# Satori Reader

> Japanese reading and listening practice at just the right level.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.braksoftware.SatoriReader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.braksoftware.SatoriReader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.braksoftware.SatoriReader`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Brak Software
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 164,180
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (807 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6.1.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-21
- **First published:** 2018-09-08
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 54 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.braksoftware.SatoriReader)
- **Website:** [https://www.satorireader.com](https://www.satorireader.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.satorireader.com/privacy](https://www.satorireader.com/privacy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #174,975 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.braksoftware.SatoriReader.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.braksoftware.SatoriReader)