3 May 2026

• Katakana section 13 enabled: ザ, ズ, ゼ, ゾ, ジ
• Katakana section 12 enabled: ガ, ギ, グ, ゲ, ゴ
• Katakana section 11 enabled: メ, ヨ, ト, ヲ, ロ

27 April 2026

• Rolling accuracy window: kana accuracy now reflects your last 100 answers rather than lifetime totals; existing progress resets to unseen
• Romaji variants accepted: Kunrei-shiki input (si, ti, tu, zi, hu, sya…) now accepted as a variant (shown in orange) across all type-in questions including lessons

24 April 2026

• More vocab per session: all lesson vocabulary now appears as questions, not a capped subset. New vocab shows kana→romaji first; familiar vocab gets both directions.
• More varied sessions: questions shuffle throughout, newer kana appear earlier, audio fades toward the end.

23 April 2026

• Type-in answers: familiar kana and vocab now sometimes ask you to type the romaji instead of choosing from options.

22 April 2026

• Katakana section 10 enabled: ム, ノ, ヘ, ヤ, レ
• Katakana section 9 enabled: ル, ヌ, ヒ, ホ
• Katakana section 8 enabled: フ, ケ, ネ, ニ
• Katakana section 7 enabled: ク, モ, セ, ナ

21 April 2026

• Audio caches automatically as you play: no setup needed. Turn on Pre-download audio in Settings → Offline storage to fetch everything upfront (Wi-Fi only or always, your choice). Audio files survive app updates and are never re-downloaded unnecessarily.

12 April 2026

• Katakana section 6 enabled: ソ, テ, ハ, マ
• Katakana section 5 enabled: ユ, ラ, リ, ツ
• Katakana section 4 enabled: オ, キ, タ, ン
• Katakana section 3 enabled: エ, チ, ミ, ワ
• Katakana section 2 enabled: コ, シ, ス, ウ
• Katakana section 1 enabled: ア, イ, カ, サ

9 April 2026

• Wada Sanzo themes: tap Random in Settings to generate a colour palette from Sanzo Wada's Dictionary of Color Combinations; colour role assignment is also randomised, so the same palette can yield multiple distinct themes

5 April 2026

• Section 27 enabled: ー (long vowel mark); hiragana now complete
• Section 26 enabled: extended っ (sokuon) practice

1 April 2026

• Section 25 enabled: extended っ (sokuon) practice
• Section 24 enabled: extended っ (sokuon) practice

30 March 2026

• Section 23 enabled: small っ (doubles the following consonant)
• Section 22 enabled: ぎょ, じょ, ぢょ, びょ, ぴょ (voiced yōon-o combinations)
• Kana grid now has a Sokuon row (っ - tap to hear a random example word) and Yōon replaces "Small Kana" as the section name

29 March 2026

• Section 21 enabled: ぎゅ, じゅ, ぢゅ, びゅ, ぴゅ (voiced yōon-u combinations)

28 March 2026

• Section 20 enabled: ぎゃ, じゃ, ぢゃ, びゃ, ぴゃ (voiced yōon-a combinations)
• Section 19 enabled: きょ, しょ, ちょ, にょ, ひょ, みょ, りょ (yōon-o combinations)
• Section 18 enabled: きゅ, しゅ, ちゅ, にゅ, ひゅ, みゅ, りゅ (yōon-u combinations)
• Section 17 enabled: きゃ, しゃ, ちゃ, にゃ, ひゃ, みゃ, りゃ (yōon-a combinations)

22 March 2026

• Fixed: opening Settings, About, or Changelog during a session and closing them no longer triggers the "quit session?" warning
• Six new themes: Sakura, Matcha, Stone (light) and Koi, Forest, Void (dark)

21 March 2026

• Backup & restore: download your progress as a JSON file and import it on another device; choose to merge (combine counts) or replace (full overwrite)

20 March 2026

• Section 16 enabled: ぱ, ぴ, ぷ, ぺ, ぽ (the p-row handakuten)

18 March 2026

• Section 15 enabled: ば, び, ぶ, べ, ぼ (the b-row dakuten)

17 March 2026

• Section 14 enabled: だ, で, ど, ぢ, づ (the d/z dakuten)
• Warns before closing, refreshing, or navigating back mid-session so you don't lose your progress

16 March 2026

• Section 13 enabled: ざ, ず, ぜ, ぞ, じ (the z-row dakuten)
• Section 12 enabled: が, ぎ, ぐ, げ, ご (the g-row dakuten)
• Multiple choice: correct answers advance automatically; wrong answers show a Continue button so you can see what the right answer was before moving on
• Stats heatmap colours now scale relative to your own range - your weakest card is always shown as the lowest tier, making problem areas visible even when all your accuracy scores are high

15 March 2026

• Rebranded to Kana Tori: app icon is now 鳥 (bird), matching the app name
• Sessions are shorter: vocabulary phases now focus on combos only, removing duplicate single-kana questions that were inflating lesson length in later sections
• Intro lessons now include a pairs round so brand-new kana are practiced in all three formats - recognition, recall, and matching - in one session
• Vocabulary lessons are shorter: each word is tested once in each direction (see it / recall it) rather than twice
• Privacy note added to Settings

14 March 2026

• Installable as a PWA: Add to Home Screen on iOS/Android, install prompt on desktop
• Offline support: the app shell and audio clips are cached for use without a connection
• Six themes: Ocean, Parchment, Plum (light) + Midnight, Slate, Ember (dark)
• UI text now uses Outfit font

13 March 2026

• Already-learned kana skip individual flashcard questions in later lessons, making more room for vocabulary practice
• New kana are introduced kana→romaji first; both directions appear from the second lesson onwards
• Two additional match-the-pairs rounds: singles consolidation and a vocabulary cooldown

12 March 2026

• Section 11 enabled: よ, め, と, を, ろ and vocabulary

11 March 2026

• Section 8 enabled: け, ね, に, ふ and vocabulary

10 March 2026

• Section 7 enabled: く, も, せ, な and vocabulary
• Section 9 enabled: ぬ, ひ, ほ, る and vocabulary
• Section 10 enabled: へ, や, の, む, れ and vocabulary

9 March 2026

• Fixed Firefox mobile hover highlight persisting between cards
• Settings and About panels slide up with backdrop; swipe down or Escape to dismiss
• Session summary shows how many kana in the section you've seen

8 March 2026

• Tap the active section to deselect it; Escape also deselects
• Fixed mobile caching: updates load immediately after a deploy
• Hana voice on by default
• Voice chips show ♪ for pre-generated voices and 🤖 for system voices
• Section checkmark when all cards in the section have been seen
• Kana confetti on session completion
• Pairs matching: tap tiles to hear pronunciation
• Section 6 content and About panel added

7 March 2026

• Initial release: sections 1–8, multiple choice and match-the-pairs, six fonts, dark mode, progress tracking