Comparison

点字学習Lite vs Vocagraphy!

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

Head to head
About

点字学習Lite

Learn braille characters for Japanese kana, numbers, and special sounds. Features include audio playback and randomized quizzes to test your knowledge. Designed for educational purposes.

Highlights
  • Learn kana braille
  • Learn numbers braille
  • Learn special sound braille
  • Audio playback
  • Randomized quizzes
Features
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かな50音、数字、特殊音の点字を学習できます 音声読上げ機能つきです ランダムに問題を出題することもできます

About

Vocagraphy!

This app helps users learn new words through a fun and creative process using images. It allows you to take pictures of everyday objects and assign words to them, creating personalized learning materials. It's designed to be an efficient and engaging tool for vocabulary acquisition for all ages.

Highlights
  • Create custom learning materials
  • Use personal photos
  • Assign words to images
  • Supports multiple images per word
  • Memo function for related stories
  • Fun and creative learning approach
Features
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【 Let’s learn “Words” using “Images” while having fun! 】 “Vocagraphy!” is a smartphone app that is a fun way to learn new words. It was created as a teaching tool by a dad whose daughter is hearing impaired. “Vocagraphy!” is a newly coined word that combines “vocabulary” and “photography.” It involves the use of images to learn words efficiently. It can be used and enjoyed in a variety of ways by all children and adults. The more creative you are, the more fun you will have! If you are a hearing-impaired child, it takes time to learn words because of difficulty hearing them. You need to study very hard to acquire new vocabulary. When I discovered that my daughter was hearing impaired, I was determined to help her learn new words even though she had difficulty hearing. I figured that if traditional study methods took a lot of time for my daughter, maybe I could come up with something more fun and efficient. That’s why I developed “Vocagraphy!” to facilitate the simple creation of learning materials on my smartphone. I hope it will work for you too and enable you to enjoy an abundance of words and images. There are many words you can learn in everyday life - the names of flowers blooming along the road you often walk on, the species of insects that land there, and the road signs as well. With "Vocagraphy!" you can turn things around you into original teaching materials. Just take a picture, import it into the app, and type in the words. Suppose the word "phone" and a picture of a telephone are in a textbook. When you hear the word "phone," what kind of picture do you imagine? Old learning materials may have pictures of landline phones or an old mobile phone. Nowadays, smartphones are also called “phones” so a child needs to learn all of these "phones." If a child can hear, you can easily say "old phones were connected by wires ... early phones were very big ..." and he or she will remember that quickly and efficiently. However, it takes time, patience, and ingenuity to teach the same thing to a hearing-impaired child. Using conventional flash cards, one picture is assigned to one word, but "Vocagraphy!" can display multiple images for one word. And you can assign your own images because things you always see are more accessible and easier to remember than pictures of machines you haven't seen before. In the case of "phone," in addition to a photo of a smartphone that you always carry and see, you can register photos of old mobile phones and landline phones. This way, you can teach a child that "all these are phone buddies" and "phones let us talk to distant people." Depending on your child's proficiency, you can extend your explanation to the concept of time - "old" and "now" - and to technical topics such as "radio waves" and "the Internet." Using the memo function of “Vocagraphy!” to add related stories will not only help you to learn new words, but will also lead to the development of intelligence. "Vocagraphy!" is simple to use. Just make a card, import a photo, and add text. You can use it anyway you like, so we hope you will enjoy making your own original teaching materials! Warm regards, HIDEKI YOSHIOKA Developer of Vocagraphy! *** How to use. *** It's very easy to use. 【Edit Mode】 ①Add New Card, ②Enter the card name, ③Select an Image. Only 3 steps to complete. 【Quiz Mode】 ①Tap the "Quiz Mode” button, ②Select the card you want to use in your quiz and confirm the answer, ③Select the relevant evaluation. Only 3 steps to complete. **** Price **** "Vocagraphy!" is free and can be used without functional restrictions. No ads are displayed. **** Contact **** First, please read "Manual," "Example" and "FAQ" on the Website. If your question is still not answered, tap the "Menu" button on the app and select "Contact" or use the "Contact" on this site to contact us using the form provided. Please allow 3-4 business days for our reply. **** Website *** http://www.blw.jp/en/

Screenshots

点字学習Lite2 screens
Vocagraphy!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vocagraphy! at 75% against 点字学習Lite's 38%. Vocagraphy! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

点字学習Lite ships an update every 5 months, Vocagraphy! every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
点字学習Lite versus Vocagraphy!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter点字学習LiteVocagraphy!
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakuya KawakamiBlue Light Works Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

点字学習Lite

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

Vocagraphy!

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

点字学習Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Vocagraphy!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 点字学習Lite free?
点字学習Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vocagraphy! free?
Vocagraphy! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 点字学習Lite or Vocagraphy! have ads?
点字学習Lite shows ads; Vocagraphy! does not.
Which is updated more often, 点字学習Lite or Vocagraphy!?
点字学習Lite ships an update every 5 months, and Vocagraphy! every 6 months. Most recently, 点字学習Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and Vocagraphy! on October 8, 2026.

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