Coban: Learn Japanese appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Coban is 88 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Coban Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Coban: Learn Japanese
Rating: 4.78422 (621 reviews)

Coban: Learn Japanese

Akira NOGUCHI

📚 Education

🔍 Reference

Customer Experience

Positive experience80.7% of reviews

Neutral12.5% of reviews

Negative experience6.8% of reviews

~ Based on 88 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Coban

Reviews of Coban are mostly positive: the Education app is rated 4.8/5 from 621 App Store ratings. What users like most: cute and genuinely helpful, great app for learning Japanese. Top complaints: occasional crashes and bugs, volume issues with audio. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

👍Cute and genuinely helpful
🚀Great app for learning Japanese
🤩Engaging and fun to use
💯Best kanji practice
🙌Excellent for N5 and N4 levels
🤖Palatable grammar for short attention spans
🎉Super useful and underrated

Negative things

🐛Occasional crashes and bugs
🔇Volume issues with audio
💰Subscription model with lack of lifetime purchase
🤯Confusing UI and navigation at times
🤔Wonky translations and quiz issues
🙄Annoying ads interrupting the flow

Is Coban Safe?

Coban: Learn Japanese appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Coban is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 621 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.6% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.7% of ratings suggest some concerns

1.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 619 App Store ratings for Coban.

Is Coban Legit?

Coban: Learn Japanese appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Coban is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Amazing!

I’ve been a fan of the creator of this app for the longest time, before the app evolved so much. I knew them from a series of N5 and N4 materials available online entirely for free. I studied alone for some years, and it’s in great part thanks to this material that I passed on both N5 and N4 (back in 2021 and 2022). Now, I am very happy to see how the app is much more polished, with lots more resources, as I’m sure it will help me a lot with N3 and beyond. This is a creator I am very happy to support, and I have been very satisfied with everything I have seen so far. I highly recommend it for anyone who’s serious about studying Japanese! The app has a friendly interface and plenty of examples. The VS functionality to help identify differences in similar grammar points is especially useful. Keep up the excellent work! ⭐️

Rriiiiv1119993331

25 days ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for such a warm and thoughtful review. As an independent developer working on this app by myself, messages like yours truly mean a lot to me. Knowing that you have been using the app since its early days, and that my materials helped you pass both N5 and N4, makes me incredibly happy and grateful. Your support gives me a lot of motivation to keep improving the app and to continue adding useful features, tools, and content little by little. There are still many things I would like to improve to make studying Japanese even more useful and enjoyable. If you ever have any suggestions or requests, please feel free to contact me anytime through the app. Feedback from long-time users like you is especially valuable to me. As a Japanese person, I’m also very happy to know that you enjoy learning Japanese. Thank you again for supporting my work for so many years, and I hope you continue to enjoy your Japanese learning journey!

Finally!

The best app hands down for learning Japanese! So thankful with the amount of other apps I’ve used, dr Moku, Anki, kana, this is by far the best app I’m super thrilled with my experience!

IIcebergMenace

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your kind review! It really means a lot to hear that, especially after you’ve tried so many other Japanese learning apps. As a solo developer, feedback like this is incredibly motivating and encourages me to keep improving Coban. If you ever notice any issues or have any suggestions or feature requests, please feel free to contact me through the app anytime. Thank you for using Coban and for your support!

This app has everything

I recently abandoned a well-known language app for this one, and my wife and I have been really pleased with what this one has to offer. It has a nice, intuitive flow with daily reviews, podcasts, books, and language tests. It has everything that I wanted in a Japanese language app.

EEnay

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your kind review! I’m really happy to hear that you and your wife are enjoying Coban and finding the different features useful. As a solo developer, feedback like this is incredibly motivating and encourages me to keep improving the app. If you ever have any questions, problems, or feature requests, please feel free to contact me through the app anytime. You’re also always welcome to ask me anything about Japanese or Japan.

I love this app… but

The new update makes it very laggy when scrolling up to the top selector for selecting what you want to study (ie grammar, vocab, kanji). It makes the site slightly annoying to use. Overall though, I love the content in the new update, the only thing stopping me from getting the premium upgrade is the lagging (You can still learn up to JLPT 3 for free.) it’s still a very good source to use, it has just become slightly annoying.

ココアカアイ

4 months ago

Response from developer

フィードバックありがとうございます、コアカアイさん。 Thank you very much for your feedback and for your kind words about the new content! Thanks to reports from users like you, I was able to identify the cause of the lag when scrolling to the study selector. The issue has already been fixed and is now available in version 4.2.1. I apologize for the inconvenience, and I truly appreciate you taking the time to report it. Feedback like yours helps me improve the app for everyone. Thank you again for your support, and I hope you enjoy the latest update!

Incroyable

Cette appli est vraiment génial, que ce soit la qualité de son interface, au contenu des cours/ leçons proposés, tout est top. La version gratuite offre un panel de démarrage dans l’apprentissage cent fois plus qualitatif que bon nombre d’autre appli entièrement payantes !
Honnêtement c’est un 10/10.

ネネサちゃん~

a year ago

Cute and genuinely Helpful

I’m going to be taking the N3 this December and I was struggling with finding an app that had good grammar practice. The textbooks are a lot and can get boring easily, but so far i’ve learned a lot from this app in my 2 days using it, and it’s rlly fun, and the developer is super nice. I submitted a feature request and they got back to me in less than 24 hours.

AAkako-san

a year ago

Excellente application

L’application est très bien pensé, simple, bien organisé, très complète, Vivement la partie pour le JLPT N2.

LLamsqyy

a year ago

Génial !

J’utilise Coban pour apprendre la grammaire japonaise et c’est top !

Manque juste un système pour s’entraîner à la prononciation des mots, où et quand on doit hausser ou baisser la voix.

BPbatti pok.#🤩

a year ago

great app

was looking all around for an app to get back into learning and this is perfect.

Aadubbb14

2 years ago

Great App but No Sync

I love this app but I use an iPad and iPhone. I want to be able to pick up where I left off.

PPleyfight

2 years ago

ありがとうございます！

ありがとうございます、this app is とてもかわいい! I’ve had so much fun with learning Japanese and the app is just soooo cute. It’s so good with the little stories and splitting it into N5 N4 and other things. It’s so easy and fun!

TTuna_EP

2 years ago

Look no further, this app is it.

Coban is excellent for learning Japanese. From complete beginners to advanced, it has everything you need. The layout, functionality and depth of learning material is impressive. I especially find the explanations of grammar with examples and exercises to go with it useful and engaging. The developer actively updates the app and responds quickly to user inquiries/suggestions. Highly recommend, this app is one of the best.

PPjps

2 years ago

Add Russian language

👋🏻

EEugenRus44

2 years ago

Best kanji practice

Best kanji flashcards for learning and review

ZZhunyFR

2 years ago

Crash

L’app crash au moment d’ouvrir les exercices, ayant pris un abonnement exprès c’est un peu rageant.

IIm_daawn

2 years ago

Romaji…

Vraiment dommage qu’on ne puisse pas mettre en romaji.. car apprendre à parler et plus important que de savoir écrire pour l’instant…

DDhuufgh

2 years ago

Not bad but some issues

The app isn’t bad however there are some issues. The translations are a bit wonky and some of the quizzes do not specify which vocabulary words they’re looking for especially for the vocabulary words that have similar meanings. Also, the app freezes after some time of use. I can only go through one lesson before the app freezes and I have to wait to close it and restart. The customer service has been nice so if you do have some issues, there shouldn’t be any problems reaching out and getting it solved. Overall, the app has potential with some cons.

SSteeeeefffffffffxxxxx

2 years ago

Muuuch better than Duolingo

It teaches you actual rules of grammar. If only every language app did this, language learning would be a whole different ball game and so much easier.
The only issue is sometimes it boots me out halfway through some lessons-not sure if that’s cuz I haven’t paid for the full package, but, I’ve seriously been considering it. Gold on offer here

IMif still on fb unblock me

2 years ago