Momo: Learn Japanese
Grigory Zaripov Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Momo: Learn Japanese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Grigory Zaripov. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated September 23, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 40 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Sep 23
- 2026 · v1.1.1
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About Momo: Learn Japanese
Momo teaches you to read Japanese, starting from the very first character. Most apps hand you a pile of flashcards and wish you luck. Momo is a path: hiragana, then katakana, then real words. Sixty-one lessons, in order, each one building on the last. Modules stay locked until you pass the exam, and nothing you have learned is left to rot. WHAT YOU LEARN - All 107 hiragana and all 107 katakana, with stroke-order diagrams to get your hand moving - 787 words across 49 themed lessons: greetings, family, food, the body, getting around town - 495 kanji, met inside real words rather than drilled in isolation, with furigana you can switch off when you are ready HOW IT WORKS - Every item is scheduled by FSRS, so reviews arrive just before you would forget - Every word and kana is spoken aloud, pre-rendered so it plays instantly and offline - Furigana and romaji are toggles, not crutches you are stuck with - A searchable dictionary of 23,334 words, for when curiosity strikes mid-lesson WHAT MOMO DOES NOT DO - No account needed. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to remember. - No ads. Nothing blinks, nothing interrupts a lesson. - No internet needed. Lessons, audio and dictionary all live on your phone, so you can study on the Underground. - Your progress stays on your device. We count finished sessions and crashes, and you can switch both off in Settings. Three modules are live today. N4 and beyond are in progress: Momo ships the parts that are finished rather than five half-built ones. Voices: VOICEVOX:四国めたん. Word meanings from JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke-order diagrams from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Full credits in the app under Settings > Credits, and at learnwithmomo.app/credits.
What’s new
Version 1.1.1 · Updated September 23, 2026
Your level counts words now, not just kana. And harder words count for more — one N1 word is worth six kana, because honestly, you earned it. Tap your level to see where every point came from. Home was only counting the words you'd properly memorised, which made day one look like you'd done nothing. It counts the ones you've met now. Much fairer. Tap it and you land in your journey. The Words chapters have names — Everyday, Home life, Town & time — so you can see what's coming. There's a new theory deck for これ, それ, あれ and どの too, before I make you choose between them. And theory cards can show whole sentences now, read a little slower than I usually talk. Small fixes: the recap page stopped sliding sideways, the daily-goal counter stays on one line, and my word bubble finally shows the word it opens. That one was embarrassing.
App privacy
The developer, Grigory Zaripov, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
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:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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