Moji Grid - Customizable Japanese Character Grid

Introducing Moji Grid - Japanese Character Wallpaper Creator

Moji Grid is the ultimate tool for creating beautiful, customizable Japanese character grids. Whether you're a student mastering kana, a teacher creating study materials, or a designer working with Japanese typography, Moji Grid offers unparalleled control over the arrangement and styling of Japanese characters to export it as a wallpaper you can see every day.

I created this app after noticing a gap in available tools for Japanese language learners and teachers. Most existing resources provide static character charts with little flexibility. Moji Grid changes that by putting complete control in your hands—allowing you to create personalized character arrangements with your own visual styling that perfectly fits your learning style or teaching approach.

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The Inspiration Behind Moji Grid

Japanese writing can be IS intimidating for beginners, with its three distinct character sets and numerous variations. When learning Japanese, many students find themselves wanting to rearrange characters to create more meaningful connections—grouping similar-looking kana or organizing them by pronunciation patterns.

This need for reorganization is what inspired Moji Grid. I wanted to create a tool that would allow learners to interact with Japanese characters in a tactile way, moving beyond the limitations of static charts to create personalized learning experiences that could accommodate different learning styles and teaching approaches.

Key Features

Moji Grid combines powerful customization capabilities with an intuitive interface, making it accessible for users of all levels. Here are the core features that make Moji Grid stand out:

1. Interactive Character Sets:
   Moji Grid offers complete hiragana and katakana character sets, with premium options for extended characters and kanji. Each character displays its romaji pronunciation to aid learning.
2. Customizable Grid Layout:
   Arrange characters to your preference by dragging and dropping tiles into any order. Create custom layouts for focused study or visual presentations.
3. Comprehensive Style Options:
   Personalize every aspect of your grid including tile color, font color, canvas background, tile size, font size, and border radius for the perfect visual presentation.
4. Theme Library:
   Choose from 11 pre-designed themes or create and save your own custom themes. Quickly switch between different visual styles for different purposes.

What makes these features truly powerful is how they work together. For example, you can organize hiragana by consonant groups, apply a color theme that visually distinguishes these groups, adjust the font size for better visibility, then save this layout for your next study session. This level of personalization aims to transform Japanese character learning from a passive experience into an active, engaging process.

Beyond the Basics

While the core functionality of Moji Grid is powerful in its own right, it's the additional capabilities that really elevate the user experience and make it a comprehensive tool for Japanese language engagement:

1. High-Quality Export:
   Save or share your customized character grids as high-resolution images. Perfect for creating study materials, classroom resources, or design elements.
2. Gesture Controls:
   Intuitive pinch-to-zoom functionality adjusts font sizes on the fly, while smooth drag-and-drop interactions make reorganizing characters effortless.
3. Premium Character Sets:
   Upgrade to access extended hiragana and katakana sets with dakuten and handakuten variations, plus essential kanji characters with romaji pronunciation for comprehensive Japanese study.
4. Persistent Layouts:
   Your arrangements are automatically saved, allowing you to build custom study sequences or character groupings that persist between sessions.

These additional capabilities extend Moji Grid beyond just a study tool. The export features let you share your custom creations with friends, students, or classmates. The gesture controls make interaction natural and intuitive. And the persistent layouts ensure you never lose your careful arrangements, allowing you to build on your organizational systems over time.

Potential Uses

Moji Grid is designed with several use cases in mind, offering functionality that can support various approaches to Japanese language learning and teaching. Here are some of the ways the app could be integrated into different Japanese learning contexts:

For Language Learners

Learning Japanese characters traditionally involves a lot of rote memorization. Moji Grid aims to transform this process by engaging multiple learning modalities—visual organization, tactile interaction, and customized presentation. Here are potential ways to use it:

• Creating progressive learning paths by arranging characters from simple to complex
• Grouping visually similar characters together to practice distinguishing subtle differences
• Developing color-coding systems to reinforce phonetic patterns and reading rules
• Building personalized flashcard sets for focused practice on challenging characters

For Educators

Teachers of Japanese could find Moji Grid helpful in creating custom teaching materials that align with their curriculum and teaching style. The app could serve as a tool for:

• Customized Curriculum Support: Designing resources that align with specific lesson plans and textbooks
• Visual Differentiation: Creating materials that highlight specific patterns or groupings to support different teaching approaches
• Responsive Materials: Quickly generating new arrangements that address specific student challenges
• Consistent Visual Systems: Maintaining visual coherence across teaching materials with saved themes and layouts

Premium Experience

Moji Grid is available as a free download with access to the basic hiragana and katakana character sets. However, to unlock the full potential of the app, a premium upgrade is available through a simple one-time purchase.

The premium upgrade is designed to provide substantial value for serious Japanese language learners and educators, without forcing everyone into a paid model. I believe tools for education should be accessible, which is why the free version offers complete functionality with the core character sets.

• Extended Character Sets: Access dakuten and handakuten variations of hiragana and katakana, essential for complete kana mastery
• Kanji Support: Add essential kanji characters to your grids with romaji pronunciation, perfect for beginning kanji learners
• Unlimited Watermark-Free Downloads: Export as many clean grid images as you need for teaching materials, study guides, or design projects

The premium upgrade is a one-time purchase—no subscriptions, no recurring fees. Pay once and own all premium features forever, across all your devices using the same account. This approach reflects a commitment to creating sustainable tools that respect users' preferences about how they want to invest in their language learning journey.

Privacy Policy

Moji Grid is built with a fundamental respect for user privacy. The app functions completely locally on your device—no account creation required, no data uploaded to servers, no tracking of your usage patterns or learning progress.

Our Privacy Principles

• All settings, layouts, and themes are stored exclusively on your device
• No personal information is collected at any point
• Gallery access is requested solely for saving your created grids to your own photos
• No analytics or tracking beyond basic app installation metrics

This privacy-first approach means you can use Moji Grid with complete confidence that your Japanese language learning journey remains personal and private. It's just you and the characters—no cloud, no data sharing, no privacy concerns.

System Requirements

• iOS 14.0 or later

Feedback Welcome

As Moji Grid launches, your feedback will be invaluable in shaping its future development. If you have ideas for features, character sets, or functionality that would enhance your experience with the app, please share them. The best tools evolve through collaboration with the people who use them.

Questions, suggestions, or ideas about how you plan to use Moji Grid? Please reach out: contact@keiver.dev