MONDO - Learning Japanese App Apple

MONDO - Learning Japanese App

It unlocks your Japanese!

Features & Capabilities

POLYGLOTS MONDO - an app that unlocks Japanese reading, listening and learning Japanese.

MONDO is made for all who have an interest in Japan, especially people studying Japanese who want to read and listen above their current level to access interesting content.

  • Basic features are all Free. Some premium feature needs "In App Purchase". See below "About premium feature".
  • No need to register

FEATURES

  1. MONDO lets you create an individualised reading program based on your interests and reading level:

    • Relevant articles: MONDO includes articles which are categorised based on area of interest, such as Japanese news, art, food, drink, subcultures, and much more.
    • Difficulty: articles are sortable by difficulty level to help you target the right reading difficulty level, if desired.
    • Expected time to read: articles display the expected reading time, so you can choose to read shorter or longer articles based on your available time.
  2. MONDO lets you read Japanese smoothly:

    • Simple Tap Dictionary: If you find an unknown word when you read an article, tap the word and it will be shown in Hiragana and English. This enables you to understand an article even if there are many kanji you cannot yet read, while helping you improve your kanji study at the same time.
    • Smart Scrolling: Articles can scroll automatically at your desired reading speed, to help improve your natural Japanese reading comprehension.
  3. MONDO enriches your Japanese vocabulary and helps you learn through its “smart study” capability:

    • Your Wordbook: Words you look up are automatically saved into your wordbook. This creates an automatic dictionary of new words you are learning, for future reference and study.
    • Word Test: MONDO can create automated quizzes for you based on the words in your wordbook, to help you truly learn the meaning and the kanji.
  4. MONDO includes a Japanese English Dictionary:

    • MONDO’s onboard dictionary lets you look up words “in app” without resorting to browser-based translation programs.
    • Words you look up in the Dictionary are also saved into your wordbook, further enabling your mastering of reading Japanese.
  5. HandShake feature:

    • You can find Japanese friends, and friends learning Japanese language.
    • When you shake hands with other user, you can connect with them and see their study logs.
  6. MONDO has feature to help your listening comprehension:

    • You can listen to an audio narrated by native Japanese speaker.
  7. "本田家の日常"

    • This content teaches you useful Japanese expressions through daily conversations
    • Including an audio narrated by native Japanese speaker

About premium features

  1. Basic
    • You can listen to an audio narrated by native Japanese speaker unlimited
    • "本田家の日常" is available
    • USD 1.99 / month, USD 10.99 / 6 months, USD 17.99 / year
  2. Gold
    • You can chat and Q&A with Japanese teachers and also use Listening Practice feature, "本田家の日常" feature unlimited.
    • USD 8.49 / month, USD 41.99 / 6 months, USD 74.99 / year
  3. Super HandShake
    • If you use "Super HandShake" in HandShake feature, you can notice your handshake offer to others.
    • 5 Tickets : USD 2, 10 Tickets : USD 3, 20 Tickets : USD 4.

About Basic and Gold (auto-renewable subscription)

  • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
  • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
  • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase

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User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
POLYGLOTS inc.
Rating:
4.00
(1)
0.40
Version:
4.0.5 Last updated: 2026-05-18
Version code:
885792670
Creation date:
2015-06-12
Compatible devices:
Size:
117.51MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-06
Compare stats and ranking:

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Apple app. Please use these information below to contact the Apple app developer.
Developed by:
POLYGLOTS inc.
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/mondo-learning-japanese-app/id999224988
Website:
https://www.polyglots.net/service/mondo/

User Reviews

Users praise MONDO for comfortable reading, strong vocab quizzes, and effective listening features, but report crashes, buggy highlighting/dictionary behavior, and occasional UI sluggishness and language-support inconsistencies.
Pros
  • Comfortable reading experience and high-quality reading content from current news articles.
  • Engaging word quizzes to unlock content and effective JLPT vocabulary testing with saved words.
  • Strong listening and shadowing features for audio-based practice.
  • Reading-speed tracking and auto-speed option to challenge yourself.
  • Overall high quality, feature-rich app that feels surprisingly free and well designed.
Cons
  • Frequent crashes across devices, including on Apple Watch and during word tests.
  • Highlighting and dictionary features are buggy or limited (hard to highlight precisely, dictionary forms and grammar references missing).
  • Occasional sluggish performance, especially on the chart page or under heavy use.
  • Inconsistent language-support messaging (page lists multiple languages but support says it's English-only).
Recent reviews
Reading in the app is comfortable and I like the word quiz to unlock. The app crashes though when I open it on my Apple Watch and if it’s closed in my phone my watch won’t detect it.
by Ba*****, 2022-01-23

The app is exactly what I was looking for. I really enjoy listening and shadowing and it’s perfect. Quilts content and option to use flash cards.
by de*****, 2020-06-22

Great app. Add a self-recording feature in general or SPECIFICALLY under 本田家の日常 to compare your voice with natives’ voice in those lessons. Your premium will suddenly become so much more attractive. Another suggestion is when you bookmark your favorite words, there should be examples included in the bookmarked words drawn from the sentences that the words are used. One idea is to have somewhere in the bookmark vocabulary of a word where, let’s say, when you search a particular word, sentences in articles containing that word will show up. This helps learners retain vocabulary more easily as they have the context where the words are used and will know how to use them more properly.
by Lu*****, 2020-04-09
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