Bunpo: Learn Japanese

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4.7
81.2K reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

Learn Japanese with Bunpo!

Learn Japanese with fun and interactive lessons. Start learning Japanese now!

Bunpo is a fast and easy way to learn Japanese.

This Japanese learning app provides grammar explanations and lessons for learners of any levels, from JLPT N5 to JLPT N4, JLPT N3, JLPT N2 and JLPT N1.

Get JLPT ready with interactive lessons.
The app offers over 1700 example sentences and 8000 Japanese grammar quiz questions. All come with English-Japanese translations.

Key features:
Learn Japanese Alphabets (Hiragana and Katakana):
Study both hiragana and katakana easily
Listen how kanas are pronounced

Japanese grammar:
Learn Japanese grammar. Detailed grammar notes in all lessons.
The app contains explanations and exercises for all the grammar points of JLPT N5, JLPT N4, JLPT N3, JLPT N2, JLPT N1.
Japanese grammar courses are organized by its JLPT level.

Japanese Vocabulary:
Learn Japanese words in each lesson.
Tap on Japanese words to bring up the smart look up. (This feature makes you Japanese learning journey easy)

Learn Kanji:
Improve your kanji recognition by reading Japanese sentences.
Study kanji grouped by JLPT levels.
The app contains over 2500 kanji.

Read Japanese:
Learn to read Japanese language sentences in each lesson.

Japanese listening:
Listen to thousands of Japanese audio files to improve your Japanese listening skill.

JLPT:
Japanese grammar notes and exercises for any JLPT level N1 ,N2 ,N3 ,N4 ,N5

Japanese listening quiz:
Improve your Japanese listening skills by listening and inputting Japanese words.

SRS(spaced repetition system):
Enhance your studying with a personalized flash cards powered by SRS (spaced repetition system)

Subscription of Bunpo Plus
Subscribe to Bunpo Plus and get access to the complete Bunpo courses, which has hundreds of premium contents, listening training and review system (spaced repetition system) to help you learn Japanese or French language anywhere, anytime.
Updated on
Apr 08, 2026

Data safety

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No data shared with third parties
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Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.7
77.7K reviews
Michiko Erickson
March 19, 2025
While I really like this app, I cannot give it full stars because of a BAFFLING choice to not have a section-by-section way to review vocab. A list of vocab or flash cards would be great, but you will need to make those yourself, unfortunately. EDIT: This is an especially big deal for those not learning a language with a similar alphabet to English (eg Spanish, German, French). For instance, Japanese learners learning the kanji for vocabulary may not be comfortable writing the kanji accurately.
72 people found this review helpful
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Bunpo - Learn Japanese
March 20, 2025
Michiko, thank you for candid feedback. It has been noted and will be considered as we continue to work on various updates and improvements to the app. Thank you for taking the time to write to us, and help us work towards creating a better and more useful app for everyone! We appreciate your support, Michiko! 🩵🩵🩵
Raquel Gomez
April 2, 2026
I've only used this app for a few days but I'm really impressed! I love how simple to understand it is to start. Edit: I'm changing my rating because after the first few lessons you have to pay to unlock the rest. I don't like how the app still sends notifications to continue but I can't unless I pay. Also the supposed "offer" is just there to make you feel like you need to pay before it ends, even though there's no time limit, really disingenuous.
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Bunpo - Learn Japanese
April 7, 2026
Thank you for this feedback, Raquel! Disabling notifications is possible in the app and the device settings for the app. Prices do change periodically. Plus Monthly grants immediate, affordable access to all the core lessons and quizzes; details are available on the FAQ page on our website and in the app: Settings>Support>FAQ. Thank you!🍀
Jess
January 24, 2026
I am using this for beginner Korean, and I love the way lessons provide extra context for why the alphabet is the way it is, and explain much better than duolingo. Practicing is the problem. I can review a few items at a time, but once that's done it has a timer for hours I have to wait before I can do another! This is after upgrading to premium (not platinum). It's hard to progress without some kind of lower-stakes practice activity. Something to reinforce the lessons, not just review tests.
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Bunpo - Learn Japanese
January 28, 2026
Thank you very much for learning with our Korean course, Jess. The feedback has been received with thanks and shared with our team. To learn more about our app including features, development and subscriptions, visit the FAQ page in the app: Profile>Setting>Support>FAQ. Thank you❤️

What’s new

We just released a new Bunpo update!

April is here and spring is in full swing 🌸 To match the fresh start of the season, we've made a few updates to the app. Thank you for always learning with Bunpo!

• You can now manage Leagues notification settings from a dedicated screen
• Speaking and Dictation quizzes now auto play audio when moving to a new question
• Other bug fixes and performance improvements