# English to Japanese Phrasebook — user reviews

> 14 indexed App Store user reviews of English to Japanese Phrasebook by Shoreline Animation, rated 2.50/5 from 2 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-to-japanese-phrasebook/id356413001/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-to-japanese-phrasebook/id356413001.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Waste

*2015-01-31*

This is about as useless as they come!

### 1/5 — Ummm

*2011-06-10*

Yea sone of your translation to romaji are wrong...specially with colours...kuroi is black...pinku is pink...yea i want my money back i showed my japanese friends and they laughed at this

### 1/5 — Thought it was great then

*2010-08-04*

They upgraded it and locked me out on my 3g wth??? I just bought it a week ago. No warning or nothing

### 1/5 — Something is wrong

*2010-07-25*

On a 3G/4.0.1 and the app won't open. Support has been helpful and I suspect they're working on it. Reinstalled several times and still nothing. This is the only app to act like this on my phone. (I look forward to amending this review)

### 1/5 — Did a whole bunch of nothing

*2010-07-24*

I just installed this app and it only showed the title page then POOF!  Back to my icons.  Thanks for nothing.  I want my .99 back, crooks!!!

### 1/5 — Want my Money Back

*2010-07-18*

Everytime I try to launch this app, it crashes!!

### 1/5 — Sound doesn't work

*2010-06-21*

I can't hear a sound (the ringer is on).

### 2/5 — Won

*2010-07-25*

I can not get it to open on my iphone.

### 3/5 — Good but has a bug

*2017-01-26*

Contains a lot of phrases. Most functions are good. 
When I add something to favorites, the list is incorrect. On restart the favorite list is different.

### 3/5 — Very good but very limited

*2010-05-27*

For the phrases the app contains, you get clear translations, phonetic pronucations, and audio - all without being connected to the internet (which is hugely important when travelling out of the US).  The app also contains a useful organization struction. However, it is missing MANY common phrases. For example, under the "hotel" category, there is no phrase for "I have a reservation" or "I want a reservation." A very good app, and worth the 99 cents, but not all you'll need.

## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated)

### 4/5 — so far, so good

*2013-12-24*

I downloaded this ap and it runs fine w/o wifi so….we’ll see how this works in Japan in a couple of weeks

### 4/5 — Works okay

*2011-12-13*

It works good for quick translation. It's helped me with some stuff. You can use it anywhere

### 4/5 — Love it!

*2010-04-26*

And I thought I knew how to say stuff! It has sentences, single words, or sentences with word inputs. I only wish they had slayings or Japanese inputs to so I can see what somebody said.

### 3/5 — Okay

*2010-03-31*

It's good. I was just expecting more words/phrases.

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