Satori Reader

Name: Satori Reader
Rating: 4.6 (800 reviews)
Author: Brak Software

By: Brak Software

Japanese reading and listening practice at just the right level.

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Features & Capabilities

Satori Reader is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your Japanese reading and listening skills. It offers hundreds of native-speaker articles across various themes like news, stories, and dialogs, perfect for intermediate learners.

With features like native audio playback for each sentence, adaptive kanji usage tailored to your knowledge, and smart definitions that explain word meanings in context, Satori Reader provides a personalized learning experience. Additional tools such as friendly annotations, a built-in spaced repetition system (SRS) for review, and human feedback through comments make it an invaluable resource for mastering Japanese effectively. Set up your free account today and start your journey to fluency with Satori Reader.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

1.5.4.1 Last updated: 2025-11-06

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Creation date:

2018-09-08

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Permissions:

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
com.android.vending.BILLING Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe

Size:

49.23MB

Email:

su*****@satorireader.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 173,124 ▼ 82

Other platforms

Satori Reader (v1.5.5)

4.80

(213)

For Developers

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Developed by:

Brak Software

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.braksoftware.SatoriReader

Email:

su*****@satorireader.com

Website:

https://www.satorireader.com

User Reviews

Satori Reader provides an engaging, high-quality Japanese reading experience with audio and human explanations, strong learning tools, and good cross‑app glossing options. However, onboarding can be frustrating due to sign‑up issues, the mobile UI lags the website and lacks font-size controls, and occasional performance problems slow loading or content delivery.

Pros

Immersive, story-driven Japanese reading with high-quality audio and hand-crafted explanations.
Flexible furigana system: read without furigana and easily peek furigana and full word explanations.
Strong built‑in learning tools (SRS, flashcards, sentence meaning checks) supporting JLPT study.
Frictionless, integrated reading/listening experience with regularly updated content.
Option to connect with WaniKani to tailor glosses to your level.

Cons

Sign-up/registration problems (Captcha blocking, bot flags, and errors) reported across multiple reviews.
UI/UX is weaker than the website and lacks easy font-size customization.
Performance and reliability issues, including slow startup and content loading problems.

Recent reviews

Very convenient app that feature all kind of Japanese stories to read. The stories range from simple animal stories for beginners to advanced material. And you can click on any word to get instant meaning and explanation instead of having to flip through a dictionary. Highly recommended.

R *****, 2026-06-07

The only Japanese learning app that I happily pay for and would recommend to just about every other Japanese beginner-intermediate. Its the whole package - entertaining stories in natural language, repeated phrases and expressions that build in your memory, instant in-context translations, detailed grammar and culture notes, full sentence translations, and fantastic voice acting. Also a great comment section in each chapter where the editors are actively replying to questions!

Ow*****, 2026-06-05

It's an app that has various stories in Japanese, and you can tap words/sentences for the translation. There's also an audio option, with actual voice actors (not AI) reading the stories. The translator/editor notes are very well explained and informative, and there's a comment section on each chapter where you can ask further questions, and the team will further explain any doubts you might have! Definitely recommend as a staple for Japanese learners!