Comparison

A Baby C vs Nihongo Lessons

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

A Baby C

This educational app helps parents teach their babies the alphabet and numbers using their own voice and the device screen. It supports multiple languages and offers free content updates.

Highlights
  • Voice-guided learning
  • Alphabet and number recognition
  • Multilingual support
  • Free future content updates
  • Child-friendly interface
Features
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*** Free content in future updates, no in-App Purchases *** Your Baby first App. While at your lap use your own voice along with device screen to teach your Baby the first Letters and Numbers since first months of life. Learning inEnglish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Polish.

About

Nihongo Lessons

This app helps learners of all levels achieve Japanese fluency. It uses a flashcard format to teach vocabulary, grammar, and writing systems, with advanced spaced repetition for effective retention. Content is sourced from real manga for advanced learners.

Highlights
  • Learn Hiragana and Katakana
  • 7000+ handcrafted sentences
  • Professional voice actor audio
  • Advanced Spaced Repetition System (SRS)
  • Vocabulary and grammar from manga
  • Flashcard learning format
Features
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A new app for people serious about becoming fluent in Japanese, from the maker of Nihongo: a modern Japanese dictionary. Nihongo Lessons is based off the excellent Japanese Level Up (Jalup) series, and is made to help all levels of learners. * If you're a complete beginner, the app starts you off by teaching you to write the Japanese alphabets hiragana and katakana, and then quickly starts building your vocabulary and grammar fundamentals. * If you're at an intermediate level, you can jump into content that will help you grow your Japanese grammar, vocabulary, and listening skills more efficiently than ever before. * If you're an advanced learner diving into the world of native content or studying for JLPT N1, Nihongo Lessons can help fill in the gaps in your knowledge with vocabulary and grammar pulled directly from real manga. Instead of a traditional textbook, everything in Nihongo Lessons is in a flashcard format. Flashcards are easier to take in, easier to know how much to learn and how often to review, and simplify the mountain of information you need to absorb. Each flashcard introduces one new sentence for you to understand, and every new sentence introduces exactly one new word, grammar point, or concept. This keeps you constantly moving forward in your learning journey - never bored, never overwhelmed. * Learn to write hiragana and katakana, the main alphabets of the Japanese language. * Progress from beginner to fluent across 7000 handcrafted sentences, each introducing a single new word or concept. * Listen to sentences spoken out loud by a professional voice actor. * Advanced Spaced Repetition (SRS) to help you retain everything you've learned for the long-term. * Nihongo Lessons doesn’t just plop a fun game on top of the language. It engages the brain’s natural urge to solve problems by making learning the language itself the game.

Screenshots

A Baby C1 screens
Nihongo Lessons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Baby C at none against Nihongo Lessons's 13. A Baby C also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Nihongo Lessons's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (126 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nihongo Lessons sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. A Baby C asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

A Baby C holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nihongo Lessons has 126 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A Baby C ships an update every 25 months, Nihongo Lessons every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
A Baby C versus Nihongo Lessons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Baby CNihongo Lessons
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews—84.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB258 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose RomaoSerpenti Sei Japan

Customer experience

A Baby C

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nihongo Lessons

All ratings126 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

A Baby C

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nihongo Lessons

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Explanation modal flashed and cannot be brought back
  • Unclear how to interact with cards (swiping direction)

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add notifications
  • Add a way to add own notecards for review
  • Add meaning and context for some words in dictionary
  • Add monthly subscriptions or lower prices
  • Add Kanji section
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  • Add Kanji decks
  • Add dark mode
  • Automatically play audio when flipping card
  • Teach word in context, then quiz for understanding using only the Japanese word
  • Surface Japanese definition and make user remember the word
  • Optimize for iPad

In-app purchases

None

A Baby C

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Nihongo Lessons

Subscriptions2
  • All Access Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • All Access Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time11
  • Beginner Deck (Discounted)$59.99
  • Champion Deck (Discounted)$59.99
  • Expert Deck (Discounted)$59.99
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  • Master Deck (Discounted)$59.99
  • Intermediate Deck (Discounted)$83.99
  • Beginner Deck (Discounted)$101.99
  • Beginner Deck$119.99
  • All Decks (Discounted)$149.99
  • All Decks (Discounted)$254.99
  • All Decks$299.99
  • All Decks (Discounted)$299.99

Questions

Is A Baby C free?
A Baby C is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nihongo Lessons free?
Nihongo Lessons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, A Baby C or Nihongo Lessons?
A Baby C is rated higher. A Baby C averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Nihongo Lessons averages 4.8 from 126 ratings.
Do A Baby C or Nihongo Lessons have ads?
Neither A Baby C nor Nihongo Lessons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A Baby C or Nihongo Lessons?
A Baby C ships an update every 25 months, and Nihongo Lessons every 3 weeks. Most recently, A Baby C was updated on October 4, 2026 and Nihongo Lessons on October 17, 2026.

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