Comparison

DSEDJ vs Progressive Nihongo

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

Head to head
About

DSEDJ

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The Education and Youth Development Bureau launched the new mobile app to provide various personal electronic services and message broadcast services. It is convenient for residents to use the app to view information, make applications when necessary and grasp the important message about the arrangements for class suspension due to a typhoon or rainstorm in a timely manner.

About

Progressive Nihongo

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A Japanese-learning app built for Chinese speakers — and for anyone who wants the JLPT path laid out clearly. START WHERE YOU ARE The material is grouped by JLPT level (N5 to N1), never by textbook chapter. Within a level the vocabulary is shuffled into a deck and drawn at random, so you never have to guess how hard a word is from where it sits. Grammar points are taught in order, because each one builds on the last. PRACTICE WHAT YOU LEARNED A Practice tab serves four-choice fill-in-the-blank questions for your current level, drawn from both the vocabulary examples and the grammar points. Switch to New or Review. Every answer comes with the correct form and an explanation, and grammar questions also show a full translation of the sentence. Progress is kept on your device. EXAMPLES THAT LOOK LIKE A TEXTBOOK SHOULD Every example sentence carries readings above the kanji — on the word, not on the character, because Japanese readings belong to words. Each sentence and its translation sit together in their own tinted block, so you always know which meaning belongs to which sentence. Tap a word, a sentence or a syllabary entry to hear it read aloud; the speaking speed is adjustable in Settings. A REFERENCE PAGE FOR WHAT YOU KEEP LOOKING UP The Reference tab collects what learners look up again and again: the 50-sound syllabary (each with a Chinese sound-alike), numbers, counters, colours, days of the week, dates and months, plus countries, peoples and languages. Every entry has a reading, a meaning and audio. AN ACCOUNT IS OPTIONAL — BUT IT LETS YOU CARRY YOUR PROGRESS ACROSS DEVICES You can use everything without registering: the full N5 material is available to anonymous users. If you'd rather not lose your place when you switch phones, sign in with Apple, Google or WeChat and your progress is attached to that account. You can delete that account at any time (Settings → Account → Delete account). ABOUT ADS AND YOUR DATA The app has **no ads and does not track you**. It does include a Meta (Facebook) SDK, used **only to measure whether our advertising is working**: it tells Meta about exactly two events — that this device installed the app, and that the app was opened. We **do not** send it your learning progress or the words and grammar you have studied, and we **do not collect the advertising identifier**; the event data is set to be used for ad attribution only, so it cannot be used to target ads at you as an individual. The Apple, Google and WeChat sign-in components run only when you tap them, and are not used for tracking. Full details are in the privacy policy. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE, NOT FOR A TEST SCORE Free to download, with no subscription and no in-app purchases. Download the material once and the app works offline.

Screenshots

DSEDJ4 screens
Progressive Nihongo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Progressive Nihongo at daily against DSEDJ's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DSEDJ ships an update every 3 months, Progressive Nihongo daily. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
DSEDJ versus Progressive Nihongo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDSEDJProgressive Nihongo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer教育及青年發展局 Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e de Desenvolvimento da Juventude果核科技有限公司

In-app purchases

None

DSEDJ

No in-app purchases

None

Progressive Nihongo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DSEDJ free?
DSEDJ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Progressive Nihongo free?
Progressive Nihongo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DSEDJ or Progressive Nihongo have ads?
Neither DSEDJ nor Progressive Nihongo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DSEDJ or Progressive Nihongo?
DSEDJ ships an update every 3 months, and Progressive Nihongo daily. Most recently, DSEDJ was updated on November 11, 2026 and Progressive Nihongo on November 13, 2026.

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