Reading settings and share card stability • Reading display preferences are now applied more consistently across the app • Share cards now correctly follow the Katakana annotation setting • Fixed a possible crash while generating a share card • Cleaned up learning-stat calculations and internal logging

Help and Privacy Policy in Settings - Added a Help & Support link in Settings to reach our support page and FAQ - Added a Privacy Policy link in Settings so you can see how your data is handled

Reliability and copy polish - Annotated copy output is now consistent between the main app and the Share menu - Katakana readings in copied text now follow the Katakana annotation setting - Cleaned up duplicated OCR internals to reduce future maintenance risk - Added tests for CSV export, learning stats, and annotated copy formatting

Reading and Share menu polish - The Share menu can now switch between Furigana, Kana, and Romaji - New Reading Size setting: choose Small, Standard, or Large for Japanese text and furigana - OCR review now supports paste-replace, clear, and copying either the original or edited text - Small stability improvements and internal cleanup

The words you keep looking up, at a glance - Always forgetting the same kanji? Words you look up 3 or more times are grouped on their own as "Frequent words" - New "Learning Stats" section in Settings: see how many words you've looked up, plus the list of the ones that haven't stuck yet - The word detail screen gently reminds you "You've looked this word up 3 times," with a one-tap add to favourites - All stats stay on your device, and sync across your devices when iCloud is on

Dark mode refresh and polished details - In dark mode, the result card now uses a warm sumi-black background with a delicate gold-leaf border - Japanese text renders in Mincho (Hiragino Mincho ProN), a serif typeface with a printed-page feel - Lots of small touches: bounce on word tap, fluid mode-selector animation, frosted-glass action buttons - Fixed a bug where share-card text could become invisible when switching between light and dark themes

Speech reading built for learners - During playback, the word being spoken is underlined in orange in real time, making it easy to tie the sound to the writing - Long-press the speak button to pick Slow, Normal, or Fast — your preference is remembered

OCR review and stability improvements - Review and edit OCR text before adding readings - Rescan, copy the original OCR text, or parse directly from the review screen - More reliable repeated parsing, plus improved detection for short kanji words

Furigana straight from photos and manga screenshots - The Share Sheet now accepts images: photos, screenshots, manga pages — tap Share and pick Sumiyomi to recognize the text right there with furigana - Vertical and horizontal Japanese both auto-detected - Copy the extracted text, or open it in Sumiyomi to save into your history

Refreshed screenshots - New App Store thumbnails showcase the lock screen widget, Share Extension overlay, and "This Month" card for the first time - Keyword optimization to reach more Japanese learners - No functional changes (identical to v2.7.0)

"This Month" card on the home screen - See your monthly parses, freshly favorited words, and consecutive day streak at a glance - The longer the streak, the brighter it glows in gold — a gentle nudge to keep the habit - The card only appears when you have history and tucks itself away while you're reading

Furigana straight from the Share Sheet - Select Japanese text in Safari, Notes, Messages, or any app, then tap Share → Sumiyomi to see the reading right there in a floating sheet - No more app switching; tap "Open in Sumiyomi" to send the full text into the app and save it to history - Copy the annotated text to the clipboard with one tap

Furigana above katakana too (optional) - New setting: show hiragana readings above katakana words like コーヒー and アルバイト - Off by default, your usual kanji-only display stays untouched - Toggle any time in Settings › Reading Display

Handwriting tip + history time fix - New help icon in the input card explains how to enable iOS's built-in Japanese handwriting keyboard in three steps — draw any kanji straight into Sumiyomi - Fixed a bug where history timestamps looked like a running stopwatch; they now show stable "just now", "5 minutes ago", etc.

iCloud sync: carry your learning everywhere - History and favorite words now sync automatically via your iCloud account - Pick up where you left off on iPhone, iPad, and (soon) Mac — even reinstalling the app brings your data back - See sync status or opt out from Settings - Your data stays in your private iCloud — never shared with us or anyone else

- New first-launch walkthrough so you don't miss OCR scanning, flashcards, or the widget - Retry button on OCR errors, progress indicator on long parses, and a toast when the clipboard is empty - Non-Japanese warning is now a noticeable amber notice instead of a quiet grey line - Favorite toggles coalesce widget reloads, saving battery and making the widget feel snappier - History is flushed to disk the instant the app backgrounds, so force-quit never loses data

- Input placeholder updated to "Paste Japanese" to make it clear the app is a Japanese reader, not a translator

- Fixed an issue where kanji in non-Japanese text (e.g. Chinese) was incorrectly annotated with Japanese readings - Non-Japanese input is now detected and left unannotated

v2.2 — Favorite words! - Tap the star on any word detail to save it to your favorites - A dedicated Study Favorites deck lets you review only your starred words - Widget now prioritizes your favorites, with new lock screen widget support

- Home-screen widget redesigned as a "word of the moment" flashcard — tap to jump back into the source sentence - Automatically rotates to a different word every hour, turning your home screen into a study card - New users see curated N5-level vocabulary right away

Major update — v2.0 is here! - Widget now fully localized in 8 languages - Search your history by keyword and export it as CSV - Full VoiceOver support for a more accessible experience - Smoother flashcard flip animation

Settings page is here! - Dark mode toggle, send feedback, and rate the app - Flashcard shuffle mode for better study sessions

Flashcard study mode is here! - Automatically extract kanji words from parsed text into flashcards - Tap to flip cards and reveal readings and romaji - Swipe through cards with built-in pronunciation support

Image text recognition is here! - Automatically recognize Japanese text from photos and screenshots - Recognized text flows directly into furigana analysis - Easily read Japanese from manga, signs, menus, and more

Japanese text-to-speech & major performance improvements! - New: Listen to parsed Japanese text read aloud (tap the speaker button) - Tokenization caching: re-parsing the same text is now instant - Improved haptic feedback responsiveness - Optimized clipboard detection (eliminated duplicate checks) - More efficient share card rendering - Optimized data persistence (batched writes for smoother performance) - Unified shared code between widget and main app