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30+ Best Japanese Alternatives for iPhone (2026)
Japanese is C tier, #32 of the 40 tiered apps in dictionary. Here is everything that competes with it on iPhone, in tier order.
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All 39 alternatives, in tier order
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Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 560,362 ratings · score 98Free English dictionary app with definitions, a thesaurus, word games and offline access, for iPhone, iPad and Apple… - 2
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 448,803 ratings · score 98English dictionary and thesaurus app for iPhone with definitions, synonyms, example sentences, idioms, rhymes, and… - 3
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 148,389 ratings · score 96Reference app with Oxford dictionaries offering definitions, pronunciation, synonyms, translations and offline search. - 4
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 41,397 ratings · score 96Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionary with kanji, names, example sentences and handwriting input. - 5
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 222,864 ratings · score 95Dictionary and translator app for language learners, with downloadable bilingual dictionaries, offline search, and text. - 6
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 150,479 ratings · score 94Japanese dictionary app for looking up words, Kanji, and Kana with handwriting, image recognition, and study tools. - 7
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,429 ratings · score 93Offline Japanese dictionary with photo text lookup, furigana or romaji for pasted text, and flashcards built from. - 8
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 24,464 ratings · score 91Searches English word origins and shared roots using Douglas Harper's Online Etymology Dictionary. - 9
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 125,491 ratings · score 91Offline Persian-English dictionary and translator app with word suggestions, pronunciation, a picture dictionary and… - 10
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 289,660 ratings · score 90Free Spanish learning app with a Spanish-English dictionary, translator, verb conjugations, lessons, pronunciation… - 11
$9.99 · ★ 4.8 · 31,772 ratings · score 89English dictionary and thesaurus app with offline access, voice search, word games, and audio pronunciations. - 12
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 36,748 ratings · score 88Offline dictionary and translator app for 50+ languages that works without an internet connection. - 13
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 161,469 ratings · score 87English and Vietnamese dictionary and translator with vocabulary topics, flashcards, games, and pronunciation audio. - 14
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 331,990 ratings · score 86Arabic to English and English to Arabic dictionary and translator with offline word lookup and online text translation. - 15
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,149 ratings · score 85English dictionary with Oxford definitions, Word of the Day, spaced repetition quizzes and personal word collections. - 16
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 16,707 ratings · score 84Bilingual English and Arabic dictionary and translator with offline word lookup, pronunciation, flash cards and word. - 17
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 79,683 ratings · score 83Offline Vietnamese-English dictionary and translator with audio pronunciation, picture dictionary and word reminders. - 18
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 40,700 ratings · score 82Dictionary and thesaurus app offering definitions, synonyms, translations, and specialty reference dictionaries, with. - 19
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 10,616 ratings · score 82Offline Bangla to English dictionary with word lists, flashcards, quizzes and pronunciation for exam and everyday study. - 20
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 5,994 ratings · score 81Community-written and voted-on dictionary of slang, culture, and everyday phrases, with search and spoken. - 21
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,421 ratings · score 81Reference app for finding synonyms, antonyms, definitions and related words, with filters, sorting and a personal. - 22
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,640 ratings · score 80English and Persian dictionary and translator with AI writing tools, flashcards and a camera translator. - 23
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,612 ratings · score 80English to Spanish and Spanish to English dictionary and translator with offline use, pronunciation and word reminders. - 24
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,735 ratings · score 79Offline Arabic-English dictionary with lookup in both directions, pronunciation audio, and vocabulary practice tools. - 25
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,746 ratings · score 79Offline English dictionary with Persian meanings, flashcards, Leitner-box review and adaptive practice questions. - 26
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 8,351 ratings · score 78Chinese dictionary app with merged search, a document reader, flashcards, handwriting input and OCR. - 27
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,093 ratings · score 77Free bilingual English and Spanish dictionary and translator with offline word use, pronunciation, games and flashcards. - 28
$9.99 · ★ 4.8 · 6,012 ratings · score 76Ad-free dictionary and thesaurus app with offline English content, offline dictionaries in 13 other languages, and. - 29
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 161,455 ratings · score 71English-Vietnamese dictionary and translator with offline lookup, image and voice input, and vocabulary study tools. - 30
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 39,033 ratings · score 70Translates words and expressions with example sentences from real-life texts, with flashcards, quizzes and offline. - 31
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,729 ratings · score 70Chinese dictionary with photo OCR, example sentences, vocabulary lists and spaced repetition flash cards. - 33
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 7,756 ratings · score 69Free app for learning English with lessons, a Spanish and English dictionary and translator, verb conjugations and. - 34
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 260,195 ratings · score 69Finds the meaning of a kanji you draw on the touchscreen, with stroke-order animations for more than 2000 characters. - 35
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 86,708 ratings · score 68Bidirectional translation dictionary for pairs like French-English and Spanish-English, with offline use of editorial. - 36
$7.99 · ★ 4.7 · 2,077 ratings · score 67Offline ASL dictionary with video signs for 5000+ words, plus quizzes, a favorites list and fingerspelling exercises. - 37
$14.99 · ★ 4.7 · 2,210 ratings · score 65English dictionary app with definitions, a thesaurus, collocations, audio pronunciations and corpus-based example. - 38
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,110 ratings · score 64Free reference app bundling several Bible dictionaries, a glossary of older English words, and a topical concordance. - 39
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,563 ratings · score 64English dictionary and thesaurus with synonyms, related word links, and offline audio, with several search tools. - 40
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 81,397 ratings · score 63Offline English-Arabic and Arabic-English dictionary and translator with tap-to-lookup, pronunciation, picture…
Questions people ask
- What is the best alternative to Japanese on iPhone?
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary, S tier, #1 in dictionary.
- Is there a free alternative to Japanese?
- Yes: Merriam-Webster Dictionary (S tier, #1) is free to download, with in-app purchases.
- Does anything rank above Japanese?
- Yes. 31 apps rank above it in dictionary: Merriam-Webster Dictionary (#1), Dictionary.com: English Words (#2), Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus (#3) and more.