Bunpo: Learn Japanese

This app is AMAZING. It teaches you everything clearly and I've always been so overwhelmed by japanese for every other method but this is perfect, it starts right from the very basics and helps learn. I checked out german as well (which I'm currently doing on duolingo) and I really appreciate the explanations about exactly how things work. I also love the ability to CHOOSE to go back and redo the problems you did wrong. The text is quite tiny, though. Oftentimes it barely even fills a a tenth of the space of the flashcard. I'm doing this on ipad, not on my phone, because I want it to be better for my eyes but I wish the text could be larger? Also, for the character tracing, sometimes I want to go back to write it again. I don't understand why we can go back for other lessons but not when writing the characters. Okay also I just realized literally only three of these lessons (for japanese, at least) are free. The rest are still paywall locked? I will check back tomorrow and hope that's how this app works... I thought they would unlock once I reached them but nope. That's too little, and I feel really bad giving this app a 3 star review because it's honestly really good but too expensive... I wish you guys the best!

I really love the exercises and the explanations. They feel well thought out and well explained. I find the little translations for words in some questions to be really useful too. I also love the review feature, it’s super useful and it’s nice that there’s a tip that pops up after review questions involving grammar. The organization of different grammar lessons is really nice as well. It’s easy to find something you need to go back and look at if you need to. I like that they included some Vocab lessons/exercises for essential or commonly used words. I hope they consider maybe adding more vocabulary lessons with more common/essential words. I’m really glad I bought the full version since the features are worth it and I think it’s really cool that you can purchase a lifetime subscription, especially for such a reasonable price.(the monthly prices are pretty good too) Compared to other language apps with subscriptions it’s really nice. I would highly recommend this app for any level of learners.

This is truly an amazing application that I can hardly believe is free. This really deserves to be a paid app. It will walk you through the grammar from JLPT N5 (basic) all the way up to N1 (advanced). The explanations are detailed and yet simple so anyone can follow along. The only prerequisite is that you can read English; this app will even teach you the kana (how to read the Japanese alphabet) if you're completely unfamiliar with the Japanese language. The quizzes after the explanations are both challenging and fun reminding me very much of Duolingo. Your knowledge will be put to the test while you'll be put at great risk of becoming an obsessive Japanese grammar addict like me. Finally, the app allows you to ask questions about the contents which... I'm just speechless about. The time, energy, and kindness put into this app is truly mind-blowing; it'll be obvious to anyone who's studying Japanese or has an interest in Japanese that this app was built only with the Japanese learner's best interest in mind. Did I mention the app is gorgeous and clean as well (swiping though the explanation cards is so satisfying) and it has finally been fixed to work with iOS 10 again! What are you waiting for? Ready to master Japanese?! 🙌🏼 The app's free, there's no sign in required, so you've really got nothing to lose! 🤗