Very good but a suggestion
Hey, this is very awesome, could be the best in the category, all for free! How generous
but I have one suggestion
since the search is running for lots of things, the result comes a little delayed.
Other app would instantly shows the result on character input
I wonder if we can have a settings to narrow the search
I don’t need it to search example text, most of the time I just want to search for the vocab and will see the example text within the word card
Regards
but I have one suggestion
since the search is running for lots of things, the result comes a little delayed.
Other app would instantly shows the result on character input
I wonder if we can have a settings to narrow the search
I don’t need it to search example text, most of the time I just want to search for the vocab and will see the example text within the word card
Regards
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Superbe mise à jour, mais…
Bonjour.
Une excellente appli depuis des années déjà, de très bonnes mises à jour, cependant, je trouve l’ordre des kanjis (trait par trait) beaucoup trop lent… Etant en boucle, il ne serait pas gênant que ce soit un peu plus rapide, voire comme c’était avant.
Une excellente appli depuis des années déjà, de très bonnes mises à jour, cependant, je trouve l’ordre des kanjis (trait par trait) beaucoup trop lent… Etant en boucle, il ne serait pas gênant que ce soit un peu plus rapide, voire comme c’était avant.
How to ruin an app
This is amazing example how to ruin something that didnt need an update. Kanji search is mow terrible, radical search is unintiutive and silly, handdrawing getting it wrong every single time. Verb conjugation lookup is just gone, i repeat, VERB CONJUGATION IS GONE! What the hell?!
Not going back to this app ever, this is beyond saving, looking for alternatives now, thanks developers!
Not going back to this app ever, this is beyond saving, looking for alternatives now, thanks developers!
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What happened?
Someone thought it would be a good idea to update the UX. Big mistake. It was perfect as it was. I’ve used this app for over 15 years now. I used it for 13 years living in Japan. It helped me out and I’ll be forever grateful but it’s ruined now. Not intuitive, hardly any information on a page and just clunkier. Please go back to the old interface!
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Great app turned bad
I hate writing this as this used to be such a great app. But with the recent revamp there are so many bugs it’s not worth trying to use the new features. I like the flash cards but the constant issues with pasting from other apps makes it not worth it. I adjusted the settings as suggested to make paste automatic as it used to be. It worked for a while. But now it doesn’t actually look up the words until I hit search. Then sometime it brings up the word but won’t actually show the definition. Just too many bugs now for prime time unfortunately. I’m happy to donate to these guys and have in the past as it’s my go to app for Japanese but please fix these bugs.
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Dev is Listening
I’ve written 2 reviews post big update July 2026 before this and at first the dev added the auto paste feature but it was bugged but after a recent update they fixed it. So it’s clear they are paying attention to all of the recent bad reviews based on the big update.
I can’t give it 5 stars again yet because of the overall performance downgrade of the new version but at least I can now use imiwa how I used to. Hopefully there’s minor performance improvements over time. Also I do appreciate some of the features like pitch accent that were added.
I do think there’s like a strong politically motivated anti ai bias at play that goes past the functional downgrades leading to a lot of the strongly negative reviews, that said there is still a noticeable performance downgrade compared to the previous version which is why I’m still only giving 4 stars for now even though it seems like the dev is trying.
I can’t give it 5 stars again yet because of the overall performance downgrade of the new version but at least I can now use imiwa how I used to. Hopefully there’s minor performance improvements over time. Also I do appreciate some of the features like pitch accent that were added.
I do think there’s like a strong politically motivated anti ai bias at play that goes past the functional downgrades leading to a lot of the strongly negative reviews, that said there is still a noticeable performance downgrade compared to the previous version which is why I’m still only giving 4 stars for now even though it seems like the dev is trying.
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更新してすごく遅くなった！
本当に遅くなって全然無駄となった！:’(
Analysator: Furigana and Romaji way too small
It‘s great that you keep updating the app! First and foremost though:the furigana and also the romaji in the Analysator and example sentences are almost impossible to read - the letters are tiny. Please make them bigger!
AI Slop
Please just revert to the old version. You ruined everything that was good about the old version.
AI junk and swiped
They swiped from the Japanese app too. Just stick with jisho.org
That is the end
The app new version’s dictionary is basically gone, it doesn’t find even simple words anymore. I wonder who was able to hijack the app and turn it into this kind of useless bs. There are already hundreds if not thousands of better Kanji-learn apps, but there wasn’t any app better in combining Kanji related info with a multi-language dictionary. “Was”, past tense because the dictionary is just gone.
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AI slop
New update ruined a perfectly good app. Forcing AI results into searches
Turned into AI-generated junk
Used this app for years since it was dependable and rock solid. Now they replaced the entire codebase (or at least the front end) with some AI generated trash that’s glitchy, unresponsive, and has a whole host of design and performance issues with it. Into the trash it goes.
Way to ruin something great.
Way to ruin something great.
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Simply the best
Imiwa a toujours été très utile au Japon, bien mieux que d'autres applis, par son interface et ses fonctions.
Pas encore vraiment testé la version 5, mais à priori, elle semble être une amélioration majeure.
Pas encore vraiment testé la version 5, mais à priori, elle semble être une amélioration majeure.
Auto Clipboard Look-up doesn’t work IOS
The dev seemed to try and add this feature back but it doesn’t even work. It’s like they didn’t bother to test it, it says “imiwa? pasted from application” but the text isn’t entered into the search bar just a total development failure bug where the testing was clearly not done. Like you still have to click the copy paste button. The old version it just lightning fast instantly searched whatever was in the clipboard without any button press.
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酷くなった
何年も前からこの辞書で勉強していたんですけど今はバグだらけで遅い。気に入りリストは使えにくくてアニメーションは壊れているようです。今日は言葉をリストに追加するのはできなくなった。
酷い。
酷い。
Ruined by the 2026 Update
I used to really like imiwa. It was my go to Japanese dictionary app. Offline, fast lookups, good kanji resources, example sentences, the works. I used it all the time.
Then it auto updated in July 2026 and now it’s trash. ABSOLUTE TRASH!
The new layout looks bad and is not intuitive to use. Search is messed up, it stutters when you scroll, and stuff like the clipboard auto search is gone. I have to tap around just to do basic things that used to be instant.
I turned off auto app updates I was so mad.
A bunch of other people are saying the same thing because it is vibe coded garbage.
Bring back the old app!!
Then it auto updated in July 2026 and now it’s trash. ABSOLUTE TRASH!
The new layout looks bad and is not intuitive to use. Search is messed up, it stutters when you scroll, and stuff like the clipboard auto search is gone. I have to tap around just to do basic things that used to be instant.
I turned off auto app updates I was so mad.
A bunch of other people are saying the same thing because it is vibe coded garbage.
Bring back the old app!!
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Old version was better
I’ve been using this app for over 10 years and loved it for its simplicity. This new version just seems way overcomplicated. Everything takes way longer than it used too and is way more fiddly :(
Conjugation table gone???
Conjugation table gone? I don’t understand why you would get rid of such a simple and effective resource????? All the “examples” don’t help. It’s clutter and visually unappealing. “AI” doesn’t make up for it. I’ll go to a real ai resource if I want that.
Best app ever
Any chance this is coming to android? I recently switched to android and there is just no good app like imiwa? available. I would love to see a FOSS version of imiwa on Github.
