VLJ Words vs MyESMOD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VLJ Words
This app is a dedicated learning tool for registered students of VLJ e-Learning Japanese language courses. It offers comprehensive lessons on Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, and vocabulary, incorporating native speaker pronunciation and the Ezoe Method for intuitive acquisition. Users can also create custom word banks.
- Hiragana and Katakana learning
- 1,000+ Kanji characters
- 3,000+ beginner-level words
- Native speaker pronunciation
- Ezoe Method for intuitive acquisition
- Custom 'My Word Bank' feature
- Stroke order and origin visualization
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This is a dedicated app for the course with VLJ. ---------------------------------------- This application is solely and exclusively provided for registered students who signed up the courses with VLJ e-Learning service in particular Japanese language schools To use this app, ID and password are necessary. This application is a part of the new cloud-based educational service "Visual Learning .Japanese", which is provided by NTT ExC Partner Corporation. 【Main Functions】 In this app, the followings are included; - Hiragana - Katakana - 1,000 Kanjis and over - 3,000 words and over (mainly beginner level) In addition, users can learn not only various conjugations of verb and honorific expressions but also the pronunciation of native Japanese speakers. Users can also freely register any words which are not covered in this app in "My Word Bank." Novices can learn Hiragana, Katakana, and beginner-level Kanjis by checking their stroke orders and origins. You can also study them in enjoyable and efficient way by tracing the characters. 【Ezoe Method】 The Ezoe Method is a Japanese educational tool developed with nearly 40-year devotion by the Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute. Its visualizing and systematizing sentence structures, with original cards, allows for intuitive Japanese acquisition. 【Default languages】 English Japanese Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) Simplified Chinese (简体中文) French (français) Portuguese (português) Arabic (العربية) Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
MyESMOD
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Vos services ESMOD Fashion design and Business-ISEM/France, accessibles désormais de partout. Grace à vos identifiants MYESMOD, vous pourrez retrouver : - Votre planning de cours, que vous soyez étudiant ou enseignant et quel que soit votre campus en France - Des notifications en cas de mise à jour d’un cours Toutes les informations de la communauté ESMOD Fashion design and Business-ISEM/France
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VLJ Words at every 3 months against MyESMOD's every 20 months. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VLJ Words ships an update every 3 months, MyESMOD every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VLJ Words | MyESMOD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NTT Learning Systems Corporation. | Auriga |
In-app purchases
VLJ Words
No in-app purchases
MyESMOD
No in-app purchases
