Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Education
- Productivity
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Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
App Store
27 store screenshots
Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Early Access — $21.00
- Early Access — $179.99
- Lifetime — $289.00
- Lifetime — $344.99
- Lifetime — $359.00
- Migaku Standard — $14.00
- Migaku Standard — $136.99
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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4/5Great app, I like it
The app has been working good for me so far. There are some issues. Sometimes when I briefly go to another app and come back, the flash card will not have any sound, and neither will any of the rest of the cards. I have to close the app and open it again. Also, will there ever be an offline mode? This is specific but when I take the train to school I go through a tunnel for about 15 minutes and have no service. On the Anki app that was no problem and it would still work. Is there anyway that can be brought to Migaku? If not, honestly I understand. The convenience that Migaku brings is more than enough the rest of the time. It’s been so helpful in my Japanese journey.
PinkyDonky · 6 Aug 2026
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5/5Why is this not the top language learning app again?
I’ve been wanting to learn Japanese for a few months and watched tons of videos on how to get started but still had a hard time knowing quite what to do…but then I found Migaku. This combined pretty much everything I’d read and watched online about how to learn Japanese into one app. Everything is taught through flashcards in a spaced repetition system. It starts by teaching Kana, then around 200 Kanji/kanji components. After that it begins teaching words using those kanji, which are always and tied into a new grammar topics and put in context with a sentence. Kana and Kanji flashcards come with mnemonics, and you can add personalized ways to remember to both these and word flashcards. After 3-6 months, you have been introduced to the top 80% of words and kanji and can begin learning through immersion, creating in depth flashcards of new words straight from books or tv shows. I’ve been at it for about a month and am learning new things every day. I no longer have to wonder what I’m supposed to be learning or if I’m doing it right—Migaku lays it out so clearly. I feel like a child learning to read, with a thrill of pride and excitement every time I pick out a single word I understand in my new language in a random show or song or book. It takes time and effort, but so far it seems that this app really teaches you. It’s not just a money grab or a scam or a game, but it’s also not a textbook or lecture. In my humble opinion, it’s seems to be reaching above all of this. It seems to be the perfect way to learn a language :3
ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ ʔ•̫͡•ʔ · 6 Aug 2026
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5/5A company not blinded by greed
I've been using Migaku for 6 months and there is a clear and drastic improvement in my language ability. I talk to Japanese people every day and they notice the difference too. This is what happens when a company makes something that is actually designed to work effectively. If you use Duolingo, please, get rid of it as it is designed to sink you into an endless cycle of making you think you are progressing. It's a strategy to make money and not actually help you. Migaku is a heck of a commitment because if you miss days, you will have to re-review a lot of material. This is because of how the flash card system works. Showing you content right before you forget it. And yes, it actually works but you have to commit to it and it can take several hours a day to complete. But if you aren't studying that long, you won't learn. Anyway, I've said what I wanted to say. This app is the real deal. Seriously.
Wgatelytech · 6 Aug 2026
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5/5Japanese Migaku is amazing
I’ve been using Migaku for studying Japanese and honestly it’s helped me way more than I expected. I really like how it lets you learn directly from real content like videos and shows, instead of just textbooks. The Japanese section makes it easy to look up words, see example sentences, and turn things you don’t know into flashcards right away. At first it felt a little confusing to set up, and I still mess up the settings sometimes, but once I got used to it, it became part of my daily study. I especially like how it shows pitch accent and lets you hear native pronunciation, which is something I was missing before. It’s not perfect and sometimes I feel like I’m not using all the features correctly, but overall Migaku makes Japanese study feel more natural and less boring. I’m still a beginner, but I can tell it’s helping me understand Japanese better little by little.
Bake Hanma · 6 Aug 2026
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5/5Best language app I’ve tried!
As someone who’s tried to study Japanese on and off (emphasis on the “off” lol) for 15 years, I’m so glad Migaku exists and that I decided to take a chance on it. It’s the best language app I’ve tried yet, and not only are the lessons good (it’s got some of the best grammar explanations I’ve seen so far, while still being simple), but it also makes it easy to sentence-mine through the Chrome extension. Anki was always too overwhelming for me, but Migaku is really easy to understand, and I don’t dread opening the app every day. I recommend starting with the trial to see how you like it before you purchase, since we’re all different when it comes to learning. Migaku isn’t perfect (no language app is), but it’s helping me so much. If I’m gonna be watching J-dramas anyway, might as well learn and make some flash cards from them while I’m at it!
MargaretR0 · 6 Aug 2026
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Versions
App Store
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2.35.0
- Upgraded video download engine for improved compatibility - Improvements to internal architecture - Preparation for Valentine's Day sale
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2.36.0
- Upgraded video download engine for improved compatibility and stability - Improvements to internal architecture and crash handling - Preparation for Valentine’s Day sale
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2.37.0
- Fixed YouTube 403 download errors and bottom navigation issue - Improved reset app flow - Updated core components and onboarding flow - General stability and performance improvements
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2.38.0
- Webpages now automatically parse in the mobile browser - Improved diagnostic logging to help us resolve issues more quickly - Increased YouTube stability and overall performance
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2.39.0
- Added Spanish UI support - Improved onboarding experience - Major reliability improvements in YouTube functionality
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2.40.0
- Quick-action buttons are now available while watching YouTube - Fixed pages not loading correctly in the mobile browser - Major reliability improvements to YouTube functionality
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2.41.0
- Fixed paywall incorrectly being shown to paid users.
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2.42.0
- Dictionary: Fixed Korean dictionary initialization issue - Other: Fixed an issue where the app could unexpectedly restart while studying Kanji cards
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2.43.0
- Migaku is now available in Spanish — ¡bienvenidos! - Improved ability to diagnose any failures in the YouTube feature - Fixed an issue where the Settings screen background would bleed through on the edges on iOS 26
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2.44.0
• Set a Custom Home Link for YouTube — open the video player straight to your favorite channel or playlist. • New app icon. • Improved subtitle parsing reliability.
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2.45.0
- Word Translations are now available - Anki keywords and intervals now accurately map to Known Status - A critical alert badge now appears on the Settings tab when something needs your attention - Preparation for the upcoming April Anti-Brainrot Sale - Fixed an unnecessary gap between the seeker and video controls in the local player
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2.46.0
- When sending logs with your database, you can now choose whether to include dictionaries. - Sharper YouTube screenshots — fixes issues where card creation from YouTube produced blurry images. - Better Anki add-on error reporting — failures from the Anki add-on now surface properly when sending cards. - Fixed dictionary pop-up behaviour on iOS 26. - Fixed various player polish issues — black bar around the VLC player on iPad, VLC seek bar and time stamp alignment, and cramped bottom spacing in the YouTube player.
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2.47.0
- Fixed crash when installing certain dictionaries after sync repair - Improved “Cards per batch” options in Study Settings - Fixed course list to match interface language by default
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2.48.0
- Fixes error some users were experiencing when attempting to log in
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2.49.0
- Introduced the Reader — read books with lookups, card creation, and text-to-speech - Added a guided onboarding tutorial to help new users get started - Improved punctuation grouping in Chinese - Fixed a Kanji-related crashing issue and other performance improvements - Fixed the sync repair screen incorrectly combining review and new card counts - Reordered Watch tab options: YouTube now appears above Player
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2.50.0
- Added the ability to choose between your local or server database when resolving sync conflicts - Improved sync reliability, including fixes for Sync Repair from Server - Fixed database migration issues - Fixed an issue where text was not properly wrapped in flashcard sentences and word components - Fixed a bug where the paywall could not be dismissed
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2.51.0
- macOS support: Migaku is now available on macOS as an iPad app. - Sync: Sync Conflict modal is now scrollable when its contents exceed the max height. - Reader: Fixed cards created from the Reader sometimes cutting off sentences that span two pages. - Cards: Fixed Safari/iOS card layout glitches (flex alignment + container wrapping). - Study: Potential fix for the app occasionally restarting when tapping the Edit button. - Study: Performance improvement when opening a card page during a study session. - Card editor: Removed the Giphy GIF integration.
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2.52.0
- YouTube: Custom home link is now validated; if a saved custom home page fails to load you get a Retry / Edit / Reset dialog instead of a blank screen. - Card creator: Videos picked from your library (e.g. Live Photos) now work as sentence audio — the audio is extracted automatically so it plays back and previews correctly. - Study: Fixed sentence audio (TTS) not auto-playing the next sentence after rapid lookups. - Cards: Front-of-card audio now respects your auto-play audio setting. - Local video player: Redesigned, with a new "queue" feature. - Onboarding: Tutorial card now shows the correct image. - Sync: Stability fixes for syncing and for "Sync Repair" / "Send Logs with Database" (especially larger databases); fixed card counts on the Sync Repair screen.
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2.53.0
- Sign-up & sign-in: You can now sign up or sign in with Apple or Facebook. - Reviews: Restored the Make button as the default answer method. - Stats: Fixed the Collection and Statistics pages sometimes not opening. - Stats: Fixed the Statistics page not showing your full streak. - Video: Updated YouTube support to fix recent playback issues.
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2.54.0
- Subtitle generation: Added Traditional Chinese support — generating subtitles for Chinese now respects a Traditional character preference. - Video: Fixed YouTube subtitles not loading for some users. - Study: Fixed the text-to-speech voice setting not being saved. - Cards: Fixed being unable to swipe batch actions after using "Select all". - Vocabulary: Fixed adding a known word being broken for Vietnamese. - Onboarding: Fixed being unable to tap a word when the tutorial popup overlapped it. - Sync: More reliable sync repair — repairing from the cloud no longer removes your installed dictionaries, and corrupted text in the database is handled gracefully.
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2.55.0
- Fixed a crash that could occur for some users when logging in.
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2.56.0
- Study: Fixed "Study All" sometimes starting with a review card even when study order is set to new-first. - Study: Fixed occasionally getting a blank card at the start of a "Study All" session. - Study: Fixed the Undo button misbehaving when "Shuffle cards from all decks" is enabled. - Study: Fixed deleting a card or changing its status jumping back to the beginning of the study batch. - Watch: Fixed YouTube videos failing to load (updated video engine).
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2.57.0
- Sales: Migaku can now run limited-time sales — you may see an in-app promo popup, and discounted prices right on the upgrade page. - Upgrade page: Smoother loading (prices and sale artwork now appear all at once), consistent dark mode, and fixed a black screen that could appear when closing the page. - Study: Fixed the app going blank after deleting the last new card of a deck during study. - Stability: Fixed a potential crash loop caused by database version mismatches after app updates. - Sync: Small syncing fixes for bugs occurring on app (re-)install, and improved Catalog cross-device handling. - Comprehension: Small improvements to Catalog comprehension score calculation.
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2.58.0
- Subtitle Generation: Fixed issue where subtitles would fail to generate.
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2.59.0
· 30 Jul 2026
- Podcasts: brand new — listen to podcasts right inside Migaku and learn from them like any other content. - Watch & Read: new landing pages with a content catalog, recommendations, and your continue watching/reading lists. - YouTube: new quick-action buttons in the player (playlists, paste a link, refresh, set a custom home page), replacing the old address bar. - YouTube: smoother video opening — new loading cover and animations, and faster startup. - Local videos: new playlist queue in the local player. - Subtitles: the generate-subtitles button works again. - Subtitles: fixed UI freezes on videos with very long subtitle tracks. - Study: fixed the first card of a study session showing up blank. - Reader: fixed a crash caused by comprehension score recalculation. - Reader: catalog books now show an "Update available" button and pick up cover/metadata updates. - Sharing: sharing a video to Migaku now also works when the app isn't already running. - Account: fixed an issue where signing in with Google, Apple, or Facebook could replace your email/password sign-in method. - Stability: crash fixes and performance improvements.
Alternatives
- Bunpro Japanese SRS — Same category + similar ratings
- Wagotabi: Learn Japanese — Same category + similar ratings
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Availability by market
- US
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- Last verified
- 6 Aug 2026
- Sources
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