Shinobi Downloads & RevenueShinobi: Read & Learn Japanese · App Store & Google Play
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese by Jeremy Pitault is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese update history & changes
Last change · 36 events since 21 May 2024Full timeline ↓📈iOSDropped out of every chart we track📦iOSUpdated to version 1.5.7⭐iOSPassed 1K ratings📈iOSEntered the top 100📈AndroidCharting in a new country📈AndroidCharting in a new country📦iOSUpdated to version 1.5.6⭐iOSRatings taking off in Japan📦AndroidNow updating weekly📦AndroidUpdated to version 1.5.3✏️iOSDescription updated✏️iOSNew screenshots🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 36 events
- 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese dropped out of every chart we trackiOSLast seen 5 Nov
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.7iOS• Kanji: finishing a lesson, a review or winning a guardian battle now counts toward your streak.
• Kanji Slash: kanji and words move again.
• Quiz: kanji words keep their furigana reading.
• Bug reports with a screenshot are sent again.
• Better story layout on foldable phones.
• Fixed an audio crash on iOS.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Education · RU
- 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese charting in a new countryiOSRussia
- 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese charting in a new countryAndroidUnited Arab Emirates
- ✏️Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese: app got biggeriOS110 MB → 122 MB (+12%)
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.6iOS• New in the Dojo: Kanji! Learn the 1,000 essential kanji across 100 levels, with lessons, reviews and guardians to defeat.
• Settings: text size and the size and opacity of the pronunciation are now sliders.
• Fixed a paid streak restore that could stay pending on Google Play.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.5iOS• Halloween special: a limited-time discount on the yearly plan.
• The story reader is wider, so you scroll less to read a page.
• Fixed the home screen sometimes showing "No content available" after signing in on a new install.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - ✏️Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 15.1 → iOS 16.4
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.4iOS• New: turn on autoplay to hear each story page as soon as it opens.
• New: long-press a flashcard during a review to remove it.
• New: report a problem directly from an exercise.
• Story words now display correctly in dark mode, and pronunciation exercises show the full sentence.
• Your phone's text size no longer enlarges the app's layout. Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidSaudi Arabia · Thailand · Vietnam
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.3iOS• Nouveau : passe un test pour sauter directement à un grade supérieur.
• Nouveaux exercices d'écoute et de prononciation après tes histoires.
• Les QCM ont maintenant des réponses en japonais : touche-en une pour l'écouter.
• Les phrases à remettre dans l'ordre acceptent maintenant d'autres ordres naturels.
• Le graphique « Cartes à réviser » compte maintenant tes decks d'histoires.
• La fiche d'un mot et la traduction occupent tout l'écran. Améliorations de stabilité et corrections de bugs.… more - 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese: now updating weeklyAndroid4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.3Android• New: take a test to skip ahead to a higher grade.
• New listening and pronunciation exercises after your stories.
• Quizzes now have answers in Japanese: tap one to hear it.
• Sentence scrambles now accept other natural word orders.
• The "Cards to review" chart now includes your story decks.
• Word details and translations fill the whole screen. Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.2iOS• Quests now count re-reading a story and the words you save.
• "I can't speak right now" no longer counts as a mistake in exercises.
• Words removed from your favorites no longer come back through story decks.
• Story links open properly, and signing in no longer loads forever.
• Redesigned subscription screen. Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.2Android• Quests now count re-reading a story and the words you save.
• "I can't speak right now" no longer counts as a mistake in exercises.
• Words removed from your favorites no longer come back through story decks.
• Story links open properly, and signing in no longer loads forever.
• Redesigned subscription screen. Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Education · FR · Top Grossing · Education · JP
- 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOSFrance · Japan
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.1iOS• Stories no longer get stuck loading, and reconnect instantly when your network comes back.
• Audio reloads on its own instead of staying silent.
• Flashcard decks always open, and review intervals now follow your latest answer.
• Locked stories now explain why, and that the quiz completes the story.
• Story images retry instead of staying blank. Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.1Android• Stories no longer get stuck loading, and reconnect instantly when your network comes back.
• Audio reloads on its own instead of staying silent.
• Flashcard decks always open, and review intervals now follow your latest answer.
• Locked stories now explain why, and that the quiz completes the story.
• Story images retry instead of staying blank. Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📈Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese charting in a new countryAndroidItaly
- ✏️Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese: description updatediOS· ID
- ✏️Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · ID
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese updated to version 1.5.0iOS• Word definitions now appear in your language for thousands more words.
• Smoother end of story: no more rating screen, you go straight to your progress.
• Fixed sign-in with Google and Apple when creating your account.
• The quiz no longer gets stuck after opening a notification.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 🆕Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese first spotted by AppInsideriOS#89 in Top Grossing · Education · Indonesia
- 🆕Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidJapan
- 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese version 1.5.0Android• Word definitions now appear in your language for thousands more words.
• Smoother end of story: no more rating screen, you go straight to your progress.
• Fixed sign-in with Google and Apple when creating your account.
• The quiz no longer gets stuck after opening a notification.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.… more - 📦Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese version 1.4.9iOS• Bug fixes and improvements.
- 🆕Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
6.8k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#105
Android · 
Education Free
Education FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
39
both stores, 4-week average
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
6479197432
Publisher
Shinobi LLC
Publisher country
Luxembourg
On the store since
May 2024
2 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.4+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
121 MB
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.shinobiapp.shinobi
Publisher
ANKERKOZ
Publisher country
Luxembourg
Content rating
Everyone
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | – | 100k+ |
| Google Play | – | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | – | 500k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | – | 0 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #105 Education Free | 1 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
12
▲ +240% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
84/100
faster than 86% of Education apps
Growing fastest in Japan ▲ ×11+
New ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6.5 | 52% | ▲ ×11+ |
 Indonesia | 4 | 32% | ▼ -20% |
 France | 1.9 | 15% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
27
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.2★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
48/100
faster than 46% of Education apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 177 |
| Google Play | 4.7 ★ | 6.6k 388 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 6.8k |
About Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese
Learn Japanese by reading stories you'll actually want to finish. Illustrated, JLPT-aligned stories with native audio take you from your first hiragana all the way to N2.
Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese.
WHY SHINOBI WORKS
Most apps teach Japanese in isolated pieces. Shinobi teaches it the way it sticks: in context. Every kanji, word, and grammar point appears inside a story, with images, audio, and a reason to remember it.
READ REAL JAPANESE FROM DAY ONE
- 91 levels of graded stories covering JLPT N5 to N2
- Curriculum reviewed by native Japanese teachers
- Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and examples
- Grammar explanations built right into the text
- Furigana toggle to raise the challenge as you improve
- Full-page translation whenever you need it
LISTEN AND SPEAK
- Native Japanese audio for every story
- Slow mode for tricky passages
- Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and rhythm
MAKE KANJI AND VOCABULARY STICK
- Save words as you read
- Review them with smart spaced-repetition flashcards
- Quizzes after every story to lock in what you learned
A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
- A daily Japanese news story, with double XP for 24 hours
- Download stories for offline reading
TRAIN LIKE A NINJA
- Climb the ninja ranks as you progress
- Streaks, badges, and rewards to keep you consistent
- Live Activities on your lock screen so you never lose your streak
Whether you're a total beginner or preparing for the JLPT, Shinobi turns daily reading into real fluency.
Download Shinobi Japanese and read your first story today.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese.
WHY SHINOBI WORKS
Most apps teach Japanese in isolated pieces. Shinobi teaches it the way it sticks: in context. Every kanji, word, and grammar point appears inside a story, with images, audio, and a reason to remember it.
READ REAL JAPANESE FROM DAY ONE
- 91 levels of graded stories covering JLPT N5 to N2
- Curriculum reviewed by native Japanese teachers
- Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and examples
- Grammar explanations built right into the text
- Furigana toggle to raise the challenge as you improve
- Full-page translation whenever you need it
LISTEN AND SPEAK
- Native Japanese audio for every story
- Slow mode for tricky passages
- Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and rhythm
MAKE KANJI AND VOCABULARY STICK
- Save words as you read
- Review them with smart spaced-repetition flashcards
- Quizzes after every story to lock in what you learned
A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
- A daily Japanese news story, with double XP for 24 hours
- Download stories for offline reading
TRAIN LIKE A NINJA
- Climb the ninja ranks as you progress
- Streaks, badges, and rewards to keep you consistent
- Live Activities on your lock screen so you never lose your streak
Whether you're a total beginner or preparing for the JLPT, Shinobi turns daily reading into real fluency.
Download Shinobi Japanese and read your first story today.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese App Store
Shinobi: Apprendre le Japonais
Not in any tracked top chart right now.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperJeremy Pitault
CategoryEducation
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (177)
Version1.5.7
Age rating4+
First seen by us 25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
Rating
4.8 ★
177 ratings
Measured
New ratings a week
12
▲ +240% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese on the App Store
App details
App ID
6479197432
Publisher
Shinobi LLC
Publisher country
Luxembourg
On the store since
May 2024
2 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.4+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
121 MB
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not on any Top Grossing chart: monthly active users × spend per user for its category, measured on the charted apps nearest the bottom of the charts.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
177 ratings
Measured
Ratings
177
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
12
▲ +240% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
84/100
faster than 86% of Education apps
Growing fastest in Japan ▲ ×11+
New ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6.5 | 52% | ▲ ×11+ |
| Indonesia | 4 | 32% | ▼ -20% |
| France | 1.9 | 15% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese
Learn Japanese by reading stories you'll actually want to finish. Illustrated, JLPT-aligned stories with native audio take you from your first hiragana all the way to N2.
Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese.
WHY SHINOBI WORKS
Most apps teach Japanese in isolated pieces. Shinobi teaches it the way it sticks: in context. Every kanji, word, and grammar point appears inside a story, with images, audio, and a reason to remember it.
READ REAL JAPANESE FROM DAY ONE
- 91 levels of graded stories covering JLPT N5 to N2
- Curriculum reviewed by native Japanese teachers
- Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and examples
- Grammar explanations built right into the text
- Furigana toggle to raise the challenge as you improve
- Full-page translation whenever you need it
LISTEN AND SPEAK
- Native Japanese audio for every story
- Slow mode for tricky passages
- Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and rhythm
MAKE KANJI AND VOCABULARY STICK
- Save words as you read
- Review them with smart spaced-repetition flashcards
- Quizzes after every story to lock in what you learned
A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
- A daily Japanese news story, with double XP for 24 hours
- Download stories for offline reading
TRAIN LIKE A NINJA
- Climb the ninja ranks as you progress
- Streaks, badges, and rewards to keep you consistent
- Live Activities on your lock screen so you never lose your streak
Whether you're a total beginner or preparing for the JLPT, Shinobi turns daily reading into real fluency.
Download Shinobi Japanese and read your first story today.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese.
WHY SHINOBI WORKS
Most apps teach Japanese in isolated pieces. Shinobi teaches it the way it sticks: in context. Every kanji, word, and grammar point appears inside a story, with images, audio, and a reason to remember it.
READ REAL JAPANESE FROM DAY ONE
- 91 levels of graded stories covering JLPT N5 to N2
- Curriculum reviewed by native Japanese teachers
- Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and examples
- Grammar explanations built right into the text
- Furigana toggle to raise the challenge as you improve
- Full-page translation whenever you need it
LISTEN AND SPEAK
- Native Japanese audio for every story
- Slow mode for tricky passages
- Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and rhythm
MAKE KANJI AND VOCABULARY STICK
- Save words as you read
- Review them with smart spaced-repetition flashcards
- Quizzes after every story to lock in what you learned
A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
- A daily Japanese news story, with double XP for 24 hours
- Download stories for offline reading
TRAIN LIKE A NINJA
- Climb the ninja ranks as you progress
- Streaks, badges, and rewards to keep you consistent
- Live Activities on your lock screen so you never lose your streak
Whether you're a total beginner or preparing for the JLPT, Shinobi turns daily reading into real fluency.
Download Shinobi Japanese and read your first story today.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Latest updates
1.5.7
• Kanji: finishing a lesson, a review or winning a guardian battle now counts toward your streak.
• Kanji Slash: kanji and words move again.
• Quiz: kanji words keep their furigana reading.
• Bug reports with a screenshot are sent again.
• Better story layout on foldable phones.
• Fixed an audio crash on iOS.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.
1.5.6
• New in the Dojo: Kanji! Learn the 1,000 essential kanji across 100 levels, with lessons, reviews and guardians to defeat.
• Settings: text size and the size and opacity of the pronunciation are now sliders.
• Fixed a paid streak restore that could stay pending on Google Play.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.
1.5.5
• Halloween special: a limited-time discount on the yearly plan.
• The story reader is wider, so you scroll less to read a page.
• Fixed the home screen sometimes showing "No content available" after signing in on a new install.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.
Store changes
What Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got bigger
110 MB → 122 MB (+12%)
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 15.1 → iOS 16.4
Description updated
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese Android
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese is #105 in Education Free on Google Play in Japan and charting in 1 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperANKERKOZ SARL
CategoryEducation
PriceFree
Released
Installs100k+
Rating★ 4.7 (6.6k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.7 ★
6.6k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#105
Education FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
27
Google Play, 4-week average
Measured
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.shinobiapp.shinobi
Publisher
ANKERKOZ
Publisher country
Luxembourg
Content rating
Everyone
Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not on any Top Grossing chart: monthly active users × spend per user for its category, measured on the charted apps nearest the bottom of the charts.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | EducationFree | #105 |
Apps near Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese on the chart
Education Free, around #105.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
6.6k ratings
Measured
Ratings
6.6k
Measured
Written reviews
388
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
27
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.2★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
48/100
faster than 46% of Education apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese
Learn Japanese by reading stories you'll actually want to finish. Illustrated, JLPT-aligned stories with native audio take you from your first hiragana all the way to N2.
Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese.
WHY SHINOBI WORKS
Most apps teach Japanese in isolated pieces. Shinobi teaches it the way it sticks: in context. Every kanji, word, and grammar point appears inside a story, with images, audio, and a reason to remember it.
READ REAL JAPANESE FROM DAY ONE
- 91 levels of graded stories covering JLPT N5 to N2
- Curriculum reviewed by native Japanese teachers
- Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and examples
- Grammar explanations built right into the text
- Furigana toggle to raise the challenge as you improve
- Full-page translation whenever you need it
LISTEN AND SPEAK
- Native Japanese audio for every story
- Slow mode for tricky passages
- Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and rhythm
MAKE KANJI AND VOCABULARY STICK
- Save words as you read
- Review them with smart spaced-repetition flashcards
- Quizzes after every story to lock in what you learned
A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
- A daily Japanese news story, with double XP for 24 hours
- Download stories for offline reading
TRAIN LIKE A NINJA
- Climb the ninja ranks as you progress
- Streaks, badges, and rewards to keep you consistent
- Live Activities on your lock screen so you never lose your streak
Whether you're a total beginner or preparing for the JLPT, Shinobi turns daily reading into real fluency.
Download Shinobi Japanese and read your first story today.
Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese.
WHY SHINOBI WORKS
Most apps teach Japanese in isolated pieces. Shinobi teaches it the way it sticks: in context. Every kanji, word, and grammar point appears inside a story, with images, audio, and a reason to remember it.
READ REAL JAPANESE FROM DAY ONE
- 91 levels of graded stories covering JLPT N5 to N2
- Curriculum reviewed by native Japanese teachers
- Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and examples
- Grammar explanations built right into the text
- Furigana toggle to raise the challenge as you improve
- Full-page translation whenever you need it
LISTEN AND SPEAK
- Native Japanese audio for every story
- Slow mode for tricky passages
- Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and rhythm
MAKE KANJI AND VOCABULARY STICK
- Save words as you read
- Review them with smart spaced-repetition flashcards
- Quizzes after every story to lock in what you learned
A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
- A daily Japanese news story, with double XP for 24 hours
- Download stories for offline reading
TRAIN LIKE A NINJA
- Climb the ninja ranks as you progress
- Streaks, badges, and rewards to keep you consistent
- Live Activities on your lock screen so you never lose your streak
Whether you're a total beginner or preparing for the JLPT, Shinobi turns daily reading into real fluency.
Download Shinobi Japanese and read your first story today.
What's new in 1.5.3
• New: take a test to skip ahead to a higher grade.
• New listening and pronunciation exercises after your stories.
• Quizzes now have answers in Japanese: tap one to hear it.
• Sentence scrambles now accept other natural word orders.
• The "Cards to review" chart now includes your story decks.
• Word details and translations fill the whole screen. Stability improvements and bug fixes.
• New listening and pronunciation exercises after your stories.
• Quizzes now have answers in Japanese: tap one to hear it.
• Sentence scrambles now accept other natural word orders.
• The "Cards to review" chart now includes your story decks.
• Word details and translations fill the whole screen. Stability improvements and bug fixes.