# Ippo: Learn Vocabulary — Japanese & Mandarin vocabulary

> Japanese & Mandarin vocabulary (iPhone/iPad app by Amos Cao.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ippo-learn-vocabulary/id6822982182 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Amos Cao](https://appshunter.io/developer/6822982184)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 34 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-28
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Ippo?

For learners who want their vocabulary to stick. ippo pairs spaced repetition with sentences built only from words you know, so every review dynamically creates review material at your unique skill level. Supports Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, German, and French.

## Is Ippo safe?

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## Is Ippo legit?

Ippo: Learn Vocabulary has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ippo is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.0 — 2026-11-11

What's new in 1.5.0

• Spanish is now available for English speakers.
• Thousands of word cards corrected in the Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Japanese and English decks: clearer definitions, correct articles and parts of speech, and labels on vulgar or offensive senses.
• Japanese: more words written in kana, like たいへん, can now be tapped in sentences.
• New sentences are ready sooner and more reliably.
• When a new version comes out, the update prompt now appears within an hour.

### 1.4.0 — 2026-11-10

What's new in 1.4.0

• Deck page: see your progress and which words are due, and sort words from the top bar. Rename and Move are now in the ⋯ menu.
• The Decks tab shows how many words you've learned and mastered in each deck.
• New colorblind mode in Settings swaps the colors that carry meaning.
• Set the sentence and translation text sizes separately.
• Sentence bubbles wrap more evenly, so short sentences stay on one line.
• Japanese: tapping a word with furigana now counts toward its kanji card, more words are tappable, and the word drawer shows the form used in the sentence.
• Words in Travel phrases open the word drawer.
• Sentences that contain a word you suspended no longer appear.
• On iPhone, music returns to full volume after a word is played.
• Fixed freezes at launch and between review sessions.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-11-06

• Travel pack for Japanese: 27 polite phrases for restaurants, shops, konbini and trains, plus the words in them. Phrases come first, with slower audio you can replay.
• A cleaner, consistent layout on every card back.
• Chinese cards show pinyin on its own line.
• Memory stories you write together now end neatly, on a punchline.
• Settings shows your card text size as a number.
• The app tells you when a newer version is on the App Store.
• Fixes and smaller improvements.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-11-03

New languages
• French and German are here: learn French from English or from Japanese, and German from English, with native audio for every word.
• Every language pair is now open, and setting up a new one takes a single page.

Learn
• Tap any word in a sentence to see what it means in that sentence.
• Extra practice for the cards you just missed, opening with a memory story to help them stick.
• Each sentence now appears only once per session.
• Choose the size of card text in Settings.

Smoother
• Try the app before making an account: pick your language, see how ippo works and take the placement test first.
• Faster setup and a quicker placement test.
• When you finish for the day, ippo celebrates and suggests another language with cards due.
• Sign-in messages appear in your interface language.
• Settings now shows the app version and build.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-30

• Hear your words: Japanese words now have pronunciation audio
• Timed review sessions: pick 1–30 minutes on a timer ring and watch the bar fill as you study.
• New "Done for today" screen with your streak.
• Undo in the conjugation drill, plus kana readings and audio for each form.
• Again / Hard / Good buttons when you look up a word mid-review.
• Clearer card fronts that say what each card is asking for.
• Placement test: a Back button to return to the previous question.
• Reviews start faster, sentences arrive sooner, and the app is much smaller to download.
• Fixes for sentence wrapping, cut-off readings, the tutorial callouts and the sync banner.

## Related topics

[hajime no ippo](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/hajime-no-ippo)

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