Nihongo Lessons User Reviews

Name: Nihongo Lessons
Rating: 4.8 (126 reviews)

Nihongo Lessons

Serpenti Sei Japan

📚 Education

🔍 Reference

Customer Experience

Positive experience84.8% of reviews

Neutral6.1% of reviews

Negative experience9.1% of reviews

~ Based on 33 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Nihongo Lessons Safe?

Nihongo Lessons appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Nihongo Lessons is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 126 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

94.4% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.4% of ratings suggest some concerns

3.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 126 App Store ratings for Nihongo Lessons.

Is Nihongo Lessons Legit?

Nihongo Lessons appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nihongo Lessons is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Great app but still needs a few QOL improvements

I’m learning a lot and the format is well structured. The app needs notifications and a way to add your own notecards for review.
Would still highly recommend over Duolingo.

Zagan6

7 months ago

Great app

It’s a great app to learn Japanese.

Danoush123

7 months ago

Learning to be the best

I appreciate how the app tailors its lesson to my goals. Based on how people actually learn to speak, the curriculum draws from real life material and past lessons I’ve mastered, so I never feel like it’s useless pedantry. More intense and serious than Duolingo, it has set me on my goal to read all of Harry Potter in 日本語! Nice work! 素晴らしいアプリ!

Blizzelk

a year ago

It’s great but, ¥50,000??

I really wanted to practice more on the levels but when it was thinking about unlocking the other parts I got hit with
20,000円 to unlock each section, and a hope crushing 50,000 for a full unlock of all cards. I get that there was a lot of hard work out into the app but god damn. I can’t even afford $345 for food much less on the app.

neomu yeopo

a year ago

Omgg!!! It’s SOOO expensive for more days to unlock!!!

When I finished my first section, I pressed the unlock button on the next section and it says it cost $100?!?! For an app that is hella crazy!

Other than that the first section is good, maybe like the dictionary, maybe add the meaning for some of the words and why they are there?

Joyxone

a year ago

Response from developer

Nothing to announce right now on the pricing, but I've heard the feedback and am working on something! Not sure I totally understand your second comment. If you want to elaborate, feel free to reach out to me at chris@nihongo-app.com!

Is great if you actually want to learn Japanese

It is definitely the best app for it but it costs a bit to use after a point

かずとゆうき

2 years ago

Very expensive

The app looks really interesting und motivating to me, but honestly - 129€ for only one level and 350€ for all levels - this is way too much. You should add monthly descriptions or cut the price to a level which is in relation to other high quality learning apps.
Regards

Klassiker

2 years ago

8/10

This apps progression system is awesome. As your learn it changes the letters to what you learned.

Ano, あno, あの

It also ties into their other app which is just called Nihongo. If you’d like maybe a more in depth definition there’s a book in the corner that takes you to their dictionary app.

Only gripe is the pricing. To pay 110 for each pack or 200+ for all 7 packs is a little rough. If you have their premium on the dictionary app you get 15% off. Not sure if you buy one pack if the pricing goes down.

Over awesome for beginning. Recommend.

NIGHTKILLA17

2 years ago

Amazing!

I started learning Japanese with Duolingo and was looking for something to supplement my Duolingo progress. This app is very well crafted! I appreciate how it gives you review cards each day and builds your understanding of vocabulary alongside growing your familiarity with the hiragana characters. Highly recommend!

Careinthepark

2 years ago

Continues a great app

Everything we love about Jalup cranked to 11. The app is a major improvement over its predecessor, which was already splendid. The dev has been maintaining the app, which has been a boon. Nothing gets you reading Japanese faster than these cards with consistent practice.

dualcasting

2 years ago

Very confusing

It's unclear what to do with the cards. Do I have to swipe? Which way? Is there a different more clear mode of input?

The explanation modal flashed for a second and there's no way to bring it back. This app needs an interactive resumable and restartable tutorial.

AppSupApp

2 years ago

Response from developer

Sorry for the confusion, yeah agreed that I need to update with an improved tutorial. Basically the answer is that you need to swipe the cards. When you tap on the card to flip it, little markers will appear showing what each direction means. Either you got it "correct", "OK", or "wrong". You can also swipe towards "back" to bring back the previous card. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to reach out to me at chris@nihongo-app.com

Amazing!

I use the dictionary app already, so i tried this and i love it! its free too!

Flameyomgg

2 years ago

Really cool

Takes a few of my favorite learning methods and combines them into one app. Especially, features I would expect in other apps, but just aren't. Simple stuff, like curating a bunch of progressively harder native material (starting from Yotsuba to stuff like One Piece), with built-in "Anki" decks for all of it. Things I could hypothetically do myself, but really appreciate not having to. Anyway, it might not feel like a game (think: Duolingo) - but it does feel like I'm learning, which makes me happy.

-Meditations

2 years ago

Excellent Japanese Learning App

I recently came from Jalup and started using this app. I am very impressed - the interface is simple and intuitive, and the spaced repetition system works much better to prevent getting overwhelmed with reviews as you get deeper into the sentence packs. The developer, Chris, was super helpful in answering some questions I had about importing my Jalup progress and getting me switched over from the legacy app. I am currently using this Lessons app for kana and sentence packs in combination with Nihongo Pro for Kanji / Vocab. Great combo, and it helps that the card interface is the same with the simple swipe gestures in both apps. I highly recommend you give these apps a trial run to see if they suit your learning style and goals!

AeroJPN

2 years ago

Excellent for learning Japanese

This, combined with the developer’s other app Nihongo, is the perfect companion for learning Japanese at my own pace. Easy 5 stars!

canadianeh2025

2 years ago

Awful sentences.

Most of the content in this app is so repeated and not varied enough to warrant the price. I'd like a refund on it to be fair as the quality of the content is not justifiable.

Better than iPhone keyboard

2 years ago

Response from developer

Sorry you're disappointed with the content. If you have specific feedback definitely reach out to me at chris@nihongo-app.com, I'd love to improve the app. For a refund, you can do this via https://reportaproblem.apple.com. If you run into any problems, please let me know.

english meaning をお願い

it’s a great app.
would be even better if there is translation for every sentence.

Jinsyuu

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for this feedback! I'll add it to my roadmap. 🙂

Excellent Japanese Learning App

I recently came from Jalup and started using this app. I am very impressed - the interface is simple and intuitive, and the spaced repetition system works much better to prevent getting overwhelmed with reviews as you get deeper into the sentence packs. The developer, Chris, was super helpful in answering some questions I had about importing my Jalup progress and getting me switched over from the legacy app. I am currently using this Lessons app for kana and sentence packs in combination with Nihongo Pro for Kanji / Vocab. Great combo, and it helps that the card interface is the same with the simple swipe gestures in both app. I highly recommend you give these apps a trial run to see if they suit your learning style and goals!

AeroJPN

2 years ago

JALUP lives on

Thank you for saving this, it is some of the best Japanese learning content out there. Instantly bought the full set. Clean and snappy interface as well.

Do you have a timeline/ballpark for when kanji will be added?

connoranastasio

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks, so glad you're liking the updates! I'm honestly super embarrassed it's taken me this long to get the kanji content in, but I'm trying to do something new and pretty different from the Kanji Kingdom content (and honestly any other kanji learning content I've seen), and use the etymology of each character to inform how I teach them. I'm getting the etymological data ready now, which will first come out in a Nihongo dictionary release, hopefully in the next month. Then I'll build that into the Nihongo Lessons content, with a ballpark release date of this summer.

Clunky interface

The interface pales in comparison with Bunpro for grammar. Only positive is the writing practice for Kana. Otherwise I use Nihongo flascards for Kanji writing practice, but I use WaniKani to learn them.

Dr. 0

3 years ago

Response from developer

Appreciate the feedback, I'll keep working on improving the interface for grammar. It's early days for this app! If you have any specific aspects of Bunpro you really like, I'd love to hear about them. Feel free to reach out at chris@nihongo-app.com.