animatope vs GraspJPN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
animatope
This app makes learning onomatopoeia fun for children. Explore various sound words and their meanings through interactive play. A free version is available, with an option to purchase a full package for more content.
- Interactive onomatopoeia learning
- Child-friendly sound word exploration
- Free version available
- Full package purchase option
- Focus on Japanese onomatopoeia
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------- The onomatopoeia, as it was transferred to the character and how sound is the French meaning "Onomatopoeia". Various onomatopoeia exist in Japan in particular. I thought that it was going to make an app that can play to be able to understand even a child happily such a onomatopoeia. Please try the free version. If you have enjoyed, please have fun by all means purchase a Full package.
GraspJPN
Master Japanese with this app's comprehensive practice tools. It covers all JLPT levels from N5 to N1, offering drills for hiragana, katakana, and vocabulary. Engage in listening, spelling, and multiple-choice exercises, plus mock tests to gauge your progress.
- JLPT N1-N5 practice
- Hiragana and Katakana drills
- Vocabulary word cards
- Listening practice
- Spelling practice
- Mock tests
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Features: 1. Hiragana, Katakana, N1, N2, N3, N4, and N5 practices. 2. Hiragana, Katakana, N1, N2, N3, N4, and N5 exams. 3. Hiragana, Katakana, N1, N2, N3, N4, and N5 word cards. ．Provides many ways to assist you learned Japanese. - Listening practice - Spell practice. - Multi choices practice. ．Mock test to check your learning result.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: animatope at none against GraspJPN's shown. animatope also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). GraspJPN's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. animatope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GraspJPN sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
animatope holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GraspJPN has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
animatope ships an update every 30 months, GraspJPN every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | animatope | GraspJPN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | unouplus inc. | Yue Cheng Lin |
Customer experience
animatope
GraspJPN
In-app purchases
animatope
- Full Package version$0.99
GraspJPN
- No ads$1.99
- JLPT N4$2.99
- JLPT N3$3.99
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- JLPT N2$3.99
- JLPT N1$5.99
- VIP$9.99
