Japan Reader is no longer on Google Play. It was there for 4 years, until March 2025. It was a niche app, with 2.7 thousand installs. It had too few ratings to say what users thought.
Japan Reader is made and published by
Brett Maurer.
AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with Brett Maurer.
The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to Brett Maurer and are shown as
published on Google Play.
About Japan Reader
Japan Reader was an education app developed by Brett Maurer. It was removed from Google Play Mar 3, 2025.
Install Statistics
Japan Reader had been installed 2.7 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Japan Reader was rated 4.20 out of 5 stars, based on 14 ratings.
App Information
Japan Reader was free. The app size was 57.17 MB. The last available version was 1.3.0. The last update was on December 21, 2022.
Technical Requirements
The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play since October 2020.
Get a detailed PDF report for Japan Reader with download trends, rating history,
and key performance statistics — useful for competitive research or tracking your own app.
Learn more
★★★★★
I'm finding this app extremely helpful for Japanese language learning, specifically for making the transition from doing reading practice with texts intended for intermediate language learners to texts intended for native speakers. There are still many kanji and a lot of vocabulary I don't know, so I screen grab the text and use the word-specific fumigant and dictionary functions in the app to help me over mid-sentence hurdles. The interface is very simple, but I find that ideal.
★★★★★
This app is unbelievable! A long time ago I lived in Japan for three years and learned a little spoken language and even less of written Kanji, although reading hiragana and katakana was OK. This amazing and very comprehensive app has reinstilled my desire to reenjoy this wonderful language. Greater than five stars is my rating. Recommended to all who have even a remote interest in Japanese culture and language.
★★☆☆☆
Edit: I did not receive the 10 credits mentioned in the developers' response when I installed this app. This app is not free to use! You have to pay to import documents into this app which isn't mentioned until the very bottom of the description and nowhere on the website. I can't attest to its accuracy because I couldn't test it on anything other than the samples that came with the app.
Technologies used by Japan Reader
9 permissions
Subscribe to see full permission and library details
Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
