EBPocket Lite vs 10ten Japanese Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EBPocket Lite
This app allows you to view EPWING, StarDict, MDict, and DSL dictionaries. It supports various search methods like incremental, prefix, and suffix searches, and can display images and sound within dictionaries. Dictionaries can be transferred via iTunes file sharing or FTP.
- EPWING, StarDict, MDict, DSL dictionary support
- Incremental, prefix, and suffix search
- Image and sound support in dictionaries
- iTunes file sharing and FTP transfer
- Multiple dictionary format compatibility
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EBPocket is dictionary viewer for EPWING standard. It is also possible to search for StarDict,MDict,dsl dictionary. EPWING is one of the most common dictionary standard in Japan. EBPocket Free can perform a variety of search methods, for example, incremental search, prefix search and suffix search. And, also supported on the images and sound. You can transfer the dictionary vie itunes file sharing or FTP.
10ten Japanese Reader
This app provides advanced tools for reading Japanese text, including pitch accent information, automatic dictionary updates, and grammatical form recognition. It supports various text formats and offers extensive customization options for a personalized reading experience.
- Pitch accent information
- Automatic dictionary updates
- Grammatical form recognition
- Japanese-era year conversion
- Romaji display support
- Vertical text and SVG image support
- Up-to-date kanji data
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Features: • Pitch accent information • Dictionaries that update automatically every week fetching just the updated entries • Recognition of a wide range of grammatical forms • Conversion of yen amounts (e.g. 100億円) • Translation of Japanese-era years into Gregorian years (e.g. 昭和５６年) • Automatic preview of names • Support for displaying romaji • Support for vertical text and text in SVG images • Support for non-English dictionaries (unfortunately no Japanese-Japanese dictionary is freely available yet) • Up-to-date kanji data including educational and kanji kentei levels, reworked kanji components etc. • Many settings to customize to your needs • Localization into Simplified Chinese and Japanese How to use: • After installing the app it will begin downloading the dictionaries in the background. You may have to wait a few minutes before all the data is fully available. • To look up words on a Web page, enable the extension from the Safari menu then drag the "10." circle to the word you wish to look up. • Tap the circle once to disable looking up. Tap it again to re-enable. • Double-tap the circle to switch its direction. • Tap the tabs to view kanji or name information.
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Verdict
EBPocket Lite and 10ten Japanese Reader both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of 10ten Japanese Reader's written reviews are positive against 61% of EBPocket Lite's. 10ten Japanese Reader also leads on ratings volume (34 vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
10ten Japanese Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of EBPocket Lite's written reviews are positive against 82% of 10ten Japanese Reader's.
EBPocket Lite ships an update every 3 months, 10ten Japanese Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EBPocket Lite | 10ten Japanese Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 4.9 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | hishida | Birchill, Inc. |
Customer experience
EBPocket Lite
10ten Japanese Reader
In-app purchases
EBPocket Lite
No in-app purchases
10ten Japanese Reader
No in-app purchases
