Shirabe Jisho

Name: Shirabe Jisho
Rating: 4.9 (8673 reviews)
Author: Blazej Stanek

By: Blazej Stanek App

Offline dictionary and more

Overview

Version:

1.10.7

Last updated: 2026-06-22

Ranking

#18,690 ▼ 25

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Shirabe Jisho is a simple but powerful offline Japanese–English dictionary app. It offers over 170,000 dictionary entries with readings and English meanings, more than 6,500 kanji with stroke orders, and 730,000+ names and places, plus 147,000 example sentences with translations.

Features instant search, kanji and kana handwriting recognition (tolerant of mistaken strokes), and long-press previews for similar characters.
Search by kanji radicals, wildcard search, and kanji/kana/romaji compatibility. JLPT and school-grade lists are included for targeted study. All data is offline for privacy and fast access.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Accessibility

By:

Blazej Stanek

Rating:

4.90

(8,673) 14 new ratings

Version:

1.10.7 Last updated: 2026-06-22

Version code:

887259828

Creation date:

2015-09-04

Compatible devices:

Size:

181.49MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-08

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Ranking

# 18,690 ▼ 25

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Developed by:

Blazej Stanek

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shirabe-jisho/id1005203380

User Reviews

Users consistently praise Shirabe Jisho as fast, clutter-free, and feature-rich. It's acclaimed for offline access, handwriting input with stroke order, and rich data including example sentences and pitch accent. The built-in flashcards and study decks are repeatedly cited as highly useful. Many reviewers call it indispensable for learning Japanese, with a clean UI and strong offline capabilities, plus reliable developer responsiveness. A few note limitations like related-words handling and a desire for Romaji display, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.

Pros

Offline access for use without internet
Handwriting input with stroke order for kanji lookup
Flashcards and built-in study decks
Fast, clean, ad-free UI with clutter-free design and reliable cross-script search (kanji, kana, romaji)
Rich data including example sentences and pitch accent, plus bookmarking

Cons

Recent reviews

I am a paid, frequent user of Shirabe Jisho. While it is a very good overall app, it has some notable flaws: 1. Bookmarks/saved entries cannot be attached to an account and used between devices. I have 400+ entries saved in my Shirabe Jisho iPhone app, but when I use Shirabe Jisho on iPad or Mac those saved entries do not transfer. 2. There are only two color themes, green and blue, and the blue is actually purple. Purple has poor contrast on a dark background. More colors, please. 3. Font/UI scaling on the Mac OS app is awful. 100% is too small. 200% is broken.