FluencyTool
FluencyTool updates
What changed in each version of the Japanese speaking practice app, newest first. A version is listed once it is live on Google Play and the App Store.
How the dates work. The iPhone date is the release date in the App Store version history. The Android date is the first day Google Play's install reports show the build reaching learners. Android builds often arrive a few days earlier, and on iPhone several Android builds can arrive together in one version. The web app at my-senpai.com/app/rnfluencytool/ is updated separately and does not include the Kanji Tower.
Version 3.0.109: Kanji Tower reviews and fewer false misses
iPhone: 29 October 2026 (also brings 3.0.105 to 3.0.108) · Android: late October 2026
- Kanji Tower: a new Reviews due button shows how many kanji are ready and runs them in one go; tap a floor to review only its kanji.
- Kanji Tower: remove a floor you opened by mistake, with its progress and review cards; jumping far above your current floor now asks first.
- Writing: an accidental touch no longer counts as a stroke, small strokes drawn small are no longer failed, and a new kanji starts with tracing.
- A floor test opens with a short intro that says what is in it, and backwards strokes now say which way to draw.
- Flashcards: the ready-made JLPT decks teach useful everyday words first, and their levels now match YoMoo and Crossword.
Version 3.0.108: vocabulary games rebuilt
Included in 3.0.109 on Android and iPhone
- Hangman and Fever Pitch run on one rebuilt round engine, with a best score per deck.
- Game progress is kept in the app's own storage, so it survives an app restart.
- Large text sizes keep the buttons whole and the Next button in view.
Version 3.0.107: Recording screen fixes
Android: 26 October 2026 · iPhone: in 3.0.109
- The banner ad now sits above the navigation bar on the Recording screen.
- Echo Fluency switches itself off when the phone is missing the speech model for the language.
Version 3.0.106: furigana fixes in the Tower
Android: in 3.0.107 · iPhone: in 3.0.109
- Fixed wrong furigana in Kanji Tower sentences, including 何時, 七月, 丸い, 小麦粉 and 私.
- Stroke-order animations play faster.
Version 3.0.105: Kanji Tower out of beta
Android: in 3.0.107 · iPhone: in 3.0.109
- A ? button explains how the Tower works, and each writing card has its own ? that lists every control.
- The meaning pill now sits above the writing box and shows the kanji's reading.
- Stats: a new Kanji proficiency chart shows your Tower progress for each school grade, 1 to 6.
- The Beta label is gone.
Earlier versions
- 3.0.104 (iPhone 25 October 2026, Android 24 October 2026): Indonesian interface, with Indonesian translations for 3,996 Japanese and 2,498 English practice sentences; the kanji writing program added.
- 3.0.81 (iPhone 16 October 2026): new Recording screen, where the red wave moves with your voice, and a new Dashboard with today's goal, sentences due and your streak at the top; an Updates list, a hints bell and reminders that name what is due. Fixes: English answers with a missing or extra word are no longer marked correct, and one dictionary card per word and meaning.
- 3.0.75 (iPhone 24 September 2026): the onboarding demo offers Try Again when the app cannot hear you, and Skip this step if the microphone will not cooperate; the demo sentence shows romaji, and new learners start with a 5-sentence first session.
- 3.0.71 (iPhone 12 September 2026): fixed a crash on opening the app on some devices.
- 3.0.52 to 3.0.58 (iPhone 17 to 31 August 2026): bug fixes after the first App Store release.
- August 2025 update (Android): a Dark Mode switch in Settings, a redesigned onboarding, more than 50 bug fixes, short tutorials on each screen, a revised course with about 4,000 new sentences, a Remaining sentences count on the Dashboard, reworked flashcards, the Games section rebuilt with Hangman and Fever Pitch, and ad loading cut by more than 70%.
Questions about a release, or a bug to report: fluencytool@my-senpai.com. Include your device and the version number from Settings.
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