kanji, but I would need some place to post it.

(Why is there not an official Heisig product that makes it so I do not have to do all this hoopla to get it going? Is he not noticing the millions of dollars spent at the App Store? I have spent $130 dollars there since New Years Day.)

iPhone has a built in PDF reader, so e-mail yourself the pdf..

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It is a very useful app. But, you may get quicker results just making your own list

1. Do a search on google docs for Heisig and find a suitable spreadsheet.
2. Save it, then open it using your favorite speadsheet program.
3. 'Sort' by Heisig number if necessary, then place the columns you want side by side (kanji in left column and keyword in the right column.)
4. Now paste just these columns into a text document and save as a 'utf-8' text file. (or paste directly into a new Notepad++ file)
5. Next format it using Notepad++ (free download) and use the 'replace' tool to prepare it for importing. Tick 'extended' and place "\t" in the 'find what' field and ";" in the 'replace with' field (without the quotes) and then click 'replace all'. This should give you a list of 2042 rows containing kanji;keyword. Save and close.
6. Upload your text file to Mediafire (no registration required) and navigate to the file's download page. Right-click the download link and select properties to see the url of the your new file.
7. Enter this into the LS Touch app.

Last edited by Oniichan (2011 March 03, 8:13 pm)