β¨ What's new
Recent changes to Wanilog, most recent first.
- β³ Today's promotions - a new page that shows what's lined up to graduate to Guru, Master, Enlightened, or Burned in the next 24 hours. Open it from the Accuracy card on the home page
- π± Vocabulary coverage - a new tab in the coverage section showing how much of WaniKani's vocab you've learned, with a level-by-level breakdown
- Leech trainer remembers your filters - if you toggle Hide Apprentice or Exclude recently unlocked on the Accuracy page, those choices now carry through when you start a session
- Mnemonics on the back of leech cards - flip a card and you'll see WaniKani's meaning and reading mnemonics next to the answer
- Alternate meanings on leech cards - the flipped side now lists the other accepted meanings under the primary one
- Closing the trainer takes you back to the leech list instead of dumping you at the top of the Accuracy page
- π΅ Matcha palette refresh - cleaner contrasts and more variety so the SRS donut isn't a single-colour smear
- Progress bars no longer disappear when you pinch-zoom on Mac
- Theme picker shows the right mode on first open - the preview tiles used to flash light variants in dark mode
- Level-up history leads with the time-per-level stats instead of the kanji-blocking card
- Radical icons that were rendering as empty squares now show up - the rib cage and a few other legacy radicals were affected
- π― Leech trainer - a fullscreen flashcard quiz over the items you keep missing. Tap to flip, mark Got it or Needs work, and the WaniKani audio plays automatically on reveal for vocab
- Pick a session size - practice your top 10, 25, 50, 100, or all of your leeches in one go. Each session takes the worst offenders first
- Min mistakes filter so single-slip 95%-accuracy items don't flag as leeches. Adjustable down to 1 if you want to see them anyway
- Keyboard shortcuts in the trainer - Space flips, Got it / Needs work, replay audio, mute, Esc to close. Listed at the bottom for discovery
- JLPT, Joyo, and Frequency on the same row in the home bento on widescreens
- Can I read this is now part of Reading Coverage where it fits more naturally
- What-if pace slider now scales the "Somewhere between" range alongside the headline finish date
- Smarter leech detection - the new default algorithm gives more weight to recent answers, so items graduate out of the list as you start getting them right. Per-axis M/R badges show whether the meaning or the reading is the real problem
- Hide Apprentice filter on the leech list
- Projection finish date and chart marker now agree on the same level
- Share card and coverage page agree on "learned" - both count Guru and above
- Vacation mode hides the earliest level-up forecast since the timer is paused anyway
- Item tooltips open with keyboard focus - tab to a chip and the popover appears
- Pinch-zoom is back on iOS
- Faster coverage queries on big accounts
- Logout clears settings and onboarding so a shared computer doesn't leak between accounts (theme and palette are kept)
- Demo no longer overwrites your settings - your goal date, goal level, and manual kanji list survive a demo round-trip
- Skip-link for keyboard users to bypass the nav
- Earliest level-up forecast respects locked kanji - it now adds the wait for kanji that haven't unlocked yet, instead of pretending they're ready to lesson right away
- Grid share card optionally includes your vocabulary - flip on "Include vocabulary" to add every learned vocab item below the kanji grid, coloured by SRS stage
- π¨ Theme picker - pick from Default, πΈ Sakura, π Sumi, or π΅ Matcha. Each has light and dark variants. Open it from the palette icon in the top bar
- Set a goal level - if you don't plan to reach Lv 60, set your own finish line in Settings. The home hero, projection, share card, chart marker, and coverage forecast all aim there
- β© Joyo grid share card - a second view of the share card with every Joyo kanji laid out by school grade and coloured by your SRS progress
- Custom start date on the share card - if WaniKani has you down as starting years ago because of a few stray old lessons, override the "X days in" line
- Outlier labels on the level-up chart show the real day count even when a tall bar is clipped
- Day-count toggle on the level-up chart is now instant
- Worked example under Unlock / First lesson on the Level-up page so the difference is clearer
- Kanji you know outside WaniKani - paste a list of kanji you already know in Settings (from another app, class, or living in Japan). They count as learned on the coverage pages, reading card, and Can I read this
- Paginated leech list - see beyond your top 20 with Show more / Show all / Collapse, and a "Showing X of Y" counter
- Items grouped by SRS stage within each level so you can see what's where at a glance. A Group by toggle also flattens the view to pure SRS-stage groups
- Kanji blocking your next level-up moved to the Level-up page - it lives next to your level-up history
- 100 more loading-screen quips - the Crabigator now has plenty to say while you wait
- Install Wanilog as an app - a Settings panel walks you through pinning Wanilog to your home screen or Dock on iOS, Android, or desktop
- Splash screen in the installed app - a pulsing Crabigator before the dashboard loads, themed to light or dark
- More reliable mobile bottom-nav taps
- Firefox install guide - Settings now tells Firefox users which browsers support installing Wanilog as an app
- Slate accent on the installed PWA so the top chrome blends with the icon and splash
- Catch-up pace for your goal date - when you're behind, the home card and Projection page show what days-per-level you'd need to hit the goal (e.g. "needs ~13d/level, you're at 20d"). The what-if slider updates it live
- Coverage page switcher to jump between JLPT, Joyo, and Frequency from the page header
- Smarter leeches - the new Weighted algorithm surfaces items you keep missing despite plenty of practice, instead of fresh items with one slip
- Leech filters - Hide burned and Exclude recently unlocked toggles
- Wrong count on each leech row alongside the accuracy %
- Tap-to-preview tooltips on mobile - first tap opens the card, second tap opens WaniKani. Desktop keeps hover-to-preview, click-to-navigate
- Prominent WaniKani and Jisho buttons inside item popovers
- Meaning above readings in item popovers - it's usually what you want first
- Smoother popover hover - moving between neighbouring kanji no longer snaps the card shut
- Kanji numerals on the level-up chart x-axis (δΈ, δΊ, δΈ ...)
- Optional day-count labels on each bar in the level-up chart
- Clip outliers toggle on the level-up chart so one 200-day level doesn't squash the rest of the chart
- Level-up history includes pre-reset attempts so your timings combine both runs instead of hiding the earlier one
- Choose which resets to include with a checkbox per reset
- Unlock vs first-lesson toggle on the Level-up page - measure from when the level unlocked, or from when you started lessons
- Share your progress - export a shareable card with your SRS distribution, item counts, and accuracy
- Effective pass rate on the Accuracy page (meaning Γ reading)
- Current level shown as a blue in-progress bar on the level-up chart
- Auto-sync on tab load - fresh data when you open a new tab
- Live NHK articles on Reading Coverage - fresh headlines daily
- Sort options on Reading Coverage: Best coverage, Best for learning (70-95% known), and Most recent
- Load more on Reading Coverage to see beyond the first 10 articles
- Kanji tooltips show on'yomi and kun'yomi separately
- Non-WK kanji separated on coverage pages with links to jisho.org
- Burned items are gold so they're easy to tell apart from locked items
- Deprecated WaniKani radicals hidden so the items list isn't cluttered
- WaniKani start date shown on the Projection and Level-up pages
- Demo mode - try the full app with fake data, no API key needed
- π Can I read this? - paste any Japanese text and see how many of the kanji you already know
- Critical kanji card on the Projection page showing which kanji are blocking your next level-up
- Hover tooltips on every kanji, vocab, and radical with links to wanikani.com and jisho.org
- Review history in the tooltip - meaning and reading accuracy plus best and current streak
- Audio pronunciation for vocab items, with a voice preference in Settings
- Accuracy by SRS stage and a leech list of the 20 items you struggle with most
- Romaji search on the Items page - type "mizu" to find ζ°΄
- Bottom navigation on mobile for Home, Projection, Items, Accuracy, and Settings
- Command palette - press Cmd+K or / to search, navigate, toggle theme, refresh data, and more
- Onboarding tour for first-time visitors, replayable from Settings
- Stats export and a changelog page with a badge when there's something new
April 14, 2026
Launch π
- π Play Simulation - a ~25-second cinematic replay of your Kanji Odyssey, ending in a shareable stat card
- Projection - finish-date forecast with a "what if you were faster?" slider
- Reading coverage with NHK and NHK Easy articles filtered to your level
- Dashboard with SRS donut, accuracy breakdown, level-up history, and JLPT / Joyo / top-2k coverage
- Installable as a PWA with offline support after the first sync