Tango: Japanese Flashcards

Hi, I'm AJ. After 13 years making video games, I got laid off and started learning Japanese to make myself more hireable. I couldn't find a flashcard app that wasn't a subscription trap, so I built the one I wished existed. Tango is just me, one indie developer, and every feature exists because I needed it myself.

Tango turns your daily screen time into Japanese vocabulary. Instead of scrolling through nothing, swipe through words. Know it — swipe right. Don't — it comes back until you do.
No lessons. No grammar drills. No guilt about missing a day. No setup — open it and go. Just words, a swipe, and a system that quietly makes sure the hard ones keep coming back. Learn hiragana, katakana, and essential JLPT N5/N4 vocabulary through quick swipe-based sessions

TAP TO REVEAL. SWIPE TO LEARN.

Each card shows a Japanese word in kana. Tap to flip and reveal the romaji, English meaning, and part of speech. Swipe right if you know it, left if you don't. Words you miss return automatically — sooner if you keep missing them, less often as they start to stick.

FREE TO START
100+ words across JLPT N5 beginner vocabulary
Hiragana and katakana, filter by length, nouns, verbs, adjectives or expressions
Characters & Particles practice
Daily streak tracking
Audio pronunciation for every word

UNLOCK EVERYTHING — one-time purchase
626 additional words through JLPT N4
Review Mode — drill the words you keep missing
All future word packs included
One payment. No subscription. Ever.
Support for a solo dev

Tango works in the gaps — waiting for coffee, commuting, winding down before bed. A few minutes of Japanese practice a day adds up faster than you think.