JiShop Advanced vs Romanoff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JiShop Advanced
This app serves as a comprehensive Japanese language reference tool. It offers extensive kanji and word dictionaries with advanced search capabilities, interactive learning features, and detailed information for both beginners and professionals.
- Extensive kanji and word dictionaries
- Advanced element-based kanji search
- Compound word search by kanji, reading, or meaning
- Interactive kanji decomposition and stroke order diagrams
- Customizable study groups and favorites
- Internal hyperlinks for cross-referencing
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JiShop is your portable Japanese tutor. Great for pros or students of the language, this powerful tool contains accurate Japanese-English kanji and word dictionaries, incredible search capabilities and an easy to use interface. Click “...More” to learn why you should download this App. Learning Japanese can be a complicated yet exciting course of study. That’s why it’s so important to have access to accurate, reliable help. You need a source of extensive kanji information and definition, including structure and meaning. A table of radicals is essential and you could use as many clarifying cross-references as you can get your hands on. JiShop can provide you with all the resources you need for learning, researching or translating Japanese kanji. With 6000+ kanji listings, you’ll find what you’re looking for and fast, thanks to the app’s awesome search capabilities. Lookups are element based, using the original system of 632 basic visual elements. No need to count strokes, JiShop’s radical-based dictionary does the work for you. The table of radicals allows you to fully specify any kanji. There’s lots of dictionary help in JiShop. In fact the whole app is one enormous, thorough and accurately compiled dictionary. It amalgamates the best of Japanese-English lexicography and introduces unique features found in no other dictionary of its kind. For example, JiShop does double duty with characters and phonics. It only takes seconds to find compound words by their kanji structure, reading or meaning. Each kanji in every window is a clickable link to its dictionary entry, where you’ll find lots of cross-references for kanji forms, variants and synonyms. JiShop Features: * Suitable for beginners or professionals * Fast kanji search: - by elements (up to 4) - by reading (optionally with wildcards) - by meaning (optionally with wildcards) - by stroke count Compound word search: - by kanji (up to 4) - by reading - by meaning * Internal hyperlinks * Kanji, kana, and word drill * Store custom groups of favorite kanji or words * Download preset study groups * Interactive kanji decomposition * Individual radical information * Animated stroke order diagrams * 6355 kanji listed * Easy to use interface offers full flexibility JiShop is perfect for both the beginner and the professional. It’s multifunctional and universal, ideal for learning, quick reference, translation or research. If you’re involved with the beautiful Chinese characters used in Japanese, known as kanji, you are not going to want to wait one more second before downloading this comprehensive app. It’s the only one you’ll ever need or want. Free Concise edition (1006 kanji) and discounted Plus edition (2136 kanji) are also available.
Romanoff
Effortlessly convert numbers between Arabic, Roman, and Chinese/Japanese numeral systems. Get instant conversions as you type, with support for various numeral formats and a range up to 99,999.
- Arabic to Roman numeral conversion
- Roman to Arabic numeral conversion
- Arabic to Chinese/Japanese numeral conversion
- Chinese/Japanese to Arabic numeral conversion
- Supports numbers up to 39,999 (Roman) and 99,999 (Chinese/Japanese)
- Automatic correction of Roman numeral input (e.g., IIII to IV)
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Convert between Arabic numbers, Roman numbers, and Chinese/Japanese numbers on your iPad or iPhone! What year was the Roman year "LXIV"? How do you write 333 or 2013 in Roman numerals? What is 88,237 in Japanese or Chinese using the simple characters, or the formal "Banking/Financial" characters? Romanoff will show you as you type the numbers. SchwanSongs offers you an elegant Roman/Arabic/Oriental number converter, for free! * Convert any number between 0 and 39,999 for Roman numerals, or up to 99,999 for Chinese/Japanese numbers. * Easy to use… just type your Roman or Arabic number. * You can type Roman "guesses" and it converts them to the correct format for you. For example, if you type "IIII", it will convert it to 4 and print the more common prefix-notation "IV". I offer my deepest thanks to my helpful friends who helped me with each language: SylvainT (French), AmelyG (Spanish), BerndR & ClarkW (German), KonstantinB (Russian), HenrikD (Swedish), JiaLu & CatherineT (Chinese T/S), Kazuko & KayokoB (Japanese).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Romanoff at Free against JiShop Advanced's $16.99. Romanoff also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). JiShop Advanced's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 15 months). On ratings volume, ads 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
Romanoff is free to download; JiShop Advanced costs $16.99 up front. JiShop Advanced sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Romanoff asks for nothing beyond the download.
JiShop Advanced holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of JiShop Advanced's written reviews are positive against 80% of Romanoff's.
JiShop Advanced ships an update every 2 weeks, Romanoff every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JiShop Advanced | Romanoff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $16.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JISHOP Software | Eduard Schwan |
Customer experience
JiShop Advanced
Romanoff
In-app purchases
JiShop Advanced
- License Transfer$6.99
Romanoff
No in-app purchases






