Japanese Reading has 140 thousand installs. Users rate it well: 4.1 stars from 428 ratings.
Japanese Reading is made and published by
Greycastle.
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About Japanese Reading
Japanese Reading is an education app developed by Greycastle.
Install Statistics
Japanese Reading has been installed 140 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was installed 1.4 thousand times.
User Ratings
Japanese Reading is rated 4.15 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 430 ratings.
App Information
Japanese Reading is freely available from Google Play. The app size is 30.68 MB. The latest version available is 2.9.23. The last update was on October 23, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Japanese Reading requires Android 4.4W+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since July 2019.
Description by Greycastle(from Google Play)
「Reading Japanese」helps you practice your hiragana, katakana and Kanji reading skills.
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I can toggle fumigant on and off as much as I want whilst reading (perfect for when I forget the reading of a kanji), clicking on kanji that I don’t know comes up with the meaning, reading, JLPT grade and more compound words with that kanji. I can make the font size larger, so I don’t have to squint, the content is updated regularly and the app is easy to navigate. Would love it if you could add accompanying audio to the articles, otherwise it's a great app and I would recommend. Good job
★★★★☆Not Applicable· May 13, 2021
The best app I've found for reading the learner NHK news stories. Sleek and with a functional, uncluttered dictionary. Once you can favorite stories/view a list of previously read stories, it'll be perfect.
★★★★★Pranav Badrinathan· Aug 21, 2023
It's such a great and simple resource for just reading. A lot of other apps try to add too many different features, and make themselves bloated. That said, I think a good feature would be notes on selected text. You could select text, write notes, and review them later. This would help with translating phrases and understanding hiragana words. Like on paper, you could underline and write the meaning/grammar.
★★☆☆☆Sasha LaPonsa· Jan 15, 2023
The app is still functionally very good and useful, but while my primary draw originally was that many articles were simplified news articles, the past few months the articles themselves have become dominated by content made by Mango. While I like the mango app when I am looking to use their learning tools, here their articles have made this app rarely if ever have actual news articles. I don't know if Mango purchased this app or what, but the change in content is disappointing.
★☆☆☆☆Rosy Nepoleon· Feb 26, 2023
This app is not working. Once open the app getting black screen... I tried to reinstall multiple time. But getting the same error
★★☆☆☆Darcy Jones· May 4, 2026
I cannot access the bottom bars (fumigant toggle) because my navigation buttons overlap. I can't seem to find a way to fix this.
★☆☆☆☆Dat Space Cowboi· May 5, 2021
I don't know why, but it keeps freezing when I try to see an article and my phone restarts when it does.
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