Q1: There is a kanji I looked up which does not have an animation?

ShinKanji’s database contains more than 3200 kanji animation. I will happily add any new ones which are suggested to me. When version 1.0 came to the appstore the number of animation was 2300, you can see that progress are made.

Q3: I think this program is awesome but I think feature XXX will make it even better, how do I ask for it?

ShinKanji is actively being developped by myself. I have a list of pending features already but I am glad for any suggestion. I can’t garantee when they will be available in the store but I can tell you what priority they will have in my list.

Q4: You keep talking about the list of features you intend to implement, can we take a peek?

Although I can’t give you a date at which any of this will be
available, here is the list. I will also update the status on each
feature.

Feature	Status
Automatically download DB updates	Done in v1.1
Get kanji information from Kanjidic, use taka only for vector definition and structure	Done in v2.1
Support for japanese to english dictionary lookup based on jmdict	Done in v3.0
Support for list of kanjis	Done in v2.0
List all word starting with the kanji, ending with the kanji, containing the kanji	Done in v3.0
Support for taking notes on kanjis	planned
Support for reporting errors in the database	Done in v2.2.3
Support for additional input method: radicals + stroke counts	Done in v2.1
Support for additional input method: one and maybe 2 character recognitions	Done in v2.2
Support for EPWING format dictionaries	Planned
Storage and creation of bookmark list outside of the application	Planned
German kanji definition	in work for 3.1
Example sentences for kanji and compound words	Planned

Q5: What is the difference between Shinkanji, Shinkanji-lite and Shinkanji-search-free?

Shinkanji is the full feature (for pay) application.  Shinkanji-lite and Shinkanji-search-free are both free application with a subset of the Shinkanji features.  Together they demonstrate of the features in Shinkanji.
In other words Shinkanji is like shinkanji lite with the capability to search for any kanji by:

• handwriting recognition
• radical search
• meanings
• readings
• direct input (using the iphone japanese keyboards)

and the ability to search for compound words by:

• meaning
• reading
• direct input.

Shinkanji-lite:

shows all the kanji information including:

• readings
• meanings (in all available languages based on kanjidic2)
• animated stroke order diagrams
• structural navigation
• compound words containing kanji

On the other hand the kanji searches are limited to a set of predefined list.

Shinkanji-search-free:

shows all the kanji searches available including:

• Handwriting recognition using a large drawing area, undo/redo support and 10 proposed kanjis
• Multi-Radical search enabling selection of multiple radicals and stroke numbers (absolute, minimum, maximum or ranges)
• search by meanings
• search by readings (on-yomi, kun-yomi or both)
• direct search using apple provided japanese keyboards, kana pad and handwriting recognition

On the other hand the only information displayed about the found kanji is the english meanings and the kanji itself