# Yomi - Japanese Reader

> Read Japanese books aloud

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6785191874](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6785191874)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6785191874`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Anastasiia Trofimova
- **Category:** Education
- **Version:** 1.17
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-19
- **First published:** 2026-07-31
- **Size:** 144 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yomi-japanese-reader/id6785191874)
- **Website:** [https://yomi.thetango.org](https://yomi.thetango.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://yomi.thetango.org/privacy](https://yomi.thetango.org/privacy)

## Description

Yomi turns the Japanese books you already own into a reading experience built for learners and readers alike. Import an EPUB, PDF, or plain-text file and read it the way it was meant to be read — vertical or horizontal, with furigana over the kanji and a dictionary a tap away.

Press play, and Yomi reads the chapter aloud while a highlight moves word by word, in time with the narration. It's the single feature that ties everything together: you hear the sentence and see exactly where you are in it — no guessing which word is being spoken.

READING, DONE RIGHT
• Furigana readings sit above the kanji — on when you want them, off when you don't.
• Tap any word for its meaning and reading, with a button to hear it pronounced.
• Vertical (縦書き) and horizontal (横書き) text, laid out like a real book.
• Four themes for any light: paper, white, sepia, and night.
• Adjustable font, size, and reading orientation.

NARRATION THAT STAYS IN SYNC
• AI narration with a word-by-word highlight locked to the audio.
• Adjustable playback speed.
• Background playback with lock-screen and Control Center controls — skip chapters without unlocking your phone.
• Once a chapter is narrated it's saved on your device and replays offline, free.

YOUR OWN LIBRARY
• Import EPUB, PDF, and TXT files, or open them straight into Yomi from Files, Mail, or the share sheet.
• Reading order, chapters, and titles are pulled from the book itself.
• Scanned or image-only books with no text layer are recognized by AI so you can read and hear them too.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.
• Your books stay on your device. Reading them — furigana and dictionary lookups included — sends nothing anywhere.
• Text leaves your device only when you ask for a paid AI feature (narration or scanned-text recognition), and only for that request.

FREE, AND WHAT MEMBERSHIP ADDS
Reading is free: import EPUB, TXT, and born-digital PDF books and read them with furigana, tap-to-define, themes, and vertical text at no cost. Membership adds the paid AI features — spoken word-synced narration and reading scanned/image-only books — and unlocks the narration-voice picker.

Membership is an auto-renewing subscription billed monthly through your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions.
Terms: https://yomi.thetango.org/terms · Privacy: https://yomi.thetango.org/privacy

—
Dictionary data from JMdict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under its licence. Text analysis uses MeCab with the IPADic dictionary. Narration, scanned-text recognition, and readings are AI-generated and may contain mistakes.

## Rankings

- #1,532,280 — Overall

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Yomiya](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6754914256)
- [Yomoyo: Japanese Reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6744860737) — 5.00 / 5
- [Yomi Nihongo](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6741868255)
- [Yomi: Read Aloud for Kids](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6739611621)
- [Yomi -AI Flashcards & OCR](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6756032284)
- [Yomi: Japanese Listening](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6799967536)
- [Yomiage: Read Articles Aloud](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6761738905)
- [Yomu – Japanese Reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6756255670)
- [YomiNavi](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6778437619)
- [YomiStudy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6771641926)
- [YomiPlay](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760715932) — 5.00 / 5
- [Voice Reader - YOMI](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6742394396)

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6785191874)