v1.8.0 - ChangelogChangelog, Development • November 1, 2025Dark Mode! Dark mode is here! You can now switch between light and dark mode in the settings. And if you like to customize your phone’s homescreen, you can now do that too with tinted and dark mode icon support! If you find any issues with the dark mode, please report them!
Summary• 🌙 Dark mode
• 🎨 Tinted app icon support
• 🗣️ Install Japanese voice button in settings
• 🗺️ Simplified seen tab colors
• 🐛 Various bug fixes
KanjiKen now supports dark mode! You can switch between light and dark mode in the settings. The app will also follow your system theme by default. Here’s what it looks like in a learn session and on the learn path:
Dark mode in a learn session (left) and on the learn path (right).
Tinted app iconsYou can now customize KanjiKen’s app icon on your homescreen with tinted and dark mode icon support on both Android and iOS. Match KanjiKen to the rest of your homescreen!
Tinted (left), light (center) and dark (right) app icons on iOS. Android icons may look slightly different depending on your launcher.
Install Japanese voiceFor Android users without a Japanese TTS voice installed, there’s now an “Install Japanese voice” button in settings. This makes it easy to get the voice pack you need for read-aloud functionality.
Simplified seen tab colorsThe “seen” tab colors have been simplified to make progress clearer. Previously you had 4 color stages, unseen (grayed out), seen (gray), learned (color), and known (gold). However this just resulted in everything being gold, which counteracts the established color pallet the app uses elsewhere. In this update seen and learned have been merged (gray) and known is the type color instead of gold.
Bug fixes• Fixed getting a mistake on press on alternative after skill is finished
• Improved scroll handling in some lists
• Fixed sort in lookup not working
• Fixed delete account button not working
• Fixed bug clearing login/register fields before logging you in
• Fixed duplicate alternative options in “write word” skill
• Fixed hover hints sometimes not rendering on Android
• Fixed draggables not always rendered on top of other components
Thanks for reading! If you’re interested in learning Japanese, check out KanjiKen on the App Store or Google Play. It contains Hiragana, Katakana, 2000+ Kanji and 10000+ words with interactive exercises and a spaced repetition algorithm built in. Essentially, everything you need to go from beginner to proficiency!