Patapa
A Japanese story a day
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
One short Japanese story every day, from JLPT N5 to N1. Tap any word to see what it means, listen to it read aloud, answer five questions. No account needed.
Patapa gives you one short Japanese story every day, written for your JLPT level, from N5 to N1.
Read it. Tap any word you don't know and see its reading and meaning right there in the text. Listen to the story read aloud, one sentence at a time. Answer five questions about what you read. Tomorrow there is a new story.
Kuro, a three-legged crow, reads along with you. He is dry, a little playful, and never scolds.
STORIES
• A new story every day at every level, N5 to N1: everyday scenes, seasons, work, school, food, the occasional crow
• Everyone on a level reads the same story that day
• Furigana on every kanji, or hide it when you're ready. Romaji too, if you need it.
• Tap any word for its reading and meaning. Save the ones you want to keep.
• Read aloud: hear the whole story, with the sentence being spoken highlighted
• Five questions after each story. A wrong answer shows the right one at once, with the sentence it came from. You never get stuck.
• The last few stories stay on the shelf if you missed a day
WORDS
• Five new JLPT words a day, each with an example sentence, usually one from the stories
• A short review quiz that brings old words back just before you forget them
• A quick quiz whenever you have a spare minute
VERBS
• A conjugation drill with the verbs from your level
• Plain and polite forms: ます, ません, ない, た, て and the rest of the everyday set
• Say the answer, then check it. The stem is greyed out, so you only look at the ending.
KANJI
• Draw kanji in stroke order and see the words they live in
WHAT YOU DON'T GET
• No account needed. Open it and read.
• No ads, no tracking, nothing collected. Everything stays on your phone.
• No points or coins. Just a story.
Patapa is new and still growing. Tell us what you'd like to see: hello@patapa.app
Stories now go all the way from N5 to N1, a new one every day at every level.
• Listen: a play button reads the whole story aloud and highlights each sentence as it goes
• Verbs: a conjugation drill with the verbs from your level
• Kanji: draw them in stroke order
• Story archive: catch up on the last few days
• Questions are shuffled better, and long phrases wrap instead of running off the screen
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Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Digital Lighthouse Oy
- Size
- 86.8 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Digital Lighthouse