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Dokuen Japanese Reader

Dokuen Reader
★ 4.2 (107 ratings)
⬇ 5,000+ downloads
Est. actual: 7,569
Free
Released: Sep 25, 2025
IAP: $1.00 - $49.99 per item
No ads

Signals

4 this week · 2 positive · 2 warnings All of this week's signals →
  • 📈Last 7 days +334 installs — 20% slower than the week before (+419) · 44/day since Oct 9
  • 🏆Among Education apps top 2% by installs gained this week (1825 peers growing)
  • ⭐Rating ★ 4.64 → 4.23 since Oct 9 — around the 1.7.1 update (Nov 4, 2026)
  • 🛠Updates actively updated · updated 8 days ago · every ~16 days (3 updates tracked)
Installs since launch
0 3.8K 7.6K 7.6K Sep 25, 2025 today
+1,442 installs · +13 ratings since Oct 9
Update history
1.7.1 Nov 4, 2026 · seen Nov 11, 2026
<b>Annotated Words</b>: Attach your own short note to a word, such as a meaning, mnemonic, or pitch accent. Long-press a word to get started.<br><b>Online Pronunciation Audio</b>: Hear recordings from humans instead of Text-to-Speech.<br><b>Plugin Icons</b>: Plugins can now show their own icon in the dictionaries list and on the main screen.<br><b>Changelog Screen</b>: Browse the full release hist
1.6.1 Oct 23, 2026 · seen Nov 1, 2026
<b>Expanded Plugin API</b>: Dictionary plugin custom actions can now request images, clipboard text, and the readings of full sentences rather than only individual words. Dictionary plugins with Anki integration (like the Yomitan plugin) can use these new API features to add images and sentence furigana to exported notes.
1.5.0 Oct 3, 2026 · seen Oct 22, 2026
<b>Custom Anki Export</b>: Now supports custom note types and field templates, kanji notes, cloze extractions, and more.<br><b>Floating Text Direction Button</b>: You can now change the text direction setting in the middle of a reading session.<br><b>In-app Plugin Install Links</b>: Official plugins can now be installed directly from within the app, instead of redirecting you to the GitHub plugins

Dokuen Japanese Reader is an education app by Dokuen Reader with 5,000+ downloads (about 7.6K estimated). +334 installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.2 from 107 ratings. Released Sep 25, 2025. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “Japanese reader with screen furigana overlay, OCR camera, and tap dictionary.”