Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese

Name: Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese
Rating: 4.26 (6682 reviews)
Author: ANKERKOZ SARL

ANKERKOZ SARL

★ 4.3 (6,682 ratings)

⬇ 100,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 327,244

Free

Released: Aug 11, 2024

IAP: $0.99 - $249.99 per item

No ads

Rated: Everyone

Signals

4 this week · 2 positive · 2 warnings All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +3.8K installs — 11% slower than the week before (+4.3K) · 538/day since Sep 27
🏆Among Education apps top 1% by installs gained this week (2475 peers growing)
⭐Rating ★ 4.37 → 4.26 since Sep 27 — around the 1.5.7 update (Nov 5, 2026)
🛠Updates actively updated · updated 9 days ago · every ~10 days (5 updates tracked)

Installs since launch

+21,525 installs · +149 ratings since Sep 27

Update history

1.5.7 Nov 5, 2026

• Kanji: finishing a lesson, a review or winning a guardian battle now counts toward your streak. • Kanji Slash: kanji and words move again. • Quiz: kanji words keep their furigana reading. • Bug reports with a screenshot are sent again. • Better story layout on foldable phones. • Fixed an audio crash on iOS. • Stability improvements and bug fixes.

1.5.5 Oct 27, 2026

• Halloween special: a limited-time discount on the yearly plan. • The story reader is wider, so you scroll less to read a page. • Fixed the home screen sometimes showing "No content available" after signing in on a new install. • Stability improvements and bug fixes.

1.5.3 Oct 16, 2026

• New: take a test to skip ahead to a higher grade. • New listening and pronunciation exercises after your stories. • Quizzes now have answers in Japanese: tap one to hear it. • Sentence scrambles now accept other natural word orders. • The "Cards to review" chart now includes your story decks. • Word details and translations fill the whole screen. Stability improvements a

1.5.1 Sep 30, 2026

• Stories no longer get stuck loading, and reconnect instantly when your network comes back. • Audio reloads on its own instead of staying silent. • Flashcard decks always open, and review intervals now follow your latest answer. • Locked stories now explain why, and that the quiz completes the story. • Story images retry instead of staying blank. Stability improvements and bug fixes.

1.5.0 Sep 25, 2026 · seen Sep 27, 2026

• Word definitions now appear in your language for thousands more words. • Smoother end of story: no more rating screen, you go straight to your progress. • Fixed sign-in with Google and Apple when creating your account. • The quiz no longer gets stuck after opening a notification. • Stability improvements and bug fixes.

Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese screenshot

Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese is an education app by ANKERKOZ SARL with 100,000+ downloads (about 327K estimated). +3.8K installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.3 from 6.7K ratings. Released Aug 11, 2024. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “Learn Japanese by reading stories you'll actually want to finish. Illustrated, JLPT-aligned stories with native audio take you from your first hiragana all the way to N2. Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese. WHY SHINOBI WORKS Most apps…”