Comparison

Echotter vs Nazoru

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

Head to head
About

Echotter

Features
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Echotter,让真实播客成为你的外语学习材料。 从感兴趣的节目开始,借助逐字稿、中文译文和语境讲解,把听不懂的句子一步步听清楚。 • 双语逐字稿 边听边读原文与中文译文,跟随播放定位当前句子。 • 沉浸式精听 遮住原文,逐句重听,按需要调整语速、重复次数和句间停顿。揭开原文后,标记没听出的词语,存入词汇集;例句可连播回听,支持慢速。 • 结合语境查词 点击单词或选择短语,查看 AI 提供的释义与用法讲解。 • 收藏与复习 保存生词、搭配和句子,结合原句与原声复习;把精听中没听出的内容收藏起来,之后继续练习。 • 多语言学习 支持瑞典语、日语、英语、韩语、法语、西班牙语、泰语、挪威语和丹麦语学习,界面与讲解以简体中文呈现。 部分 AI 功能按额度使用,会员权益与价格以 App 内购买页面为准。AI 生成的逐字稿、翻译和讲解可能存在误差。 服务条款(EULA):https://echotter.com/terms 隐私政策:https://echotter.com/privacy

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Nazoru

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Nazoru is a reading tool, not a dictionary. Tap any word in the text and its reading, pitch accent and meaning come up. Save it, and the sentence you were reading comes with it — that sentence is what you see again at review. A WORD WITHOUT ITS SENTENCE IS A WORD YOU WILL LOOK UP AGAIN Nazoru keeps the form the word appeared in, the reading of that form, the sentence around it and where you read it. At review the sentence comes back with the word blanked out, so the context helps and the answer does not. THE PARTICLE IS PART OF THE WORD 橋 and 端 look the same until the particle after them. Nazoru's pitch lines always include the particle, so the difference is something you can see. READ WHAT YOU WANT TO READ • 30 short pieces, six for each level from N5 to N1 • Paste your own Japanese text, or send selected text from another app through the share sheet. Each text shows what share of its words have meanings • In Safari, turn on tracing and any Japanese page becomes tappable the same way EACH LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN SEPARATELY, NOT TRANSLATED Choose English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese or Nepali. They are not translations of each other: English notes cover how a word is used and its register, and point out words that sound the same; Chinese notes warn where familiar-looking characters mean something else; Korean and Vietnamese notes give the Sino-Korean and Sino-Vietnamese reading, so words you already know show up at once. GRAMMAR AS PAIRS Grammar points and contrasts at every level from N5 to N1 — the two forms you actually mix up, side by side, with the one question that settles which to use. REVIEW Scheduling with FSRS-5, computed on the phone. One reminder a day at an hour you choose, only on days something is due (delivery is up to iOS). NONE OF IT COMES TO US The dictionary is inside the app, so reading, looking up and review work with no network at all. There is no account to make, no server of ours, no analytics and no advertising. What you read and what you save are never sent to the developer. THE SAME LIST ON A SECOND DEVICE, IF YOU WANT IT After the purchase you can turn on iCloud sync, and your vocabulary list, the grammar you put into review, and your review progress are kept in your own iCloud — a second device then shows the same list. It is off until you turn it on. Settings, the appearance you chose and texts you added yourself are not copied, and the developer cannot read any of it. PRICING All features are open for 7 days from the first time you open the app. After that the reader, vocabulary list, review, grammar and Safari extension keep working, with meanings for N5 and N4. Meanings and grammar for N3–N1 (6,439 more words) open either with a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. Readings and pitch accent are free for every word. JLPT levels are unofficial: the JLPT has published no word list since 2010. Readings and pitch accent come from the Open JTalk dictionary (modified BSD); levels from Jonathan Waller's compilation (tanos.co.uk). iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 or later. Terms of Use: https://nazoru.glspace.co.jp/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://nazoru.glspace.co.jp/privacy.html

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

Echotter and Nazoru are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Echotter sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Nazoru sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echotter ships an update every 3 days, Nazoru daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Echotter versus Nazoru: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchotterNazoru
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYanlu LiGYOU GI

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Echotter

Subscriptions6
  • Lite Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Core Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Deep Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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  • Lite Yearly$14.991 Year
  • Core Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Deep Yearly$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Nazoru

Subscriptions1
  • Nazoru — monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Nazoru — one-time$89.99

Questions

Is Echotter free?
Echotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nazoru free?
Nazoru is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echotter or Nazoru have ads?
Neither Echotter nor Nazoru shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echotter or Nazoru?
Echotter ships an update every 3 days, and Nazoru daily. Most recently, Echotter was updated on October 29, 2026 and Nazoru on October 31, 2026.

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