# Bunpo: Language Learning — user reviews > 1,117 indexed App Store user reviews of Bunpo by Bunpo Language Learning, rated 4.90/5 from 17,954 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bunpo-language-learning/id1279720052/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bunpo-language-learning/id1279720052.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17,077 · 4★ 533 · 3★ 133 · 2★ 70 · 1★ 141 ## What do users think of Bunpo? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Helpful for learning Japanese - 👍 Well-designed and organized - 👍 Explains grammar and usage well - 👍 Customizable to learning needs - 👍 Effective spaced repetition - 👍 Affordable one-time purchase option **Cons** - 🔒 Too much content locked behind paywall - 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported - 🐛 Issues with keyboard and text display - 🐛 Inconsistencies in question answers - 🔒 Lack of offline access to paid content **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes during lesson reviews - Incorrect answers marked as wrong - Text and keyboard issues on smaller screens - Audio playback problems **Most requested features** - Add landscape mode support for tablets - Improve review options to revisit specific grammar points - Expand vocabulary lessons and practice - Add more languages beyond Japanese ## Newest reviews (14 of 1,117) ### 3/5 — Paywall for Tests *2026-08-25, version 3.20.0* Although the app is very good with teaching and the lessons I am learning in Japanese are actually sticking for the first time because of this app, having to pay for the video call in the line instead of getting one free one every now and then gives me less of an incentive to continuously move forward but I can live without that part its just frustrating that the summary of the chapter lesson is also something that is needed to be paid for which I think is a little silly but overall I enjoy the app. ### 3/5 — Fun and helpful but… $$ *2026-08-18, version 3.20.0* It seems like most of the features I’ve heard about and was excited to use cost money or the platinum subscription. I really wanted to video call to improve my Korean because I’ve seen people online do it and i was excited to try it out, however i was disappointed when i learned this app is more of a “pay to win” type of app. I wish we could learn languages for free, but obviously not in this economy. ### 5/5 — Nj *2026-08-15, version 3.20.0* Very good my family and friend recommend people who want to learn Korea quicker!!👍👍 ### 2/5 — Lesson Paywall *2026-08-09, version 3.20.0* It’s a great app! Really enjoyed the few free Hiragana lessons but the paywall is annoying. I would happily pay for the mythical Plus/Plus Lifetime ($39) but the Platinum ($79) option is the only one that i can find anywhere and I’m not interested in the AI features. I don’t know if this is an iOS thing (recommended this app to a friend before i realized the lessons weren’t all free, she has an Android and was able to buy Plus Lifetime) but it’s very disappointing because I was really enjoying using it. ### 5/5 — Add Filipinoooo *2026-08-03, version 3.18.0* could you guys add any Filipino languages, Tagalog or cebuano? Unless you guys are already working on that? I’m just curious, I think it’d be really cool ### 5/5 — Download this instead of Duolingo. *2026-08-01, version 3.18.0* So I love Duolingo but the fact that i keep on running put of energy makes me mad. It keeps wanting me to bye premium but the pop ups are soooooo annoying. So I recommend this app or Lingo Land. Its kind like prodigy but language. ### 4/5 — Wasn’t sold at first but now it’s useful *2026-07-28, version 3.18.0* This app works best as a supplement for using a textbook - I downloaded at the start of the year and was struggling to learn from the N4 lessons due to not having much kanji knowledge. Now I’ve finished the Genki II textbook and been using wanikani, this app is useful for reviewing grammar and practising with the questions! I like the layout, think more questions could be added, and maybe for lower levels (N5-N3) for some furigana to be included in answer options. ### 2/5 — Es bueno *2026-07-28, version 3.18.0* La aplicación en general es muy buena la estoy utilizando para aprender Japones y va de maravilla realmente siento que aprendo, sin embargo me parece demasiado exagerado el costo que tiene, no tendría problema de pagar algo accesible porque si para algo no pago un curso profesional es para ahorrar dinero, pero acá piensan que cagamos plata y que nos vamos a sacar prácticamente $400.000 (pesos colombianos) de la nada, realmente me parece un costo muy alto, si bien entiendo que es necesario generar cierto costo sobrar tanto por año y peor $100.000( pesos colombianos) por mes es demasiado y más teniendo en cuenta que si muchas personas descargan apps como esta pues es porque no pueden invertir el tanto dinero en un curso profesional como para que una aplicación me cobre prácticamente lo mismo, siento q si la app esta muy bien diseñada la capacidad monetaria de muchos no nos permite pagar una cifra tan elevada. ### 5/5 — Belajar bahasa Jepang *2026-07-27, version 3.18.0* Sangat rekomendasi untuk pemula belajar bahasa Jepang sangat detail penjelasannya mudah dipahami pula terimakasih ### 5/5 — A language learning Toolbox must have *2026-07-27, version 3.18.0* I’ve been through a lot of language apps, even the high end expensive ones but the main thing many language apps lack is ease of use. With Bunpo I feel no pressure, I’m not paying hundreds of dollars annually and I’m progressing swiftly through this style of instruction. I had some knowledge of the language beforehand but still the “no pressure” approach is really doing it for me. Keep it up Bunpo! Thanks🤘 ### 5/5 — exceptional! *2026-07-25, version 3.18.0* bunpo is really good for learning all kinds of languages and for korean it does skip batchim i 10/10 totally recommend ### 5/5 — 最高💗毎日使いたいぐらい🥹 *2026-07-25* 私は中国語と韓国語を勉強しています！それで色んなアプリをダウンロードしてきましたが、誠に申し訳にくいのですが、勉強法としては役には立たないと思い、この「Bunpo」様のご説明などを見ていると理解のスピードが個人的に早くなりました😊ありがとうございます✨素敵なアプリを開発頂き誠に有難いです！！最高過ぎて何回もお礼言いたい程よく頭の中に入ってくるし今では中国語ですが単語の半分は覚えて話せるようになりました！！🥹 **Developer response:** 🤍 ### 2/5 — Pay wall *2026-07-25, version 3.18.0* Idk this is kinda whiny but after completing a few lessons, I couldn’t do the checkpoint. I’m not sure if this is because of my phone, or you just need to pay to do basic lessons (as promised) in the app. I’m sure it’s good if you have $150 to spare ### 5/5 — BEST *2026-07-24, version 3.18.0* I love yall, yall help me whit korean thanks🩷 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 프리미엄 *2026-09-05* 프리미엄 비싸게 주고 할 거 아니면 하지마세요 무료로 듀오링고하는 거란 똑같음 하… ### 1/5 — 登不进去…… *2026-08-25* 总是卡在注册和五个问题那里转圈，卸载重下没用，换设备也没用 ### 1/5 — Scammers *2026-08-09, version 3.20.0* Do not let you cancel your subscription, takes weeks to respond via email and only offer for you to check the FAQ which states go to your Apple Store subscriptions to cancel there, however Bunpo is not there nor has it been for the past three months and yet they are still charging me ### 1/5 — Не работает *2026-07-31, version 3.18.0* Ваше приложение не работает. Уже второй раз скачиваю, и про ответа на 5 первичных вопросов или при попытке регистрации просто бесконечная загрузка ### 1/5 — Vocabulary problems *2026-07-28, version 3.18.0* The vocabulary usage in this app is just the worst ever. You can’t check words translations when learning something in this app. Encountered an unknown word in the learning materials? Unlucky for you. You can’t even understand the meaning of the sentence in the first place, to think of an answer the app wants from you ### 1/5 — Paywalls and weird formatting. *2026-07-27, version 3.18.0* I’ve been getting back into the grind of learning Japanese, so I decided to try this app. The first two courses were great, they were easy to understand, and if I made mistakes I could get an explanation on where I went wrong. However, the explanation feature suddenly got paywalled after a few courses. There was also a point where I was stuck on a lesson not because I got the material wrong, because I was formatting it incorrectly. I had to spend nearly 20 minutes just to figure out where I went wrong with my formatting because the explanation was paywalled and you have to pay $20 (USD) to have access to the explanation feature. That is a lot of money for me, and I wish more language learning apps would make learning more accessible for people who don’t have money to throw at a monthly subscription. After just five lessons, you’re suddenly blocked from the sixth lesson without a subscription, you can skip that lesson, but you can’t do the 7th lesson which is a test that’s required to continue. The app was also inaccessible to those who need larger screens. It was not adjusted so the keyboard was covering text that was important to read. (You cannot simply slide down the keyboard to read and then re-enable it. It senses any kind of tap or slide as an answer so you would be accidentally submitting something without answering it.) I personally do not have a huge vision impairment, I use the larger screen feature so that I don’t fat finger my keys. However, I’d imagine this sucks for people who DO need that built-in feature to make their phones more accessible. Now that I mentioned that I would like to Segway onto the fact that there’s a bug that makes your keyboard stuck, and you cannot simply just slide down because it thinks you’re submitting your answer rather than adjusting your keyboard. ### 1/5 — Paywall when skipping to a chapter *2026-07-23, version 3.18.0* Can’t even try the app properly, you can only try it from scratch on hiragana ### 1/5 — Man kann sie irgnedwie nicht LÖSCHEN *2026-07-21* Ich fand es erst ganz gut die App aber wo ich geschaut habe das es auch Geld kostet um weiterzumachen mit der Lektion wollte ich aufhören aber jetzt kann ich diese App irgnedwie nicht löschen UND DAS MACHT MICH KIRRE ich möchte die nicht mehr auf meinem IPhone haben also finde ich es eif nur blöd das man diese App nicht löschen kann ich hab alles versucht also würd ich sie schon deswegen nicht weiterempfehlen ‼️‼️ **Developer response:** Wir entschuldigen uns für die Unannehmlichkeiten. In der App gibt es dazu keine Einstellungen. Bitte versuchen Sie daher, die App aus dem Play Store und vom Gerät zu löschen, das Gerät neu zu starten usw.🤍 ### 1/5 — THE WORST UPDATE *2026-07-21, version 3.18.0* after update i suddenly need to pay for plus to redo lesson what the heck is this ### 1/5 — Greed *2026-07-15, version 3.18.0* Free version gives you a fraction of the things that are actually available. Like 1/5 of the chapters of the Japanese alphabet hiragana. Everything after that you have to pay for. Basically the free version is to take a glimpse of how the app works, but other than that 100% unhelpful. Keep your app I keep my money ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-31, version 3.22.0* My favourite part about it is that not only do they teach you they also quiz you about it like a million times so you don’t forget it ✨✨✨ ### 5/5 — This is a good language app! *2026-08-26, version 3.20.0* It’s easy for me to understand everything! This will definitely help if I ever want to become an idol! ### 5/5 — It’s so peak *2026-08-26, version 3.20.0* I just got it today I learned how to pronounce and write words but I wish talking with Niki was free😖 ### 5/5 — I’m Confused *2026-08-26, version 3.20.0* Okay, Imma be honest, this is a great app; it’s well polished and it appears to be very designed, HOWEVER—I’m using the free version and couldn’t do anything past the Kana lessons, no speaking, no tests, no writing, nothing—just Hiragana kana review that’s it. Everything is locked behind a paywall; please correct me if I’m mistaken or if I’m missing something. ### 5/5 — Handy for studying *2026-08-25, version 3.20.0* It’s nice to use this app for quick studying and learning N2 level grammar points by finishing sentences and hearing how it’s used. ### 5/5 — The best app to learn grammer *2026-08-25, version 3.20.0* When I first started learning Japanese I had the right resources to learn vocabulary and kanji but I was struggling with learning grammer I kept blowing money on apps but it didn’t help I was recommended bunpo and I use bunpo every day amazing app it explains every detail ### 5/5 — l love this *2026-08-24, version 3.20.0* Bunpo teaches you vocabulary and teaches you how to write in Japanese ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-08-20, version 3.20.0* Awesome app ### 5/5 — Gostei bastante *2026-08-16* Ele é diferente por exemplo do Duolingo que só ensina palavras chaves como cafe ele ensina como formar palavras significado e tem uma voz mais humana diferente do Duolingo ### 5/5 — I love it! *2026-08-16, version 3.20.0* perfect app to learn a language, you actually learn sentence structure and grammar instead of just adjectives --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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