Simple Furigana vs 小灵龙App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Furigana
Easily add ruby characters (furigana) to Japanese text. This app supports both hiragana and romaji annotations for kanji, and works with both vertical and horizontal layouts. Share or print your annotated text, or use the extension to add furigana directly within other apps like Safari.
- Add furigana to Japanese text
- Supports hiragana and romaji
- Vertical and horizontal layouts
- Print or share annotated text
- In-app extension for Safari and other apps
- Offline annotation
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Having trouble reading Japanese? Use SimpleFurigana - a fast and lightweight iPhone Application to add Ruby Characters (Furigana) to Japanese Text. SimpleFurigana automatically annotates Chinese characters (kanji) in Japanese text with hiragana or romaji (latin characters). Both vertical (tategaki) and horizontal (yokogaki) layouts are supported. Annotated text can be printed or shared. No network connection is required for annotation. Use the furigana app extension to add furigana to selected text in Safari as well as many other apps. You can even add furigana to entire webpages to help you navigate the web in Japanese.
小灵龙App
This app provides comprehensive mobile services for campus cards, including traditional card functions like consumption and authentication, enhanced with QR code capabilities. It offers features for managing your campus card, paying various campus fees, and booking campus facilities.
- Campus card management
- QR code functionality
- Campus fee payments
- Facility booking
- Card application and registration
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【小灵龙】是一款面向校园的一卡通服务APP，在传统卡消费、认证的基础上增加了二维码功能，为校园用户提供专业、全面的移动一卡通服务。 【校园卡管理】 提供全面的校园卡服务，充值、信息查询、账单查询、流水查询、挂失／解挂、失卡招领、校园卡在线申请、校友注册等 【校园缴费】 项目缴费、电费、网费、辅修费、等级考试费、党团费、培训费、学费 【校园预订】 为校内餐厅、场馆、会议室、自习室等场所提供预订服务
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Furigana at 4.5 against 小灵龙App's 1.0. Simple Furigana also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (59% vs 33%). 小灵龙App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price 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. Simple Furigana sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 小灵龙App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Furigana holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Furigana has 271 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Simple Furigana's written reviews are positive against 33% of 小灵龙App's.
Simple Furigana ships an update every 4 months, 小灵龙App monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple Furigana | 小灵龙App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (271 ratings) — better | 1.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 271 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | telethon k.k. | Beijing Synjones Chengtong IT Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Simple Furigana
小灵龙App
Bugs and requests
Simple Furigana
Reported bugs
20 issues- Furigana is only 70% accurate
- Cannot copy text entirely
- Sometimes makes mistakes
- Does not recognize kanji words more than two when clicked or highlighted
- Only reads numbers, not all of them
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- Does not read documents after scanning
- Does not input copied text anymore
- Not working since last update
- Does not scan pictures as advertised
- Furigana is not furiganing
- App crashes from time to time
- Incorrect furigana for 'library'
- Cannot be used on iOS 16.3.1 iPad Pro
- No longer usable
- Does not scan or is confusing
- Cannot read documents after scanning
- Does not recognize kanji words of more than two characters
- Only reads numbers, and not all of them
- Does not read documents after scanning
- Does not input copied text anymore
Requested features
12 requests- Add UX for 1 tap and 2 taps for immediate furigana
- Add furigana for vertical documents
- Import photos for furigana generation
- Option to set language to Chinese
- Ability to select specific character ranges for manual pronunciation alteration
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- Add 'Aozora Bunko format' for plain text output
- Add option to center furigana over kanji
- Add English translations for some phrases
- Allow users to edit incorrect furigana
- Add support for English and other languages
- Add functionality to send furigana-enabled text messages
- Option to always have the app in Furigana mode
小灵龙App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Furigana
- Ipadic DictionaryFree
- UnidicFree
- NAIST JDicFree
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- JumandicFree
小灵龙App
No in-app purchases
