Kana, kanji, words, grammar and speaking practice in one quiet app. It works offline, needs no account and never nags you.
All kana, the first N5 unit and the widget are free for good. The full app is CHF 39 once, with a 7-day free trial.
Lessons, the Japanese voice, translation and the speech check all run on your iPhone. Nothing to sign up for.
Trace every character with its stroke order, then write it from memory. Each stroke is checked as you draw.
Spaced review brings back what you are about to forget. No streak pressure and no counts of what you owe.
Type a word or a phrase in English or Japanese. It is translated on your iPhone and joins your lists and your review.
Grammar taught the way a textbook does it, text first, with the words and kanji each lesson needs and a test after every unit.
A kanji, a word or a phrase from any of your lists on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, with a tap straight into the app.
Every part of Ippo is built for steady, focused study. Open it for two minutes or an hour, and it is ready.
Home shows the day's one step: the next kana, a short review, the next lesson. Never a number to catch up on.
Grammar, the words it needs and kanji by family, from the first greeting to N4. Every lesson is text first, with practice at the end.
Trace hiragana, katakana and kanji with the stroke order shown, then from memory. Ippo checks each stroke as you draw it and shows the stroke when you slip.
Spaced review brings back what you are about to forget. Flip the card, type the answer, write the character or say the word.
Build a sentence from tiles, fill the particle, conjugate the verb, listen and pick, count things, talk casually.
Type a word or a sentence in English or Japanese. Ippo translates it on your iPhone, adds the reading and the rōmaji, and puts it in your lists and your review.
See how far you have come, set a quiet daily reminder, and keep a kanji or a word of the day in a widget.
No subscription, no ads and no upsells inside the app. Start with the free part, try everything for a week, then decide.
Unlocks everything in the app on your iPhone, for good. USD 39.99, EUR 39.99.
Try everything free for 7 daysThe purchase and the trial are handled by Apple through the App Store. Local prices may vary by region.
Yes. CHF 39 unlocks the full app for good. There is no subscription and nothing renews.
You can try the full app free for 7 days. The trial is a free item in the App Store, so Apple charges nothing and there is nothing to cancel. When it ends, the app returns to the free part and keeps everything you learned. The trial can be used once per Apple Account.
All hiragana and katakana with stroke order and writing practice, the first N5 unit with its lessons and words, the daily review of what you learned, and the widget. Free, with no time limit.
It stays yours. Every word, kanji and lesson you met keeps its page and stays in your daily review. Only the parts you never opened show a small lock.
No. Everything works offline, including the Japanese voice, translation and the speech check, once iOS has the Japanese voice, language and recognition installed on your iPhone.
No. There is no sign up. Your progress is stored on your iPhone.
Ippo Nihongo is made for iPhone and needs iOS 17 or later.
Yes. Start with the kana and move at your own pace. Ippo covers the very first characters up to JLPT N4 grammar and words.