WaniKani Notifier

Simple Notifier and Launcher for WaniKani Reviews and Lessons. Works with API v2

As of May 2026, WaniKani Notifier has 539 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 9 reviews in the Education category.

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539
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Ratingno change0%
5.00
9 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
9
Version
2.0.1
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 29, 2026.

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Apr 29, 20265195.0092.0.1
May 26, 20264925.0092.0.1
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Permissions & access

Permissions
storagealarms
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

Notifies you when your reviews are due. There's not much else to it.
Made mostly for fun, works with the WaniKani API v2.

Features:
- A badge shows how many reviews are due (you can tick a box in the settings page to get politely reminded of your lessons as well).
- Click on the extension to open a pop-up with links to your lessons and reviews.

NEW in version 2.0.1
- Reworked to be compliant with Chrome extensions manifest V3. 
- Moved from timers to alarms, which limits API calls to one call per minute. 
- Added support for vacation mode in the settings (hide your reviews count while on vacation).

This update was made necessary by the new Google policy for Chrome extensions (more info here if you're interested: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/).

The extension is now MV3-compliant, which it's definitely a good thing as it means is won't be removed from the store, but it also forced some less welcome design changes, especially the one around timers. In short, this means the extension can only refresh once every minute, which is fine most of the time but can be somewhat annoying while you're in the middle of doing reviews.

I also finally got around to add support for vacation mode, which will hide your review count and stop making API calls while you're taking a break from WaniKani. Bear in mind this is completely independent from the vacation settings on WK itself, so remember to update your options in both places!

Technical

Version
2.0.1
Manifest
V3
Size
93.92KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

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Developer ID
u0f1708d1d95e07bb13c3d83670d8f8c7
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Sep 6, 2020
Last Updated (Store)
Aug 28, 2023
Last Scraped
May 26, 2026
Website
Support URL
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