Comparison

FuriRead vs Ashidori

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

Head to head
About

FuriRead

This app assists Japanese language learners by automatically displaying kana readings above kanji on webpages. It provides detailed word information, pronunciation, and vocabulary extraction, transforming online content into effective study material.

Highlights
  • Automatic furigana display on Japanese webpages
  • Word lookup for kana, romaji, definitions, and tags
  • Text-to-speech pronunciation
  • Vocabulary extraction and grouping
  • Enhanced readings for specific Japanese terms
Features
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FuriRead is a Safari reading helper for Japanese learners. Open Japanese news, blogs, or webpages and FuriRead automatically shows kana readings above kanji, turning real web content into readable study material. Key features: โ€ข Add furigana to Japanese webpages automatically โ€ข Select a word to see kana, romaji, part of speech, level tags, and definitions โ€ข Listen to word pronunciation with built-in TTS โ€ข Extract article vocabulary and group it by part of speech โ€ข Improved readings for numbers, dates, counters, people counts, and Japanese era years FuriRead is useful for JLPT study, reading NHK news, and building vocabulary from real Japanese content.

About

Ashidori

Explore the mechanics behind technical trading indicators with interactive charts and formulas. Understand how each component contributes to the final calculation and visualize their impact. Learn about Japanese trading methods and candlestick patterns through hands-on experimentation.

Highlights
  • Interactive formula-to-chart linking
  • Adjustable indicator parameters
  • Visualized bar frame for calculations
  • Japanese trading methods explained
  • Candlestick pattern identification
  • Examples of indicator failures
Features
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Ashidori is a study app about WHY a technical indicator produces the number it produces. It shows no quotes and no news. It gives no buy or sell judgements. Every price movement you see was authored by hand to explain that chapter. โ–  Tap a term in the formula, and the line lights up Press EMA12 in "MACD = EMA12 โˆ’ EMA26" and only EMA12 darkens on the chart. The other lines fade rather than disappear, so you can still compare shapes. A name in the formula and a line in the figure always carry the same spelling. โ–  The bars being used are drawn as a moving frame Drag the time axis and a frame shows exactly which bars produced the value at that point. "A 25-day moving average uses 25 bars" becomes something you can count. For indicators that shift in time, such as Ichimoku, the figure shows which way and by how many bars. โ–  Change the numbers and watch Lengths and coefficients are on sliders. Compare RSI at 9, 14 and 25. Turn Bollinger's ยฑ2ฯƒ into ยฑ1ฯƒ. Move CCI's 0.015. You find out which numbers are derived and which were simply agreed upon. Move one and the formula, the readouts and the calculation frame all follow. โ–  Methods that grew up in Japan, a chapter each Ichimoku Kinko Hyo, the Sakata five methods, and Heikin-Ashi. Ichimoku gets a full screen for the part people get wrong most often: how the time shift works. โ–  Where each indicator stops working Every chapter has one. Where a moving average says nothing in a flat range; where DMI can no longer name a direction. This is not a collection of the cases that worked. โ–  Contents - 23 indicator chapters (basics / Japanese methods / oscillators / volume) - 20 named candlestick shapes (one-, two- and three-bar) - Worked examples: as many where the indicator fails as where it works - Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (switchable in-app) - Three-pane layout on iPad (contents / chart / formula and readings) โ–  Price Four chapters are free in full: Candlesticks, Moving Average, MACD and Volume. Everything else opens with a single one-time purchase. It is not a subscription: no expiry, no auto-renewal, and there is no free-trial period. โ–  What it does not do - No quotes, no order book, no news - No connection to any broker or exchange; it cannot place orders - No trading recommendations and no investment advice - No account, and no network requests of its own (other than the purchase) - No usage tracking Contact: support@glspace.co.jp

Screenshots

FuriRead4 screens
Ashidori4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FuriRead at 15.0 against Ashidori's 17.0. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. FuriRead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ashidori sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
FuriRead versus Ashidori: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFuriReadAshidori
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๅ†ฐๅ†ฐ ้‚“GYOU GI

Customer experience

FuriRead

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ashidori

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FuriRead

One-time1
  • FuriRead Pro (Full Access)$3.99
1 purchases

Ashidori

One-time1
  • Unlock every chapter$19.99

Questions

Is FuriRead free?
FuriRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ashidori free?
Ashidori is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FuriRead or Ashidori have ads?
Neither FuriRead nor Ashidori shows ads.

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