Easy Japanese for Beginners vs 100 Japanese Conversations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Japanese for Beginners
Master Japanese with engaging audio-drama style lessons. This app offers a structured approach to learning basic grammar and essential expressions, perfect for beginners. It includes comprehensive writing practice for Hiragana and Katakana, along with vocabulary and pronunciation guides.
- Audio-drama style lessons
- Hiragana and Katakana writing practice
- Vocabulary and grammar lessons
- Audio pronunciation
- Offline access
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Learn Japanese for Beginners provides a fast and easy way to learn the Japanese language. "Easy Japanese" is a program of Japanese language lessons produced by Japan's public broadcaster. You can learn basic grammar and useful expressions through lessons designed in audio-drama style. Features include: - Writing lessons with all Hiragana and Katakana - Lessons with Vocabulary and Grammar - Audio pronunciation. - Network access not required.
100 Japanese Conversations
Master Japanese through practical conversations. This app focuses on understanding sentence meanings, practicing pronunciation, and memorization for effective language acquisition.
- 100 practical conversations
- Listening practice
- Speaking practice
- Sentence meaning analysis
- Memorization tools
- Pronunciation guidance
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"The best way to learn a foreign language is to understand the meaning of each sentence, read them out loud, and memorize them." Practice Japanese listening and speaking with 100 practical conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Easy Japanese for Beginners at 4.7 against 100 Japanese Conversations's 4.0. Easy Japanese for Beginners also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. 100 Japanese Conversations sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Easy Japanese for Beginners asks for nothing beyond the download.
Easy Japanese for Beginners holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy Japanese for Beginners has 230 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Easy Japanese for Beginners ships an update every 2 months, 100 Japanese Conversations every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Japanese for Beginners | 100 Japanese Conversations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (230 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 230 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phong Nguyen | Hyungpil Kim |
Customer experience
Easy Japanese for Beginners
100 Japanese Conversations
Bugs and requests
Easy Japanese for Beginners
Reported bugs
5 issues- Audio doesn't work
- Sound does not work
- Cannot hear anything
- Lesson 4 doesn't play
- Sound player does not work anymore
Requested features
3 requests- Option to turn off Roman letters on syllabary
- More lessons
- Option to remove all ads
100 Japanese Conversations
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Easy Japanese for Beginners
No in-app purchases
100 Japanese Conversations
- Premium Upgrade$2.99
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