Swipanese: Learn Japanese
Real Japanese, word by word
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Learn Japanese from real Japanese, one swipe at a time.
Swipanese turns short clips of native speakers into lessons. Swipe through a feed of clips matched to your level, read along with subtitles that highlight each word as it's spoken, and tap any word to see what it means.
WATCH REAL JAPANESE
• A vertical feed of short clips from Japanese creators, picked for your JLPT level and interests
• Subtitles with furigana, romaji and an English translation — turn each on or off
• Replay any sentence, slow the video down, or jump to a line
• Explore by word, JLPT level, grammar point or topic
TAP ANY WORD
• A full Japanese–English dictionary built in, with over 200,000 entries from JMdict, that works offline
• Conjugated words are recognised, so 食べなかった finds 食べる
• Save words to your own decks with one tap
REMEMBER WHAT YOU LEARN
• Words you meet are scheduled for review with spaced repetition, so you see each one again just before you'd forget it
• Review cards built from the sentence where you met the word
• Custom study when you want to go beyond today's reviews
• Track every word from New to Learned
LEARN WITH KUKURU
• Kukuru, your learning companion, answers questions about words, grammar and meanings
• Ask by typing, by speaking, or by sending a photo of Japanese text such as a sign or menu
USE YOUR OWN VIDEOS
• Add a YouTube video by its link and study it in the app
• Where the video has Japanese captions, the transcript is made for you, split into tappable words
STAY MOTIVATED
• Daily goals, streaks and achievements
• A study reminder at the time of day that suits you
• Home Screen widgets, themes and dark mode
No account needed — open the app and start learning. Your progress is kept on your iPhone.
Videos are played with YouTube's official embedded player and belong to their creators.
SWIPANESE PRO
Your first 10 videos in the Feed are free; Swipanese Pro unlocks every video after that. Choose a monthly or a yearly plan; the yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial.
• Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends.
• Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends.
• Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase.
• Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/kodeprivacy/home
Ratings & Reviews
• Your watched videos are now backed up, so your Watch history stays even after reinstalling the app.
• The video pauses while the Swipanese Pro screen is open and plays again when you close it.
• Tapping the top of the screen in For You takes you back to the first video again.
• Subscription fixes and improvements.
The developer, Mr Siddharth, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Mr Siddharth
- Size
- 170.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Swipanese Pro Yearly $49.99
- Swipanese Pro Monthly $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Swipanese