Novli: Learn Chinese, Japanese
Alexander Simpson Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Novli: Learn Chinese, Japanese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Alexander Simpson. Rated 4.8/5 from 62 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 4.8
- 62 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 107 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 1
- 2026 · v2.0.6
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About Novli: Learn Chinese, Japanese
Learn Chinese and Japanese by reading what interests you. HOW TO USE NOVLI: 1. Snap a photo of a Chinese/Japanese text you want to read. 2. Tap on words to instantly translate them and see pinyn/furigana. 3. Explore the other features: add to Anki style flashcards in a single tap, ask AI questions about the text, listen to your text. Novli works for images of textbooks, novels, social media posts, uploaded lecture notes, or any other Chinese/Japanese text input you need. We built Novli because when we were learning to read Chinese, it would always take ages to look up words, find their pinyin, and add to our Anki flashcards. Now we can do this all from Novli in a few taps. If you have feedback or questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected]. This directly contacts the founder, and he will read every email :) (Note, we recently renamed from Readly to Novli. Same app, subscriptions and lesson history, just a new name) Privacy Policy: https://novli.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://novli.app/terms.html
Ratings & reviews
4.8
62 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.0.6 · Updated October 1, 2026
1. You can now study Japanese in Novli! 2. Improved audio quality. 3. Follow along word by word with automatic scrolling during audio playback.
App privacy
The developer, Alexander Simpson, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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