Comments on: 10 Great Japanese iPhone apps

By: quickplay

quickplay — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:50:20 +0000

(LadioTouch) works outside Japan.
I live in Turkey and can use it perfectly !

By: chan

chan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:24:51 +0000

very useful apps these are indeed! Thanks for the recommendations!

By: jon

jon — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:41:56 +0000

Getting access to the Japan iTunes store is as easy as going to a convenience store and buying an iTunes gift card. Once you redeem it you are all set.

By: Mohit Manocha

Mohit Manocha — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:42:37 +0000

I would like to check our Japanese Radio Recorder app (Now 10th best music app in Japan.

http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/japanese-radio-recorder/id380643708?mt=8#

Thanks
Mohit

By: Lloyd Vincent

Lloyd Vincent — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:36:03 +0000

Sorry for slacking off on my comment responses, everyone!

Thanks for the feedback…

As a quick update, 大辞林 offers handwritten input recognition as of May 2010, making it even MORE worth the price.

@Kebin: Thanks for the link and for pointing out that–yes, train services in Japan are accessible in romaji. You’ll notice however that the Jorudan services offered at the link you included doesn’t give any option to search for the first or last train of the day, or to bring up timetables for a certain line at a certain station. So you’re giving up some functionality to be able to use romaji.

For travel that’s sufficient of course, but IMHO if you live here you really should be making an effort to learn and use the language.

By: Kebin

Kebin — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:18:16 +0000

Regarding 乗換案内 (Norikae Annai), I have to disagree with your comment: Good train-finding services in Japan are only available in Japanese.

I always use jorudan (http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/) in romaji and have never had a problem. Gets me where I need to go on time.

That train app would probably not help anyone but a native Japanese or someone with a very high level of kanji. It wouldn’t do me any good without furigana, which from the screenshots looks like it does not include. Since I’ve never used such a program in Japanese, I can’t comment which is superior, but to say “It’s all Japanese or nothing, baby,” is just downright inaccurate.

Just sayin’…

And I also agree with you on the kotoba app, an amazing app for free (I’ve since ditched my word tank) but the romanized spacings are almost undecipherable at times! Who put those together indeed.

By: kasha

kasha — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:38:49 +0000

hey thanks for this post… it really helps. i was looking for iphone app to listen to japan radio and u listed Ladio Touch.and to answer ur question it works outside Japan. the other apps are great too

By: Mika

Mika — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:22:19 +0000

Hello, We just published animated interactive kids iPhone/Touch book in Japanese (has also English). It would be nice to know if you guys find it useful or not. It can be found from iTunes Japan with name Mandy and Andy Renovating (マンディとアンディの: コテージを直そう). If you like it we promise to publish new one very soon.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:25:13 +0000

大辞泉is the best latest dictionary with hand written recognition dude~

By: DAZ-Y3

DAZ-Y3 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:48:15 +0000

Dude you forgot 駅.locky! It shows the countdown to the next (you can actually scroll through them) departure at whatever station… It’s good in the morning so I can decide if I need to run to the station or I can get away with just walking… (can cause panics, though…)