Wagotabi: Learn Japanese

• Price: $4.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.9 1415 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Great app but doesn’t complete support the keyboard

   I really this app, as I have learned a lot of japanese with it. It really forces you learn before you can progress. The recent update seems to want to force you to use the flick keyboard which is fine for some people but I don’t like it. I wish there was an option to disable it. Also it would be nice if there was full keyboard support, as the game still requires you to touch the screen or use a game controller to advance to the next screen when learning, smart test or doing the boss fights. You can’t even select the smart test without touching the screen or using a controller. Maybe use arrow keys to select the menu items or let me use the virtual mouse from the keyboard. edit: Thank you for responding. Creating a virtual mouse for the keyboard is an option, but not really the best option. I hope that one day I can play the game completely from a keyboard without having to use a game pad or a virtual mouse. Also, is there a way to delete individual saves? sometimes I want to start over to really reinforce the learning. Thank you.

   drprotean · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Just do it

   This is one of the first Japanese learning games that I find myself actually WANTING to stay with. The learning aspect feels very smooth, and I adore the fact that it doesn’t bring in romanji as its starting learner of the Japanese alphabet/vocab like so many other apps do, and instead balances moving in Japanese as you progress through the game and lessons the amount of English that is used in conversation. That I feel like is truly learning by immersing yourself into the language. It’s a cute game that has a feeling almost similar to Pokémon where you battle by learning more Japanese, collect Kanji in your Kanjidex, and travel all across the lands of Japan. It’s really neat that it makes itself unique by having the world exploration mimicking the actual locations of Japan through the game play and allows its players to take note of those real locations and maybe even pique further curiosity and excitement into wanting to travel to Japan to visit those exact locations. Keep going developers and all those who have brought this creation to life! Ya’ll are doing amazing!!

   Nox_Cheshire · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5By far the best way to learn

   THEY MUST MAKE THIS TYPE OF GAME FOR ALL LANGUAGES! I have been studying Japanese for 6 months everyday. I wish I just started with this… this is by far more interesting and challenging than other apps. I have tried everything trust me. I have spent $500+ on apps and books… I’ve been looking for something like this to incorporate in my learning, but I wish I started this in the beginning. One of the hardest things for me to learn is not the vocabulary but the sentence structures and particles. English speaking people should start with it and this game does that! I am really beating myself up that I just went to Reddit where a user said they used this app and it dramatically helped them. Just checked it out today and I have not been able to put the game down for hours. $6 is very worth everything… no ads, no subscription, it feels like a classic Pokémon game and I can’t get enough.

   Gabe7797 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5New breakthrough in learning

   I think these developers clearly know what they are doing. The system they have in place for learning a very difficult language challenges you that traditional testing and online AI apps usually don’t, it offers opportunity for slight immersion learning while having key aspects of memory retention tied to game progression. This effectively induces a tighter memory as you need to know what you remember to efficiently get through the game. The psychology of this tricks your brain to remember things faster as it sees it as a necessity to get a task done, the dopamine is insane when you start to play this game, definitely a top tool when it comes to learning Japanese efficiently. If I could have donated all the money I spent on migaku and other tools into this app for more immersion and lessons I would. Please continue to develop this app for higher difficult Japanese lessons, or make other spin off games/DLC about Japan that we can pay for so we can continue to support you) that focus on learning Japanese for a deeper content learning/immersion. Making other language games in this style would also be appreciated, but I truly believe you have found your niche with Japanese language and to keep the quality of this game consistent it would be best to keep resources to this project for a while longer. In terms of monetary gain and the way cultural attraction to Japan is at an all time high right now; it might be in your best interest to keep it Japanese for larger profit potential. The quality is very high with this one. Keep at it I am proud of you Wagotabi team.

   Nickshark · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Great App, Best way to learn Japanese by far

   When I started this app I had tried learning Japanese on my own, but struggled really hard to learn any grammar as I had no one to practice with. This app fixed that for me completely. Now instead of feeling like I’m just learning so many words and not knowing how to use them. I’m having full conversations with the people in game. I’m listening to their conversations and understanding them! Over the app does a great job at being very educational, using context to learn, but also extremely fun as well. Sometimes I want to just keep playing because I’m having so much fun but I have to force myself to stop so that I can actually soak in what I learned. Overall best 5$ I ever spent trying to learn Japanese. They even have a free demo in case you don’t wanna commit to spending 5$ upfront. This game is everything you could ever ask for 10/10.

   Thyrzt · 31 Jul 2026

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