Comparison

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar vs JClass

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

Head to head
About

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar

This app simplifies Japanese vocabulary lookup by understanding grammar rules, allowing users to search words in their current form without needing to find the root. It supports various input methods including romaji, kana, kanji, and even drawing. The dictionary contains over 200,000 words and functions offline.

Highlights
  • Grammar-aware word lookup
  • Supports romaji, hiragana, katakana, kanji
  • Kanji drawing input
  • Wildcard search with '?'
  • Offline functionality
  • Over 200,000 words
Features
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With most dictionaries you need to know the root word before you can find the word you're looking for. But one of the most frustrating things when you are a beginner is that you don’t know enough grammar to work out what the root word is! So you can’t look up the word. Japanese Dictionary with Grammar takes care of all that for you. It understands Japanese grammar rules so you only need to enter the word as is and the dictionary works out the root word for you and then looks it up. fast. For example: Search for たべられる (taberareru) in most dictionaries and you won't find anything. Search for it using Beginners Japanese Dictionary with Grammar and it will tell you that this is the "Able to Do" form of たべる (taberu), "(v1,vt) to eat". Go further and search for たべられない (taberarenai) and find it is the "Regular Negative of the Able to Do" form of たべる (taberu). Or even further and search for たべられなかった (taberarenakatta) and find this is the "Past tense of the Regular Negative of the Able to Do form" of たべる (taberu). The grammar smarts also understands adjectives, so it knows that おいしくなかった (oishikunakatta) is the past tense of the negative of おいしい (oishii), (adj) delicious. Of course you can search for romaji, hiragana, katakana, English, kanji... It's also smart enough to look for katakana if you put in hiragana by mistake (or the other way around). So even though you searched for べっど (beddo) it finds ベッド (beddo), (n) bed. And if you come across a kanji you don't know, just draw it with your finger and Japanese Dictionary with Grammar will look it up for you. Or if you remember one or two kanji from a word, but not the whole thing, then just put "?" for the ones you don't know and it will find all the possible words that match. The dictionary includes over 200,000 words from the famous Monash University EDICT dictionary, and it works out the grammar on the fly, and no internet access required for searching. Finally, using a Japanese dictionary just got a whole lot easier.

About

JClass

Master Japanese easily with a virtual tutor. Progress through hiragana, katakana, kanji, and vocabulary with interactive quizzes and progress tracking. Earn achievements and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Learn hiragana, katakana, and kanji
  • Vocabulary building
  • Interactive quiz mode
  • Progress tracking
  • Achievements and leaderboards
  • Content review by level
Features
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JClass helps you learn Japanese: hiragana, katakana, and the kanji and vocabulary of every JLPT level, from N5 to N1. STUDY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW YET Quick quizzes sort every character and word by how well you know it. The ones you miss come back more often, and new ones appear only when you're ready. Wrong answer options are look-alike kanji and similar words, so guessing won't help. WHAT'S INSIDE • Hiragana and katakana • 2,000+ kanji with on and kun readings, radical, stroke order and example words • 4,100+ vocabulary words • Searchable dictionaries for kana, kanji and words • Audio pronunciation • Meanings in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Russian ALSO • iCloud sync across your devices • Game Center achievements • Dark mode • No ads, no in-app purchases

Screenshots

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar4 screens
JClass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: JClass at 4.7 against Japanese Dictionary + Grammar's 3.2. JClass also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 43%) and ratings volume (376 vs 5). Japanese Dictionary + Grammar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On 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

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar costs $0.99 and JClass $4.99 up front. JClass sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Japanese Dictionary + Grammar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JClass holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JClass has 376 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Japanese Dictionary + Grammar's written reviews are positive against 75% of JClass's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar ships an update every 7 months, JClass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Japanese Dictionary + Grammar versus JClass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJapanese Dictionary + GrammarJClass
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating3.2 (5 ratings)4.7 (376 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews75.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5376 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDependencyJorge Cozain

Customer experience

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

JClass

All ratings376 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative16.0%

Bugs and requests

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

JClass

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Crashing on iPhone
  • App crashes with iOS 13.4
  • App crashes every time
  • App don't working on iPhone 5C
  • Purchased but it didn’t work
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  • App crashes everytime that use it
  • App crashes
  • After update, app doesn't work
  • App not working on iPad
  • App crashes on iPhone X
  • App crashes on iPhone 6
  • App hangs/stuck
  • Payment does not work correctly
  • Purchased N5, requires re-payment
  • Purchased N2, wish I didn't
  • Purchased full access, not opened
  • Error in word transcrib
  • App is closing alone
  • App is not reacting to touches
  • Purchased full set, doesn't react to touches

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add Russian language
  • Add more language options
  • Ability to reset progress
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Transfer progress to other devices
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  • Faster speed between questions
  • Dark mode option
  • Add Hiragana as an alphabet
  • Feature to select specific words for testing
  • Allow restarting exercises
  • Fix TTS pronunciation
  • Add 'kun' readings in Hiragana and 'on' readings in Katakana
  • Improve JLPT word training
  • Add Russian translation for Kanji

In-app purchases

None

Japanese Dictionary + Grammar

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

JClass

One-time6
  • JLPT N5Free
  • JLPT N4Free
  • JLPT N2Free
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  • JLPT N3Free
  • JLPT N1Free
  • Full JLPT AccessFree

Questions

Is Japanese Dictionary + Grammar free?
Japanese Dictionary + Grammar costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JClass free?
JClass costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Japanese Dictionary + Grammar or JClass?
JClass is rated higher. Japanese Dictionary + Grammar averages 3.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while JClass averages 4.7 from 376 ratings.
Do Japanese Dictionary + Grammar or JClass have ads?
Neither Japanese Dictionary + Grammar nor JClass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Japanese Dictionary + Grammar or JClass?
Japanese Dictionary + Grammar ships an update every 7 months, and JClass every 2 months. Most recently, Japanese Dictionary + Grammar was updated on November 1, 2026 and JClass on November 6, 2026.

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