Lirer User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 109 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of Lirer. Based on 638 reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 5 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.
Positive things
- 🚀Great for vocabulary learning
- 👍Easy to use
- 👍Good teaching style
- 👍Helpful for beginners
- 👍Useful for JLPT preparation
Negative things
- 🐛Bugs and technical issues
- 🔒Lack of support for paid subscribers
- 💡Need for better spaced repetition
- 💡Desire for more practice questions
- 💡Lack of audio playback for wrong answers
Is Lirer Safe?
Lirer: Learn Japanese appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Lirer is 93/100.
This assessment is based on 638 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 638 App Store ratings for Lirer.
Is Lirer Legit?
Lirer: Learn Japanese appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lirer is 78/100.
Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
Payed for the full version a while back and not it is all locked behind a subscription.
I love this app, for the clean design and good amount of vocab to practice. I do wish that when you got the vocab wrong it would also play the audio for how it sounds too. Especially since it has kanji, so I can’t really sound the word out without the furigana to know what it was. If there was a setting to play audio on the incorrect answers to this would be perfect!
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App serves its function as a vocabulary learning tool but for having a subscription, I expect more. When inquiring about a technical issue, was informed “Regarding technical support, we regrettably must inform you that service for Lirer is now limited to subscription-related issues at this time. The app may continue to be used as-is.” which is very concerning. If one is paying money as a subscription service, one would expect a system of continuous improvement to the experience or you might as well just pay once and be done. I don’t know the reason for why they can’t address technical issues but to the developers…please do better in this regard as the app is far from perfect. It will sometimes give you a definition to focus on and then in the example sentences, use another multiple times, the lesson quizzes may freeze up, review quizzes may slow to a crawl leading to wrong input on the following question while waiting for the screen to move on, etc… Overall, it is a good learning tool but I don’t expect it to be great in the long run if unwilling to support technical issues.
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This app is super underrated. Very good
This app is surprisingly helpful even without a subscription! It’s super easy to use the app, and it teaches you in good detail. This app really helped me learn some basic Japanese. Not life-changing fluency, but it’s achieves really amazing results, especially if you pair it with learning Japanese on another app. Anyway, if you’re sat here thinking about whether or not to get the app, do! Try it out, it’s free and you have nothing to lose. It’ll help you master some basics.
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it is truly a good app, i just wish we wouldn’t have to pay to learn better
I purchased this a few years ago but the app crashes a few seconds after showing the loading screen and no loner works.
Love this app and would stay subscribed to the paid plan, but reviews there are not very good… I’d love if you had to actually type in the answers like when you do in the last stages of lessons themselves. Multiple choice questions aren’t the best way for memorizing or learning the words.
I don’t understand why you have to create two separate accounts on each of the apps even though they do the same thing and why if I were to purchase a subscription on one of them it wouldn’t carry over. It would make the subscription more worth it since these are the same guys who made Bunpo.
Definitely should include the option for furigana. At an N5 level there’s kanji not yet known that makes learning not as easy starting out for beginners.
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I’m enjoying the app and the way vocabulary is drilled per lesson works well for me. I find the example sentences and kanji explanations particularly helpful. The mnemonic sentences don’t do much for me, but sometimes I will reference them. I would love an option to breakdown kanji further into their radicals and parts if it lends itself to the definition. As a mnemonic device, it helps me more to understand them that way: like seeing rain 雨 in snow 雪 and electricity 電気. I would also love a better spaced repetition, as the reviews feel sparse and don’t seem to bring up the same words often enough. Overall I love the app, and I use it as my primary one for vocabulary (after having tried many apps before.) I paid to unlock everything and it’s worth the money! Thanks for the hard work!
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I enjoy the style it uses for teaching. I really think how they teach in this app (Hiragana, Katakana, Basic Kanji, Etc.) and they also have it set up in the format in how it’s learned in the way I would need to take a class in college for N5-N1. So far haven’t stumbled across any bugs👌. 🫡
I like how easy it is to use, I just downloaded it and I’m already learning faster than most other apps!
Nice sleek and minimal interface design in this app. However some of what it teaches is incorrect. Particularly the transitive and intransitive verb section of n4. There are many verbs that aren’t actually intransitive being presented as intransitive like ひらく instead of あく for 開く(open). Hiraku can be both transitive and intransitive. There were 3/4 examples of this in that section. It made the learning experience quite confusing for me.
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I’ve downloaded so many apps for Japanese and this is the only one I’ve found thorough enough to help me learn vocabulary. The price is affordable too
It makes it super easy to learn step by step. I use it in conjunction with Duolingo now. I like how it skips all of the theatrics and just gives it to you straight.
Overall love the app, and I love that there is pronunciation for all the words and sentences. However, I do wish that there was better spaced repetition. As far as I can tell, there’s only one opportunity to refresh vocab and you’re never prompted again to revisit vocab. Better spaced repetition would really take this above and beyond
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Love the way it compartmentalizes all the vocab for the JLPT, though some translations could use some fixing, some bugs here and there but overall very helpful!
I have been using bunpo for my initial learning for a couple of days so far and it helps so much! Is really useful but I feel like there aren’t enough resources or questions. For example: multiple choices or written questions to practice the hiragana that I had learnt. That was, until I can across Lirer, which is made by the same company and has helped Instantly! I'm on my second lesson and immediately now know my hiragana really well such as あ,ま, さand か. I can now read this to say a, ki, sa and ka. To be honest I am struggling with the ‘k’ Column, but Lirer is already helping! I would definitely recommend!
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