NihonMaster
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Plans and prices
From NihonMaster's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Full JLPT N5–N1 curriculum · adaptive spaced repetition · 2,000+ kanji with stroke order · timed mock tests · natural-voice audio · offline use |
The facts
Each one read from NihonMaster's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Adaptive review
- A Thompson-Sampling recommender selects what to review and when, resurfacing difficult items more often.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio
- VOICEVOX voices read vocabulary items and example sentences aloud.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Guided curriculum
- Its guided journey follows a hand-crafted roadmap across all five JLPT levels, with checkpoints for characters, vocabulary, grammar, reading and quizzes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended learners
- The app is built for Japanese learners studying toward any of the five JLPT levels, from N5 through N1.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Kanji coverage
- The app covers N5–N1 kanji with readings, meanings, stroke-order animation, compound words and a writing pad; the site states that it includes 2,136 kanji.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages offered
- 1checked 23 Sep 2026
- Mock tests
- It offers full-length timed practice for N5 through N1 across vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline and accounts
- Lessons, progress and audio are stored on-device for offline study, and an account is not required to start.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline lessons
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Personalized review
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Placement test
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Pricing
- The core curriculum is free, with no credit card or trial clock; the site says a Pro tier with cloud sync and other extras is planned for later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- NihonMaster is a guided Japanese-learning app covering hiragana, katakana, kanji, grammar, vocabulary, listening and writing, with JLPT preparation from N5 through N1.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sentence practice
- The app composes example sentences from vocabulary and grammar the learner has already studied.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and corrections
- The site invites users to report mistakes by email or open an issue on GitHub, and notes that some lessons or translations may be imperfect.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Platforms
- The site says iOS and Android are live, while macOS, Windows and Linux desktop builds are in beta.checked 12 Oct 2026
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