# Kanji Lens - Japanese Scanner — Furigana, JLPT & Stroke Order > Furigana, JLPT & Stroke Order (iPhone/iPad app by Jun Nakao.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kanji-lens-japanese-scanner/id6762123508 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Jun Nakao](https://appshunter.io/developer/1882939639) - Category: Reference, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 119 MB - Languages: American English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China) - Released: 2026-04-21 - Data updated: 2026-08-29 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kanji-lens-japanese-scanner/id6762123508/reviews.md ## What is Kanji Lens? Point your camera at any Japanese text and instantly see furigana, meaning, stroke order, and JLPT level — all without an internet connection. Kanji Lens scans printed text, signs, books, vertical manga panels (iOS 26+), and menus using Apple's on-device text recognition combined with Japanese word analysis. 13,108 kanji. 230,000 vocabulary entries. Zero weekly scan limits. Kanji Lens gives you unlimited OCR scans for free — no weekly limits, no paywall for core features. --------------------------------------------- ◉ WHAT YOU SEE IN ONE TAP --------------------------------------------- ◆ Furigana (reading) — phonetic reading displayed above every kanji ◆ JLPT Level — instantly know whether a kanji is N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1 ◆ Meaning — English definitions drawn from a 230,000-entry vocabulary dictionary ◆ Radical & Stroke Count — core data for deep kanji understanding ◆ Stroke Order Animation (Pro) — watch exactly how each kanji is written, stroke by stroke --------------------------------------------- ◉ SCAN ANYTHING, ANYWHERE --------------------------------------------- ◆ Horizontal & Vertical Text (vertical requires iOS 26+) — signs, books, manga, menus, documents ◆ Camera + Photo Library — shoot live or import screenshots ◆ Crop & Focus — pinpoint exactly which characters to analyze ◆ 100% Offline — works on the subway, overseas, no Wi-Fi needed --------------------------------------------- ◉ STUDY SMARTER --------------------------------------------- ◆ Wordbook — save scanned words to your personal vocabulary list ◆ SRS Quiz (Pro) — spaced-repetition quiz (9-stage interval) for long-term retention ◆ Folders (Pro) — organize by theme, JLPT level, or study session ◆ Scan History — revisit every kanji you've ever looked up --------------------------------------------- ◉ HOME SCREEN WIDGET --------------------------------------------- ◆ Kanji Rotation — your wordbook kanji refreshes every 30 minutes ◆ Review Badge — see at a glance how many words are due for review ◆ One-Tap Access — jump straight to kanji detail or quiz from the widget ◆ 6 Themes — Sakura, Ocean, Forest, Night, Sunset, and more --------------------------------------------- ◉ WHY KANJI LENS? --------------------------------------------- - Smart word segmentation — compound words and verb inflections --------------------------------------------- ◉ WHO IS THIS FOR? --------------------------------------------- ◆ JLPT learners (N5-N1) encountering unknown kanji in daily life ◆ Japan travelers reading signs, menus, and tickets without Wi-Fi ◆ Residents of Japan dealing with official paperwork and daily signage ◆ Manga and anime fans reading authentic Japanese --------------------------------------------- ◉ PRO FEATURES --------------------------------------------- Upgrade to Kanji Lens Pro: ◆ Unlimited wordbook entries (free plan: 50 words) ◆ Unlimited scan history with search ◆ Unlimited folders ◆ Stroke order animation ◆ Quiz mode with SRS ◆ Learning Stats Dashboard (scan trends, study streak, SRS distribution, JLPT mastery) ◆ Widget Customization (content type, target folder) ◆ Ad-free experience Pro Plans: • One-time purchase — lifetime access • Annual plan — auto-renewing Pricing is shown in your local currency on the Pro upgrade screen in the app. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://botan-app.pages.dev/kanji-lens/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://botan-app.pages.dev/kanji-lens/en/privacy Dictionary data: KanjiDic2 & JMdict © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0). Full credits and licenses in Settings → Licenses. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Kanji Lens Pro Annual | $4.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Kanji Lens Pro - Full Access | $19.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.5.2 — 2026-08-18 ◆ Stroke order animations fixed — Fixed an issue where stroke order was not displayed on the kanji detail screen. If it never worked for you before, please give it another try. ◆ Handwriting input fixed — Fixed an issue where no candidates appeared for kanji drawn by hand. ◆ Faster dictionary search — Kanji and vocabulary searches are now significantly faster, including searches by kana or romaji. ◆ More accurate search results — Fixed an issue where an exact match for your query could be missing from the results. ◆ Faster scanning — Optimized image analysis so results appear sooner after you take a photo. ◆ Improved stability — Reduced memory usage and made app launch lighter. ### 1.5.1 — 2026-07-27 Minor internal updates and refreshed App Store information. ### 1.5.0 — 2026-07-14 ◆ Example sentences added — Tap a word to see its meaning, an example sentence with furigana, and pronunciation all in one place. Now you can learn not just how to read a word, but how it's actually used. ◆ Examples for each kanji — The kanji detail screen now shows example sentences that contain that kanji, so you can picture how it's used. ◆ One tap from your wordbook — Tap a word in your wordbook to jump straight to its detail screen with meanings and examples. ◆ Usability improvements — Improved VoiceOver reading of vocabulary and support for Dynamic Type text sizes. ◆ Stability improvements — Fixed issues around ad display and screen transitions. ### 1.4.4 — 2026-07-08 ◆ More kanji can now be recognized — Characters that couldn't be read before can now be recognized. ◆ Vertical text recognition (iOS 26 and later) — The app can now recognize vertically written Japanese. Books, newspapers, menus, and other vertical text can be scanned as they are. ◆ More accurate readings — Compound words and hard-to-read place and personal names now show the correct furigana. ◆ Words with multiple readings — Words whose meaning changes with the reading are now shown together with each meaning. ◆ Stability improvements — Fixed a rare crash that could occur when opening certain screens. ### 1.4.3 — 2026-07-04 ◆ Accessibility improvements — The app now supports Dynamic Type, so text scales with your system font size setting for easier reading. Badge and label contrast has also been improved. ◆ Bug fix — Fixed the wordbook showing a blank screen when a filter or search returned no results. ## Related topics [furigana lens](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/furigana-lens) · [furigana reader kanji scanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/furigana-reader-kanji-scanner) · [useful furigana lens](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/useful-furigana-lens) · [picture translate kanji](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/picture-translate-kanji) · [japanese kanji writing](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/japanese-kanji-writing) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*