Kanji Lens - Japanese Scanner Apple

Kanji Lens - Japanese Scanner

Furigana, JLPT & Stroke Order

Features & Capabilities

v1.3.0: Draw a kanji to look it up — no reading needed. New search finds kanji by character, reading, or meaning. Plus the new JLPT Quiz (N5–N1).

Point your camera at any Japanese text and instantly see furigana, meaning, stroke order, and JLPT level — all without an internet connection.

Kanji Lens scans printed text, signs, books, vertical manga panels, and menus using Apple's on-device text recognition combined with Japanese word analysis. 13,108 kanji. 270,000 vocabulary entries. Zero weekly scan limits.

Kanji Lens gives you unlimited OCR scans for free — no weekly limits, no paywall for core features.


◉ WHAT YOU SEE IN ONE TAP

◆ Furigana (reading) — phonetic reading displayed above every kanji ◆ JLPT Level — instantly know whether a kanji is N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1 ◆ Meaning — English definitions drawn from a 270,000-entry vocabulary dictionary ◆ Radical & Stroke Count — core data for deep kanji understanding ◆ Stroke Order Animation — watch exactly how each kanji is written, stroke by stroke


◉ SCAN ANYTHING, ANYWHERE

◆ Horizontal & Vertical Text — signs, books, manga, menus, documents ◆ Camera + Photo Library — shoot live or import screenshots ◆ Crop & Focus — pinpoint exactly which characters to analyze ◆ 100% Offline — works on the subway, overseas, no Wi-Fi needed


◉ STUDY SMARTER

◆ Wordbook — save scanned words to your personal vocabulary list ◆ SRS Quiz — spaced-repetition quiz (9-stage interval) for long-term retention ◆ Folders — organize by theme, JLPT level, or study session ◆ Scan History — revisit every kanji you've ever looked up


◉ HOME SCREEN WIDGET

◆ Kanji Rotation — your wordbook kanji refreshes every 30 minutes ◆ Review Badge — see at a glance how many words are due for review ◆ One-Tap Access — jump straight to kanji detail or quiz from the widget ◆ 6 Themes — Sakura, Ocean, Forest, Night, Sunset, and more


◉ WHY KANJI LENS?

  • Unlimited OCR scans — even on the free plan
  • Smart word segmentation — compound words and verb inflections
  • Complete offline — full dictionaries bundled in the app
  • 13,108 kanji — every character in modern Japanese

◉ WHO IS THIS FOR?

◆ JLPT learners (N5-N1) encountering unknown kanji in daily life ◆ Japan travelers reading signs, menus, and tickets without Wi-Fi ◆ Residents of Japan dealing with official paperwork and daily signage ◆ Manga and anime fans reading authentic Japanese


◉ PRO FEATURES

Upgrade to Kanji Lens Pro: ◆ Unlimited wordbook entries (free plan: 50 words) ◆ Unlimited scan history with search ◆ Unlimited folders ◆ Stroke order animation ◆ Quiz mode with SRS ◆ Learning Stats Dashboard (scan trends, study streak, SRS distribution, JLPT mastery) ◆ Widget Customization (content type, target folder) ◆ Ad-free experience

Pro Plans: • One-time purchase — lifetime access • Annual plan — auto-renewing

Pricing is shown in your local currency on the Pro upgrade screen in the app.

Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase.

Terms of Use: https://botan-app.pages.dev/kanji-lens/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://botan-app.pages.dev/kanji-lens/en/privacy

Dictionary data: KanjiDic2 & JMdict © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0). Full credits and licenses in Settings → Licenses.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Jun Nakao
Version:
1.3.2 Last updated: 2026-05-18
Version code:
885775806
Creation date:
2026-04-21
Compatible devices:
Size:
114.32MB
URLs:
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Data ingested on:
2026-06-03
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Developed by:
Jun Nakao
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kanji-lens-japanese-scanner/id6762123508
Website:
https://botan-app.pages.dev/kanji-lens/en

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