Comparison

My Nihongo vs SyllaBrawl

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

Head to head
About

My Nihongo

Features
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Feature Highlights: - JLPT Preparation Made Easy Includes sample vocabulary and sentences for all JLPT levels (N5–N1). - Flexible Note‑Taking Organize your Japanese study notes as free‑form text or structured vocabulary and sentence lists. - Vocabulary Radio (New!) Hands‑free listening mode that continuously plays the vocabularies you want to learn. - Quick Note Creation Instantly create notes from clipboard text or auto‑extract segments from non‑empty lines in a document. - Personalized Quizzes Turn your notes into quiz questions to practice the exact vocabulary and sentences you want to master. - Natural Pronunciation Practice Hear your notes spoken aloud with Apple’s built‑in text‑to‑speech, now respecting your chosen Japanese voice under Accessibility settings. - Streamlined Study Experience Improved tab arrangement, Study screen layout, and unified quiz design for a smoother, more consistent workflow. - Intuitive Editing Tools Refined workflows for building sentences, vocabularies, and multiple note types with a user‑friendly interface.

About

SyllaBrawl

Engage in timed language learning duels against other players or AI. Master vocabulary and grammar through competitive gameplay and focused practice drills. Supports Korean and Thai with more languages planned.

Highlights
  • 1v1 language duels
  • Timed rounds and alternating turns
  • Vocabulary and grammar practice
  • Ranked matches and friend duels
  • Hand-authored lessons
  • Korean and Thai language support
Features
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SyllaBrawl is built on one idea: you don't learn a language by recognizing words. You learn by retrieving them under pressure. That's what a duel is. Two minutes, seven rounds, alternating turns with another player or a bot. Answer faster and more accurately than your opponent and their HP drops. Miss a word and it comes back in a no-pressure drill, teach-first. The pressure is the point. The mistakes are the engine. — LANGUAGES — Starting with Korean and Thai. More on the way. Korean — 17 units, 155 hand-authored lessons. Hangul from day one (you read 안녕 in your first lesson), through politeness, conjugation, and connectives. Thai — 16 units, 109 hand-authored lessons. Five tones, three consonant classes, and the Thai script taught as the system that makes Thai work. Every lesson is hand-authored with an intro, a "why it matters," and example sentences that recycle vocab you already know. — PLAY — Friend duels, ranked matches, async turn-by-turn play, and bots tuned to your level. Climb from Tin to Diamond. — PRACTICE — For when you don't feel like fighting. Same lessons, no clock, teach cards on every miss. — PRICING — Free to play, A one-time $2.99 purchase removes ads across all your devices. No subscription. No paywall on lessons. Built for iOS 17 and later.

Screenshots

My Nihongo4 screens
SyllaBrawl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Nihongo at none against SyllaBrawl's 1. My Nihongo also leads on ads (none vs shown). SyllaBrawl's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. SyllaBrawl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Nihongo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Nihongo ships an update fortnightly, SyllaBrawl every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
My Nihongo versus SyllaBrawl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy NihongoSyllaBrawl
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Fu Keung KwanJoseph Rizzo

In-app purchases

None

My Nihongo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SyllaBrawl

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is My Nihongo free?
My Nihongo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SyllaBrawl free?
SyllaBrawl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Nihongo or SyllaBrawl have ads?
SyllaBrawl shows ads; My Nihongo does not.
Which is updated more often, My Nihongo or SyllaBrawl?
My Nihongo ships an update fortnightly, and SyllaBrawl every 2 weeks. Most recently, My Nihongo was updated on August 31, 2026 and SyllaBrawl on July 7, 2026.

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