iago User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience72.7% of reviews
Neutral10.3% of reviews
Negative experience17.0% of reviews

~ Based on 165 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is iago Safe?

iago - Learn Japanese appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for iago is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 1,830 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

96.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,830 App Store ratings for iago.

Is iago Legit?

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

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

Top reviews

Transferring streak

So far, easy and actually has me speaking instead of Duolingo But for some reason whenever I try transferring my streak, it just freezes please fix it thanks in advance

Nice!!

Makes learning JP easier and fun for me :-]

So cute!!!

Even without any of the payments this app is super useful!! Live laugh love iako-chan!!! (´ω`)

Good app, buggy music is distracting

I want to give this 5 stars for the game and instruction - especially since they’re teaching basics BEFORE mixing it up with the more complicated formal forms, which is too rare- but the music is a problem. It’s way too loud by default, drowning out the dialogue, and you can’t turn it off. You can turn it all the way down, but then every time I start an actual lesson, it’s on full blast again, even though the slider is still on minimum. You have to turn it UP, at which point the actual sound goes to the new level, then all the way back down again. It’s obnoxious and distracting, and frequently painful with headphones. Fix it & get 5 stars.
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Progress

My jp increase so muchhh! Thank the owner for creating this such a great language app

"Unlock now"

The app is fun to use however you will get hit with a paywall that pretty early and there's way around it. I did 4 lesson before I was blocked by a paywall. It feels an attempt to look to free to use but actual look pay to use. There are free alternatives are actual free to use

Great but paywalled

I love the way it’s done, it’s really cute and has speaking practice and tips and whatnot, but after the first four lessons you’re not allowed to do any more without paying per month. I don’t have the option to be paying for something online, so I cannot do it, but if you’re able to pay and you’re serious about learning I do think it’s a good start at the least. Couldn’t say about later on of course.
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The best app to exist

My sensei SepirothSword57 told me to use this app, it’s one of the best apps to exist, with a built in story and lore to the actual app, it’s an amazing app that should be recognized by all.

Great app!

Better than Duolingo

Icon

You guys should maybe take the shine off of your icon, for those of us on iOS 18 it doesn't match other icons, and it won't match iOS 27 either. I love the app though, keep up the great work!!

Oh, and any chance a Safari extension is coming soon? Thanks!!

sugoii

❤️

How can we reach level 2?

i have finished the level one practice fully and the story as well now everything is locked how can I open them without subscribing?

NOT FREE

Advertises itself as free but will only let you do a handful of lessons before locking everything behind a paywall

Great app, but fix the bugs!

I love this app, but it’s buggy as hell, and there doesn’t seem to be much effort to fix it. I keep coming here hoping to find an update.

The best feature is the flexible conversation practice that lets you blunder through in your own words. I like doing each conversation twice, first winging it (sometimes with hilarious results) then a second time with the prompts to see what I *should* have said.

But oh my god, the bugs. Heaven help you if you don’t want to listen to jarring music during your conversations. If you turn the volume to “0” (apparently the only way to turn the music off), half the time you try to start a conversation the music will force itself back on at FULL volume! It’s very jarring.

There are bugs in some of the lessons, mostly minor, but one in the Frieren reviews where the instruction is the respond to the prompt, but no prompt appears!

Now this week I’m experiencing a bug where for some reason I can no longer earn guild points by doing daily reviews. This is the most annoying of all, because I had been trying to earn points for my guild daily, and now I’m just stuck at zero like a slacker.

And just now when I got a new stamp from the gacha machine (a very charming feature that gives the app a lot of personality and teaches neat little details about Japanese places), it bugged out so I never got to read the details of that stamp! Disappointing.

I liked the app enough to subscribe, and use it every day, but all the bugs are becoming a point of real frustration. The subscription cost is not especially cheap, so if you want to retain subscribers, PLEASE FIX THE BUGS!
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I like

fun way to learn Japanese I can't stop drawing this anime girl

how use

What do I press
after
main screen?

Amazing

My favorite app to learn Japanese so far, fun, engaging and really useful! And I have a lot! It can also import Duolingo strike, no idea what for, but I did it 😜

Really good!

It’s really cool to see an app that feels more realistic with the conversations rather than textbook lingo

Amazing way

Funny asf i cannot lie and an amazing way to learn Japanese it’s just awesome dude

thank you sephiroth

chefs kiss of an app in my opinion