Comparison

Miaru vs Mimi

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

Head to head
About

Miaru

This app makes language learning a daily habit with short, interactive lessons. It focuses on building real sentences from day one using native-quality audio and smart review techniques. Learn Japanese, Spanish, English, and more with practical conversations and gamified progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Bite-size lessons
  • Native-quality audio
  • Smart review (SRS)
  • Interactive conversations
  • Daily goals and streaks
  • Learn Japanese, Spanish, English
Features
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Miaru turns language learning into a daily habit you actually keep. Every lesson is short, focused, and hands-on — you read, listen, and build real sentences from day one. No filler. No endless flashcard grind. WHY IT WORKS • Bite-size lessons that fit a coffee break • Native-quality audio on every word, sentence, and conversation • Smart review (SRS): what you miss comes back at exactly the right moment • Interactive conversations that teach how the language is really used • Streaks, daily goals, and XP that keep you coming back LEARN JAPANESE — PROPERLY • Master hiragana and katakana from zero • Every Jōyō kanji with animated stroke order • Everyday Japanese: real conversations for real situations • 300+ lessons from your first character to confident reading MORE LANGUAGES • Spanish — practical, everyday Spanish from zero • English — built for speakers of 30+ languages • Learn in your language: Miaru speaks 35 locales FREE TO START New lessons free every day. Unlock everything with Miaru Premium — unlimited lessons across all courses. $19.99/month or $179.99/year. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled; manage anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://miaru.co/privacy • Terms: https://miaru.co/terms Meet Luffy, your study buddy — and make today day one of your streak.

About

Mimi

Learn Japanese through real-world video clips from anime, vlogs, and more. This app adapts to your skill level, offering immersive listening practice and vocabulary building. Unlock advanced features like live transcripts and tap-to-translate with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Learn Japanese through real video clips
  • Adaptive learning by JLPT level
  • Tap-to-translate word meanings (Pro)
  • Save and practice vocabulary (Pro)
  • Live word-by-word highlighting (Pro)
  • Explore content by genre and level
Features
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LEARN JAPANESE THE WAY YOU ALREADY WATCH VIDEOS: BY SCROLLING REAL CLIPS Flashcard decks and grammar drills teach you rules about Japanese. Mimi teaches you Japanese itself. Real anime, vlogs, cooking, news, travel, kids' shows, gaming and business, cut into short clips. Watching every clip is free. MIMI PRO (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED): the live transcript that follows every word as it is spoken, the English translation, tap-a-word meanings, saved words and flashcard practice need Mimi Pro, an auto-renewing subscription, yearly or monthly. Features marked (Mimi Pro) below are part of it. A student working toward the JLPT, a traveller getting ready for Japan, an anime fan tired of reading subtitles, a busy professional with ten minutes on a train: Mimi fits into the scrolling you already do. WHY MIMI? ► Learn naturally. Every clip is a real video, not a lesson script. You hear Japanese the way people speak it, not the way a textbook writes it. ► Always at your level. Clips are matched to what you already understand, about 85 to 90 percent, by JLPT level from N5 to N1. Hard enough to stretch you, never so hard that you give up. ► Tap to translate (Mimi Pro). Tap any word for its reading and meaning without leaving the clip. ► Grow your vocabulary (Mimi Pro). Save the words and phrases you actually heard and review them as flashcards made from the clips themselves. ► Bite sized. Short clips, a daily streak, nothing to schedule. WHO IS MIMI FOR? Students build listening comprehension alongside classroom Japanese, at their own JLPT level. Travellers get their ear ready for how Japanese actually sounds before they land. Anime and manga fans understand more of what they already watch, without waiting for subtitles. Busy adults get a full session out of ten minutes on a commute. There is no lesson to finish. FEATURES THAT MAKE MIMI UNIQUE ► Word by word highlight in Japanese and English (Mimi Pro). A green box follows the speech through the Japanese line and lights the matching English word at the same moment. ► Furigana, romaji and English under every word (Mimi Pro), so you are never stuck guessing a reading. ► Explore by world, show and level. Search anime, vlogs, cooking, news, travel, kids' shows, gaming and business by name, or browse everything at your own JLPT level. ► Real anime from official channels. Every clip streams from the rights holder's own channel, never a re-upload. No ads. No accounts. Your saved words, streak and progress stay on your device. *SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION* Watching clips is free. The transcript, translation, word cards and practice require a Mimi Pro subscription: yearly ($49.99 a year) or monthly ($9.99 a month), prices in US dollars and may vary by country. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, then renews at $49.99 a year unless cancelled. The monthly plan has no trial. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price of the plan you selected. Manage or cancel any time in Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. *TERMS OF SERVICE* Terms of Use: https://mimifeed.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mimifeed.com/privacy By downloading, you also agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Miaru4 screens
Mimi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Miaru at none against Mimi's shown. Miaru also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). Mimi's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Miaru sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Mimi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mimi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Miaru ships an update every 3 days, Mimi daily. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Miaru versus Mimi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiaruMimi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB98 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMiaru LLCLoch Partners LLC

Customer experience

Miaru

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mimi

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Miaru

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$179.991 Year
2 purchases

Mimi

Subscriptions2
  • Mimi Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Mimi Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Miaru free?
Miaru is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mimi free?
Mimi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Miaru or Mimi?
Mimi is rated higher. Miaru averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Mimi averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Miaru or Mimi have ads?
Mimi shows ads; Miaru does not.
Which is updated more often, Miaru or Mimi?
Miaru ships an update every 3 days, and Mimi daily. Most recently, Miaru was updated on November 10, 2026 and Mimi on November 10, 2026.

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