animehunter123
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From: Figaro Castle
Registered: 2010-12-10
Posts: 208
Javizy
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From: England
Registered: 2007-02-16
Posts: 770
Daily use
- Anki
- Japanese
- 共同ニュース
Occasional use
- i英辞郎
- JLPTexercise (I'll be using this more when I finish KM1級)
- N1Word (same as above)
- 漫画の新聞
- Wapedia (for reading Japanese Wiki offline)
- 読売 and JUNK podcasts (not really an app, but y'know)
Don't use now, but were good for a while
- KanjiPop
- 漢熟パーク
- 猫ラーメン 全巻
There's probably some good games on there that I'm missing, but iTunes is awful to browse through. That piece of s**t needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.
Last edited by Javizy (2010 December 11, 9:13 am)
I use "Japanese Sensei", it is great and each quiz is only 20 items in length and is easy to bust through while waiting in line, etc. Also have "Japanese" from codefromtokyo, but that is new purchase and haven't used it extensively.
Kanjibox looks nice, but I haven't tried it yet.
Haven't purchased anything else yet.
Last edited by brianobush (2011 January 17, 12:23 am)
astendra
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From: Sweden
Registered: 2009-07-27
Posts: 350
All I really use on my iPhone is Anki, Daijirin and iBunko. I figure it totals something like $45. I find you don't need that many apps; naturally, this may depend on your intended usage of the iDevice and the scope of the apps you purchase. Most apps are very cheap, however. Of course, things like anki and dictionaries are the exception.
If you're very stingy, there are legally dubious ways to acquire the bigger apps, but you might run into problem with updates, and this involves jailbreaking which will essentially make your device less secure. Since I like to support things that are of use to me anyway, I don't consider it worth the effort.
Daichi
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From: Washington
Registered: 2009-02-04
Posts: 450
nest0r wrote:
I have this fearful idea that owning an iDevice requires one to buy a million single-purpose apps to get anything done.
Well, that's kinda the point of the design of the system. I guess you can blame Apple. It takes a long time to find the correct apps to do what you need, but once you have it setup, it can be a huge time saver and as a study device, it can be fairly useful.
But to be honest, Anki aside, I haven't really spent any money on apps. Kotoba makes an okay dictionary for free. I don't see a need for much else, aside from my audio files.
astendra
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From: Sweden
Registered: 2009-07-27
Posts: 350
Erysichthon wrote:
I recently bought ianki and I was wondering if there was any way to write out the kanji and have the program recognize it so as to make use of the touch screen (and also because it's the best way to be sure you really remember).
If not which are the best apps that use this function?
Use the desktop anki plugin "Embed scratchpad". I prefer the simple version (although admittedly, I've disabled it; I use pen and paper instead). Just follow the instructions in the plugin download window and you should be all set.
You can't have anki recognize your input, however, but at least it lets you scribble them out on the screen.
Last edited by astendra (2011 January 22, 4:15 am)
Blahah
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From: Cambridge, UK
Registered: 2008-07-15
Posts: 715
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nest0r wrote:
Yeah I'll probably end up with a single handful of apps since my iDevice is going to be a glorified notepad.
Hey Blahah, how's Wakaru app working for you?
Wakaru has turned out to be a good purchase, although I was kidding myself about how much time I might actually spend reading. The app is solid though, is the only good option for rikaichan-like functionality for books on the i-platforms.
As for spending on apps, I've probablu spent around £50, but some of that was wasted. AnkiMobile was the best £15 I've ever spent, and J Sensei is worth the cash too (£9.99 I think) - I follow the order of words in J Sensei and activate them in my core2+6k deck (but we may soon have a full J Sensei deck as per other thread). I also prefer Japanese to Kotoba, so I paid for that. And Wakaru. All my other apps are cracked (except angry birds).
Last edited by Blahah (2011 January 22, 5:50 am)
ファブリス wrote:
nestOr wrote:
I have this fearful idea that owning an iDevice requires one to buy a million single-purpose apps to get anything done.
Why would you need a million single-purpose apps?
Nothing is truly free.
Somehow a lot of people are attracted to Android because of its "free" appeal. They mistakenly believe that Android is "open" whereas Apple's software is "closed". In my mind, this particular subset of Android users are freetards.
Android Isn’t About Building a Mobile Platform
http://www.tightwind.net/2011/01/androi … -platform/
And btw, there are tons of free apps on iTunes. Even on App Store which all Mac users got with a recent update, I can see right here there's a "Top Free" apps list on the home page. And let's not even begin to compare the quality of free Android apps with that of iOS apps...
For the record I didn't mention Android, did I? I hope not because I've never used it and don't know anything about it. ;p
It just seems that the OS is so limited, that in order to get anything done, rather than using a smaller # of interconnected utilities with a broad list of functions, there's this compartmentalized micropricing of a million applications with a 1:1 relationship for every little thing. It's more of a 'feeling' I have while operating the device at the moment. Somehow claustrophobic, everything insular and disconnected and almost petty, and a sense that all my actions are being monetized.
I do like that Apple has managed to rejuvenate the industry of software development at least in terms of excitement and generating impetus to pay for software when possible rather than pirate it or having a pressure to make everything free, wait for people to donate, then get frustrated and give up, for the sake of authors, but it also seems to have 'reset' the savvy people have for avoiding spam and wasting their money, as the rating system seems inaccurate and it's difficult to differentiate spammy useless apps (in part I think I just need to develop my BS-detecting faculty for the app store), pricing seems arbitrary, and the quality of 'free' apps is very poor in my estimation, and loaded with ads, reminders, and broken functions that go unmentioned until you actually take the time to DL the app. Not to mention I'm not yet seeing any kind of renaissance of software-developing creativity that's resulting from this renewal of making and selling software with a new thriving base of customers. Feels more like a step backwards, as novel and refreshing as I may find it to so easily and instantly compensate folks for their work.
Last edited by nest0r (2011 January 22, 12:00 pm)
Lindley wrote:
nest0r, Blahah - if you don't mind me asking, what types of files does Wakaru read?
In addition to the Wakaru web browser w/ pop-up definitions like the reader, the Wakaru reader (which came with a few free ebooks) allows import of .txt (in UTF-8 or Shift_JIS) files only, or you can copy/paste (but for that function it has to be stuff in UTF-8) text into the reader. I haven't imported anything yet but that's according to the Help guide.
Last edited by nest0r (2011 January 22, 12:44 pm)
