Aアラーム vs Kanji Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aアラーム
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「Aアラーム」アプリはその日の献立に含まれるアレルギー品目をスマートフォンにお知らせします 「Aアラーム」アプリは、事前に登録したアレルギー品目が学校等の給食の献立に含まれていることを、スマートフォンにアラーム通知します。 万が一、献立表を見逃してしまった日でもスマートフォンからのアラーム通知で、給食の献立にアレルギー品目が含まれている事に気づく事ができます。 「Aアラーム」アプリは、個人のグループであれば無料で利用できます。
Kanji Reader
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Point your camera at Japanese text and read it right away. Kanji Reader is a furigana app for people learning Japanese: scan a textbook page, a manga panel, a sign or a letter, and every kanji reading appears in hiragana above the line. WHAT IT DOES • Scan and read — take a photo or pick one from your photo library. OCR pulls out the Japanese text and AI writes furigana over the kanji, like 調(しら)べます. • Understand the meaning — tap Explain and AI tells you what the passage actually says, in your own language. Grammar, context and background, not just the readings. • Hear it — tap play and listen to the Japanese out loud while you follow the text. • Scan several pages at once — do a whole chapter instead of one photo at a time. • Copy the text — one tap puts the extracted Japanese on your clipboard. STUDY WITH BOOKS Anything you scan can be bound into a Book. Pages keep their order, get a table of contents, and turn like a real book so you can read them again tomorrow. Export a Book as a PDF and take it to your tablet or e-reader. PRACTICE PROBLEMS Choose chapters from a Book and AI writes short written-answer questions from that exact text. Read the question, think, then turn the page for the answer and the explanation. You practise on the Japanese you actually care about instead of someone else's word list. GOOD FOR • Learning Japanese from a textbook or workbook you already own • Reading manga, novels, games and song lyrics in the original • Living in Japan: mail, forms, notices, menus, station signs • Japanese work documents, slides and handouts • Anyone who speaks some Japanese but gets stuck on kanji Free every day: 1 scan and 1 explanation. Premium removes the daily limits, lifts the caps on books and practice problems, and unlocks PDF export. Terms of Service: https://shofj.com/en/apps/furigana-ai/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://shofj.com/en/apps/furigana-ai/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aアラーム at none against Kanji Reader's 1. Aアラーム also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Kanji Reader sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Aアラーム asks for nothing beyond the download.
Aアラーム ships an update every 2 days, Kanji Reader every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aアラーム | Kanji Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Every Co., Ltd. | Sho Fujimoto |
In-app purchases
Aアラーム
No in-app purchases
Kanji Reader
- Premium Plan$3.991 Month









