IC vs Japanese Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IC
This app allows you to read, save, and export the usage history of various Japanese NFC transportation cards. Easily check your card balance and view past transactions, with the option to export data as a CSV file.
- Read IC card balance
- View usage history
- Export history as CSV
- Supports multiple Japanese IC cards
- Save card data
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That can acquire, save, and export the usage history of transportation Japanese IC cards such as Suica and Pasmo and more ▼FEATURE You can check the balance and usage history of transportation IC cards. The read usage history can be exported as CSV. ▼SUPPORTED CARDS ・Suica ・PASMO ・ICOCA ・manaca ・nimoca ・PiTaPa ・TOICA ・SUGOCA ・Kitaca ・Hayakaken ・PASPY ・SAPICA ・IruCa ・icsca ・OKICA ・ICa ・nanaco ・Edy ・WAON
Japanese Browser
This web browser enhances Japanese language learning by displaying pronunciation guides and definitions for words. It offers detailed dictionary entries, example sentences, and flashcards to aid vocabulary acquisition. Users can create custom lists and access pre-built study materials.
- Furigana display for Japanese words
- Tap-to-define word lookup
- Offline dictionaries with detailed word and kanji info
- Extensive example sentences database
- Customizable and pre-built vocabulary lists
- Flashcard learning mode
- Japanese pronunciation audio
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Yomi Browser is a web browser that can add furiganas (word pronunciation in latin alphabet or in hiraganas) above each Japanese word. You can also tap each Japanese word to get its definitions in multiple target languages. Yomi Browser's offline dictionaries provide you with detail information of words, including numerous examples sentences, and kanjis (stroker order, on-yomi, kun-yomi. meaning etc.). Moreover you can build your own vocabulary lists, or check the prebuilt ones, and use Yomi Browser as a powerful study companion. EXTENSIVE DICTIONARY: • Detailed information about words (~ 200K entries) and kanjis (on-yomi, kun-yomi, meaning, stroke order, compounds etc.) • Huge database of example sentences (> 250K) built from numerous sources • More than 20 target languages available, such as English, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hungarian, Chinese, Dutch, Slovene, Swedish etc. • For advanced learners and natives: an extensive Japanese-Japanese dictionary • Listen to the Japanese pronunciation of words and example sentences through the "Speak" function VOCABULARY LISTS: • Build vocabulary lists of Japanese words, kanjis or sentences (which you can share as files or text in many ways) • Browse the numerous pre-built kanji and word lists, ordered by JLPT levels, school grades and topics STUDY WITH FLASHCARDS: • You can learn words in a fun way with flashcards. Pick up any deck from your own lists and history, then start learning them with flashcards • Everyday, a new deck is built based on your learning statistics in order to optimise your memorising power We are very responsive to your feed-back and suggestions: feedback.ios@yomiwa.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Japanese Browser at weekly against IC's every 2 months. Japanese Browser also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). IC's advantage is ratings volume (385 vs 73). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. IC sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Japanese Browser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for IC against 4.8 for Japanese Browser. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IC has 385 ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of IC's written reviews are positive against 69% of Japanese Browser's.
IC ships an update every 2 months, Japanese Browser weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IC | Japanese Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (385 ratings) — better | 4.8 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews — better | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 385 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 305 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shintaro Kawamura | Nomad AI OU |
Customer experience
IC
Japanese Browser
In-app purchases
IC
- All CSV Export$0.99
- One free coffee for Developer.$0.99
- タコスをご馳走する$3.99
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- 広告非表示$4.99
- お寿司をご馳走する$7.99
Japanese Browser
- Lifetime use$14.99
Questions
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