# NihonMaster — Japanese learning application > Japanese learning application (iPhone/iPad app by joppe montezinos.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nihonmaster/id6761620677 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [joppe montezinos](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890497008) - Category: Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 14.0 · 38 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-07 - Data updated: 2026-07-22 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nihonmaster/id6761620677/reviews.md ## What is NihonMaster? I'm Joppe. I built Nihon Master because I was learning Japanese and the apps I was using were not doing it for me. Duolingo got me started but I was not really learning past hiragana. Anki is great if you build your own deck. Wanikani is great for kanji. I wanted one place that actually teaches the language. So I built it for myself. A few friends started using it. Then strangers. Now it's here. This is not a flashcard deck, and it is not a gamified drill machine. It is a real curriculum backed by real tools, built specifically for Japanese, where kana and kanji are first-class instead of a language pack bolted on the side. What's inside. A guided journey from absolute beginner through JLPT N1. Hiragana, katakana, kanji, vocabulary, grammar, reading practice. Every lesson has a clear point and you finish it knowing something you did not know an hour ago. Around 2,000 kanji with stroke animations, writing practice, and readings ordered by what you actually need first. Spaced repetition built on FSRS (the same algorithm Anki adopted in 2024) instead of the 1987 SM-2 formula most apps still ship. Twelve sub-skills tracked separately, so you can see whether your particles are fine and your kanji readings are the problem, instead of one meaningless overall number. Mock JLPT tests for every level, in the same shape as the real exam. Useful for the test itself and for figuring out where you actually stand. Native-quality Japanese audio on every vocabulary item, generated by VOICEVOX, an open-source Japanese TTS that does not sound like a robot. A sentence generator that builds sentences only from words and grammar you have already learned, so you never get jumped by kanji you have never seen. What's not inside. Streaks engineered to guilt you into opening the app at 11:59 PM. A heart system that locks you out until you wait or pay. A subscription that holds half the content behind a paywall. Ads of any kind. Everything works offline. No sign-in. No account. Your progress lives on your device. There are no servers, and that is intentional. I am one person making this in my spare time. If you have an idea, a feature request, a bug to report, or you just want to tell me which kanji is annoying you this week, please do. There is a Discord linked inside the app and an Instagram at @nihonmaster.official. I read everything. If Duolingo is working for you, honestly that is great, keep doing that. This app is for the people who tried Duolingo, kept the streak alive for six months, and realised they still could not read anything. Have fun with it. Let me know what you think. nihonmaster.com ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 0.7.5 — 2026-07-09 - import your WaniKani progress straight into the app - type japanese without switching keyboards, romaji becomes kana as you type - redesigned quiz cards, bigger and clearer - progress reads the same everywhere now: new, studying, mastered - new share card for your progress - plus garden and journey fixes ### 0.7.1 — 2026-07-02 Changed the name to NihonMaster ### 0.7.0 — 2026-06-23 0.7.0 is a big one: • New Journal: write freely in Japanese and get gentle feedback • A calmer home screen for new accounts • Lots more practice at every level • Meaning and reading cards are now easy to tell apart • Practice respects your level, and furigana hides once you've learned a word • Review timing is now correct in every timezone Plus loads of fixes from your reports. Thank you ### 0.6.6 — 2026-06-10 Bug-fix update: - Removing vocab from your review deck works again - The coach won't say "review now" when nothing's due - You can now scroll to your journey goals on mobile - Fixed jumbled conditional sentence exercises - Difficulty Mix bar no longer clips its labels - "What's New" popup no longer shows twice - Cleaner accuracy and grammar mastery counts Thanks for all the reports! ### 0.6.5 — 2026-05-24 • Typos in English answers are now forgiven — "boook" counts as "book", with a small spelling hint • Guided Lessons in Practice walk you through curated packs at every JLPT level • New Mini Stories tab in Reading with audio + comprehension quiz • Way more drills, dialogues, and stories from N5 up to N1 • Sentence Builder furigana sits over kanji only ## Related topics [nihongo master](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nihongo-master) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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