“I’m Confused — Okay, Imma be honest, this is a great app; it’s well polished and it appears to be very designed, HOWEVER—I’m using the free version and couldn’t do anything past the Kana lessons, no speaking, no tests, no writing…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 518 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.9 ★18,063 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
198 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Learn languages with Bunpo! Learn Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, English and more!
Master speaking, grammar, and vocabulary from beginner to advanced, trusted by over 5 million learners worldwide. From your first Hiragana あ to JLPT N1, from "annyeong" to a real Korean conversation, or any of our 8+ languages, Bunpo takes you from day one to fluency.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 3.25.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.25.0, updated 2026-09-19.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 17 distinct reviewers (3.3% of 518 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Bunpo was my favorite app. — This app was my go to for studying Japanese. I purchased a lifetime membership during its days in early development. I am frustrated because over the years they have added new stuff that seem very useful but…”
“Really Wonderful However... — I really like the simplicity of it! My biggest takeaway was how it actually told you the definitions of simple words/phrases, as this is something I have always wanted language learning apps to have and…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.25.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown7
Lowest$9.99
Highest$79.99
Bunpo Plus Monthly$9.99
Bunpo Platinum Monthly$19.99
Bunpo Platinum Yearly$79.99
Bunpo Plus Yearly$29.99
Bunpo Plus Yearly$39.99
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Bunpo Plus Lifetime$39.99
Bunpo Plus Lifetime$44.99