Not perfect but a great time saver

This definitely beats counting strokes and looking up kanji by stroke count. Works best on a single kanji character or just a very few. It takes a few tries to get it right and is very sensitive. I suggest setting the refresh to one second and use the live camera and not the photo. Once you see the correct kanji pop up, press analyze. If you can write kanji that looks well written, it can also recognize it. I believe it is intended for printed text and not scripted cursive or handwriting that looks fancy like old English. The people that gave this a poor review obviously dont know the pain of not knowing what a single kanji in a string of text is like. This app is not intended to translate full strings of text or sentences but rather a single or few kanji characters for clarification. Perfect for people that are still studying Japanese like myself. Doesnt work as well on cameras before the iPhone 5 generation due to the lack of ability to focus on close objects with clarity.

JooNkeN about Japan Goggles