Mebae: Learn Japanese & More
BLUEWHALE NETWORK LLC. Education iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
Mebae: Learn Japanese & More is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by BLUEWHALE NETWORK LLC. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated October 21, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 54 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 21
- 2026 · v1.3.7
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About Mebae: Learn Japanese & More
Mebae turns real-world podcasts into a language-learning studio. Listen to native audio, read a word-by-word transcript that highlights in sync, tap any word for an instant AI look-up, and translate every line into your language. Built for Japanese learners first — with furigana, shadowing playback, and JLPT-friendly vocabulary — but it works with any podcast in any language. WHY LEARNERS LOVE MEBAE • Word-by-word transcript — synced highlighting follows the audio as it plays • Tap-to-look-up — instant AI definitions for any word • Instant translation — every line into 11 languages • Furigana for Japanese — readings above every kanji • Shadowing mode — slow down, loop, and repeat like a native • Adjustable speed — 0.5x to 2x without pitch distortion • Add any podcast — paste an RSS feed or import from Apple Podcasts & Spotify • Offline download — learn on the subway, on a flight, anywhere • Control Center & lock-screen playback • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac • On-device transcription option — private, no account required Start free. Upgrade to VIP for unlimited AI transcription, translation, and word look-up. Turn the hours you already spend listening into real language progress. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.3.7 · Updated October 21, 2026
• Made for iPhone Duo: unfolded, the transcript and player open side by side like a book, with word look-ups right next to the text. Folded, the buttons move to the side so you see more of the transcript. • On-device transcripts stay more precisely in sync with the audio. • Improved Japanese word segmentation and dictionary. • Bug fixes and performance improvements.
App privacy
The developer, BLUEWHALE NETWORK LLC., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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