HelloStory: Japanese Stories

YuSpeak

About this app

HelloStory helps you truly use the Japanese you've learned by reading stories at your level—and it's completely free.

As a graded reading app, HelloStory offers a wide variety of stories tailored to different JLPT levels, helping you apply Japanese effectively while mastering natural expressions.

Our features help you not only read but truly understand each story:

★ Dive into Stories of Your Level
Enjoy engaging tales across a wide range of topics, crafted by experienced native authors to reflect real, natural Japanese.

★ Instant Understanding Made Easy
Access professional, bilingual translations for every word and sentence—no more guessing, just clear meaning in real time.

★ Listen and Learn Naturally
Immerse yourself in audio recordings by native speakers. Sharpen your listening skills and perfect your pronunciation effortlessly.

★ Multiple Display Modes
Toggle between Kanji, Hiragana, or Romaji to help you recognize and read Japanese characters with confidence.

★ Save and Master Challenging Words
Add tricky vocabulary to your personalized wordlist. Our AI-powered flashcards prioritize what you need most, ensuring focused review and long-term retention.

★ Completely Free
All stories and features are available at no cost—no hidden fees, no clickbait.

Start reading to boost your Japanese skills today with HelloStory!

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Ratings and reviews

super reliable! (other than sometimes the robot pronounces words wrong so I have to double check if that's how they're actually spoken)) but yes! flashcard system, I can review whenever I want!. I'm N3 listening but N5 reading unfortunately, but I think if I blow through all your N5 content I'll be good. 🐣 edit: if you're wondering what I mean, some words like "旅行し" had audio that pronounced it as 'びょこうし" instead of "りょこうし" and "働く/き" pronounced as "わたらく/き" instead of "はたらく/ き" I hope thishelps

It would be awesome to have the sentence on the back side of the card when doing reviews. But the app is awesome right now! Specially if you are between beginner to intermediate. The best part, there's no ads!

In a world of subscription and paying for any little thing or addition, with premium features that should be the standard, I pray whoever does something like this app. Thank you for giving us this, you deserve 5 stars

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.