KanjiLens Camera
Ryuya Tanabe Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
KanjiLens Camera is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Ryuya Tanabe. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated August 23, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 128 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 23
- 2026 · v1.3.0
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About KanjiLens Camera
KanjiLens turns your iPhone camera into a Japanese reading companion — and makes sure you remember what you read. SCAN REAL JAPANESE Snap a book page, menu, sign, or manga panel (or pick a photo from your library). Every kanji gets furigana instantly, on device, fully offline. TAP A KANJI, LEARN IT Tap any highlighted word for its reading, English definition, and example sentences that use the same reading you just saw — with furigana over every sentence. REMEMBER IT FOREVER Turn any word into a flashcard with one tap. Built-in spaced repetition schedules your reviews, and a daily streak keeps you honest. No other apps needed. OFFLINE DICTIONARIES Built on KANJIDIC2, JMdict, and the Tatoeba example corpus (EDRDG / tatoeba.org), bundled as fast local databases. Nothing you scan ever leaves your phone. FREE EVERY DAY Scan for free every day — 10 scans on your first day, 3 a day after that. No account, no sign-up, fully offline. GO UNLIMITED Unlock unlimited scanning plus flashcards, streaks, and history with a subscription ($2.99 per month or $19.99 per year) or a one-time lifetime unlock ($29.99). Anyone who bought KanjiLens when it was a paid app keeps every feature free, forever. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/ryuyajay-sketch/kanjilens/blob/main/docs/PRIVACY.md
What’s new
Version 1.3.0 · Updated August 23, 2026
- Free scans every day: 10 on your first day, then 3 daily — no purchase needed - The app no longer locks behind a paywall after onboarding: jump straight in and start scanning
App privacy
The developer, Ryuya Tanabe, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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