Comparison

Japanese Class vs Japanese Counters Master

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

Head to head
About

Japanese Class

Master Japanese with a comprehensive offline course. Features interactive exercises for verbs, vocabulary, grammar, and listening, with a fun awards system to track progress. Ideal for serious learners.

Highlights
  • Offline Japanese course
  • Interactive verb, vocabulary, grammar, and listening exercises
  • 1500+ words and 125 phrases
  • Support for Kana, Kanji, and Romaji
  • Customizable exercises with awards system
  • Progress tracking and error summaries
Features
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Gain a mastery of Japanese! Japanese Class offers a complete offline Japanese course, together with interactive verb, vocabulary, grammar and listening exercises. All words and phrases are available to listen to as well. Great support when you learn Japanese. Easy to practice your verb conjugations, vocabulary, grammar and phrases with. This full course contains 10 Japanese language lessons covering the following content: * All tenses * 1500+ words, sorted into different categories such as food and transport * 12 grammar articles: Hiragana, Katakana, Particles, Adjectives, Verbs, Counters, Numbers, Dates, Te Form, Existential Verbs, and more. * 125 useful phrases And the following features: * Support for Kana, Kanji, Romaji(bring up Course Settings to change writing display). * Highly customizable exercises on all of the above, with a fun awards system that is integrated with Game Center which makes practicing fun, with separate awards for the vocab, verbs, grammar and listening exercises. * Keeping track of your progress by saving statistics and summaries of all completed exercises, while keeping track of errors made. The first strength of this app is the extended content. No other Japanese app offers this much for the same price. The other strength lies in its fun, addictive and useful exercises. If you are serious about learning Japanese, this app is for you.

About

Japanese Counters Master

Features
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Japanese Counters Master makes learning Japanese counter words (josuushi) fun — for kids, adults, and Japanese learners alike. Counter words like "ippon," "nihiki," and "sansatsu" are one of the trickiest parts of Japanese. This app helps you master 112 of them, step by step. Every question, option, example, and explanation comes with furigana, so you can learn even if you can't read kanji yet. Features • 4 practice modes: Learn, Text quiz, Listening quiz, Picture quiz • Daily Challenge: 5 fresh questions every day • Time Attack: how many can you answer in 60 seconds? • Levels & XP, streaks, combos and confetti for a game-like feel • Daily quests and a friendly mascot, Jocchan, to guide you • Hear the correct reading with built-in audio • Furigana on everything (toggle on/off) • Dark mode • Game Center achievements (iPhone / iPad)

Screenshots

Japanese Class4 screens
Japanese Counters Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Japanese Counters Master at Free against Japanese Class's $3.99. Japanese Counters Master also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Japanese Class's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On 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

Japanese Counters Master is free to download; Japanese Class costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Japanese Class ships an update every 2 months, Japanese Counters Master every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Japanese Class versus Japanese Counters Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJapanese ClassJapanese Counters Master
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinguineo BVBAHatsuhito Shimizu

In-app purchases

None

Japanese Class

No in-app purchases

None

Japanese Counters Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Japanese Class free?
Japanese Class costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Japanese Counters Master free?
Japanese Counters Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Japanese Class or Japanese Counters Master have ads?
Neither Japanese Class nor Japanese Counters Master shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Japanese Class or Japanese Counters Master?
Japanese Class ships an update every 2 months, and Japanese Counters Master every 10 days. Most recently, Japanese Class was updated on November 1, 2026 and Japanese Counters Master on October 24, 2026.

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