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About Furigana Reader Kanji Scanner

Point your camera at a sign, a menu or a page, and see how to say every word and what it means, in English. Furigana Reader is for anyone who can't read kanji yet, whether you are learning Japanese or finding your way around Japan. English sits beside the Japanese everywhere in the app. READ IT IN A SECOND - Read on your phone in about a second, even offline - Furigana, romaji and English for every word, with its JLPT level where it has one - READING: swipe your photo to see the readings laid right on it - Read aloud, with a choice of voice and speed - Up to 3 photos at once, or 10 on Pro - Crop and rotate a photo before it is read - Delete junk lines, so only the text you want is left KEEP WHAT YOU LEARN - Save words to folders and review them with flashcards - Export to Anki, with pictures - Boards: make a page of your trip with photos, cut-out stickers (iOS 17 or later) and word labels pointing at the words, then share it as a picture - History: every scan kept as a gallery of your photos GET THE WHOLE SENTENCE AI Explain, on Plus and Pro, gives a natural translation, the meaning of each word in its sentence, and grammar notes. AI Explain is not available in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your photos stay on your phone. A photo leaves it only when you choose AI Explain, and then only that photo, to Google's Gemini. PLANS - Free: 3 scans a day, plus 3 more for each short ad, up to 18. No AI Explain. - Plus, $3.99 a month: 50 scans and 15 AI Explains a day. - Pro, $9.99 a month: unlimited scans, 50 AI Explains a day, batches of 10 photos, and cloud sync. Plus and Pro have no ads. Subscriptions renew every month until you cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://furiganareader.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://furiganareader.com/privacy Dictionary: JMdict, by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What’s new

Version 2.0.0 · Updated October 8, 2026

Furigana Reader 2.0 is rebuilt from the ground up. - Scans are read on your phone: in about a second, private, and they work offline. - More scans: 50 a day on Plus, and no daily limit on Pro. - Read up to 3 photos at once (10 on Pro), and crop and rotate a photo before it is read. - READING: swipe your photo to see furigana, romaji or English laid right on it, and adjust where they sit. - Read aloud, with a choice of voice and speed. - Export to Anki, with pictures. - AI Explain (Plus and Pro): a natural translation, the meaning of each word in its sentence, grammar notes, and English on the photo, vertical signs too. - Boards: lay out your photos, as they are or cut out as stickers, label their words, add your own notes and drawings, and share the page as a picture. - History is now a gallery of your photos. - Delete the lines and words you don't need, and choose the folder words are saved to. - JLPT levels for far more words. - English next to the Japanese everywhere. - A new look, in light and dark. - On Free, watch a short ad for 3 more scans. Your words, scans and folders from version 1 come with you. If you already subscribe, you lose nothing in this update. Thank you for being here from the start. AI Explain is not available in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK.

App privacy

The developer, Kiattisak Kalkumnerd, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

  • Identifiers: Device ID
  • Usage Data: Advertising Data

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

  • Location: Coarse Location
  • Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
  • Usage Data: Advertising Data, Product Interaction
  • Purchases: Purchase History
  • Contact Info: Email Address, Name
  • User Content: Other User Content

Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality

Data Not Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

  • Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
  • User Content: Photos or Videos

Used for: Analytics, App Functionality

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