# Yomi - Japanese Reader — Read Japanese books aloud

> Read Japanese books aloud (iPhone/iPad app by Anastasiia Trofimova.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yomi-japanese-reader/id6785191874 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Anastasiia Trofimova](https://appshunter.io/developer/1702721056)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 121 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-07-31
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yomi-japanese-reader/id6785191874/reviews.md

## What is Yomi?

Yomi turns the Japanese books you already own into a reading experience built for learners and readers alike. Import an EPUB, PDF, or plain-text file and read it the way it was meant to be read — vertical or horizontal, with furigana over the kanji and a dictionary a tap away.

Press play, and Yomi reads the chapter aloud while a highlight moves word by word, in time with the narration. It's the single feature that ties everything together: you hear the sentence and see exactly where you are in it — no guessing which word is being spoken.

READING, DONE RIGHT
• Furigana readings sit above the kanji — on when you want them, off when you don't.
• Tap any word for its meaning and reading, with a button to hear it pronounced.
• Vertical (縦書き) and horizontal (横書き) text, laid out like a real book.
• Four themes for any light: paper, white, sepia, and night.
• Adjustable font, size, and reading orientation.

NARRATION THAT STAYS IN SYNC
• AI narration with a word-by-word highlight locked to the audio.
• Adjustable playback speed.
• Background playback with lock-screen and Control Center controls — skip chapters without unlocking your phone.
• Once a chapter is narrated it's saved on your device and replays offline, free.

YOUR OWN LIBRARY
• Import EPUB, PDF, and TXT files, or open them straight into Yomi from Files, Mail, or the share sheet.
• Reading order, chapters, and titles are pulled from the book itself.
• Scanned or image-only books with no text layer are recognized by AI so you can read and hear them too.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.
• Your books stay on your device. Reading them — furigana and dictionary lookups included — sends nothing anywhere.
• Text leaves your device only when you ask for a paid AI feature (narration or scanned-text recognition), and only for that request.

FREE, AND WHAT MEMBERSHIP ADDS
Reading is free: import EPUB, TXT, and born-digital PDF books and read them with furigana, tap-to-define, themes, and vertical text at no cost. Membership adds the paid AI features — spoken word-synced narration and reading scanned/image-only books — and unlocks the narration-voice picker.

Membership is an auto-renewing subscription billed monthly through your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions.
Terms: https://yomi.thetango.org/terms · Privacy: https://yomi.thetango.org/privacy

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Dictionary data from JMdict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under its licence. Text analysis uses MeCab with the IPADic dictionary. Narration, scanned-text recognition, and readings are AI-generated and may contain mistakes.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $2.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.13 — 2026-09-08

Keep the screen awake while reading (Settings)
A cleaner, more compact Settings screen

### 1.12 — 2026-09-05

Bug fixes and small improvements

### 1.11 — 2026-09-03

Bug fixes and small improvements

### 1.10 — 2026-09-02

Bug fixes and small improvements

### 1.9 — 2026-08-28

Bug fixes and small improvements

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All apps by Anastasiia Trofimova: https://appshunter.io/developer/1702721056

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