五十音学习 vs Nihongo Ride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
五十音学习
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五十音学习 - 最有趣的日语入门应用 想学日语却被五十音难住了?这款应用让你像玩游戏一样轻松掌握平假名! 核心特色 游戏化学习 • 听力识别游戏 - 听声音选假名 • 阅读测试游戏 - 看假名选读音 • 多种互动模式,告别枯燥记忆
Nihongo Ride
This app teaches Japanese kana, vocabulary, and sentences through a typing game. It features a smart review system and multiple game modes to help users progress. The app works offline and is designed with user privacy in mind.
- Learn kana, vocabulary, and sentences
- Smart spaced-repetition review
- Built-in mini-IME with romaji input
- Journey, Time Attack, and Practice modes
- 7,000+ words and example sentences
- Offline functionality
- Privacy-focused design
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Nihongo Ride is a calm, focused typing-practice app that actually teaches you Japanese. Most typing games test speed. Nihongo Ride teaches — kana, vocabulary, and real sentences — while you ride your way across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto. Type the correct reading and you move forward. Miss a word and it comes back later, exactly when you need it. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • A built-in mini-IME. Type romaji on your normal keyboard — no system IME, no setup. It accepts every valid spelling (shi or si, tsu or tu, n or nn) and matches your keystrokes to kana in real time. • Learn, don't just race. Every word shows its kana, an optional romaji hint, and its meaning in English and Chinese. • Smart review. Words you mistype flow into a spaced-repetition queue (SM-2), so your practice targets your real weak spots. THREE WAYS TO RIDE • Journey — an immersive ride across Japan; type to keep moving and unlock famous stops. • Time Attack — 60 seconds, as many words as you can. • Practice — a quiet, distraction-free mode for word drills or long passages, with an optional BLIND challenge that hides all romaji hints. CONTENT • 7,000+ words across JLPT N5 to N1, with English and Chinese meanings. • Example sentences and 233 reading passages — from everyday greetings to short literary paragraphs. • Katakana loanwords supported, with foreign-sound digraphs. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works fully offline. No sign-up and no account with the developer, no ads, no tracking, and no analytics of any kind. The one optional in-app purchase is handled by the App Store, through your own Apple Account. • Your progress stays on your device. Optional iCloud sync uses your own private iCloud database, which the developer cannot see inside, and the app is fully usable with it switched off. Whether you're starting N5 or polishing N1, Nihongo Ride turns daily typing into real Japanese progress. Hop on and ride.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 五十音学习 at none against Nihongo Ride's 1. Nihongo Ride's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Nihongo Ride sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 五十音学习 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 五十音学习 | Nihongo Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KUANG YU KUNG | Yuhe Ye |
In-app purchases
五十音学习
No in-app purchases
Nihongo Ride
- The Road West$0.99









