# Kioku Reader: Learn Japanese — Furigana, Dictionary & Karaoke > Furigana, Dictionary & Karaoke (iPhone/iPad app by MATTHEW RAPHAEL MORRONE.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kioku-reader-learn-japanese/id6761954675 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [MATTHEW RAPHAEL MORRONE](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892186219) - Category: Education, Reference - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 40 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-10-03 - Data updated: 2026-10-28 ## What is Kioku Reader? Read Japanese. Hear it. Follow every word. Kioku brings Japanese text and audio together, with furigana, tap-to-look-up and karaoke-style highlighting. Read a passage, follow a song or practice with spoken Japanese, then save the words you want to remember. FOLLOW SONGS AND SPEECH Add audio to a note with matching Japanese lyrics or a transcript. Kioku aligns the text to the recording on your iPhone and highlights words as they are sung or spoken. • Follow along in a karaoke-style view • Tap a word to look it up, or tap a line to jump to it • Switch between the full mix, isolated voice and instrumental • Adjust word timing by hand when needed For the best results, use clear audio and text that matches what is actually sung or spoken. Alignment may need manual adjustments. Kioku is a reader for your audio and text; it is not a music streaming service. READ WITH SUPPORT • Paste or import Japanese text and add furigana • Tap words for definitions, readings, conjugation breakdowns and pitch accent • Look up conjugated forms without first finding the dictionary form • Adjust text size, line spacing and furigana to suit your reading FIND THE WORD YOU NEED • Use a Japanese–English dictionary offline after its initial download • Search in kanji, kana, romaji or English, including wildcard searches • Draw kanji you cannot type • Explore radicals, kanji details and stroke order MAKE NEW WORDS FAMILIAR • Save vocabulary while you read and organize it into lists • Review with flashcards and multiple-choice practice • Track review progress and turn on Word of the Day notifications ON YOUR PHONE, ON YOUR TERMS No account, analytics or tracking. Dictionary lookup, text alignment and audio transcription run on your device. Dictionary and audio features require initial dictionary or model downloads. Optional AI features can use Apple Intelligence or an external provider configured with your own API key. External providers receive the text you submit to them; their terms and any usage charges apply. These features are optional. Requires iOS 18 or later. Feature availability may depend on your device and configured services. Dictionary data from JMdict (EDRDG), used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. Full attributions in Settings → About. ## Is Kioku Reader safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Kioku Reader. ## Is Kioku Reader legit? Kioku Reader: Learn Japanese has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kioku Reader is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-10-25 • Follow audio in a full-screen word view with furigana, meanings and nearby words. • More control over lyric word bubbles, translations and word filters. • Improved word lookup, dictionary sense ordering and conjugation details. • Updated dictionary data and Japanese word analysis. • Expanded backup support and improvements to vocabulary review. • Faster startup and smoother navigation. ### 1.3 — 2026-10-16 • Lyrics show word bubbles: the meaning of each word floats beside the line as it plays • Shuffle: Random Karaoke or Random Breakdown starts a random song from the Read tab • Jump between a lyric line, its breakdown and word details; press and hold the lyrics button to start playing • Lookup sheet: pick the word from the list, cycle its readings with the arrows; words sharing a spelling are listed together • Song breakdowns list every word with its meaning, with options to show or hide particles, katakana words and repeats • More accurate furigana and word splitting, including classical verb endings • Faster startup and a smoother Read tab ### 1.2 — 2026-10-09 • Smarter word splitting: a new on-device model helps settle close calls when breaking text into words, and phrases like おつきあいください, emphatic っ and words written in kana now split correctly. • Names: Japanese personal and place names are recognised as words, with their readings in the lookup sheet. • Faster launch: the dictionary index is saved and reused between launches. • Sing mode: new options for revealing lyrics and grading strictness, per-song history, better timing on long words, and は/へ are matched as they're sung. • Cloze: blanks cover whole words, with wrong answers in the same form as the blank. • Lookup: the sheet picks the word that matches the reading shown, and recognises unfamiliar katakana spellings and plurals like スターズ. • Polish: refined furigana spacing, ⓘ explanations for settings and Read options, guided tours with back/next, and many smaller fixes. ### 1.1 — 2026-10-04 • Lyrics view starts aligning by itself: open it on a note with audio and the timing is worked out on your phone while you read along • Two sample notes to try right away: a short story read aloud and さくら さくら • Every kanji now gets furigana • Smarter word splitting and readings, including old spellings and katakana names • Tapping a word with no dictionary entry opens the full lookup sheet ### 1.0 — 2026-06-17 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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