iago - Learn Japanese

Iago Education

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About this game

iago is the first immersive Japanese Language Visual Novel game! Join Iako-chan and her parrot Iago on an adventure through Japan, learning the conversational phrases & grammar through real-world situations & scenarios!

Key Features:
- Fully visual stories featuring Iako-chan, Iago, and the rest of the crew
- Dynamic conversations catered to you speaking naturally
- Design your own Japanese curriculum from a vast array of situations
- Receive pronunciation feedback as you practice speaking out loud
- Build grammar skills implicitly by learning phrases in context
- Study at your own pace with flexibility

Why You'll Love It:
- It's just as fun as a video game!
- Unique speak-first approach gets you conversing quickly
- Audio recorded by native Japanese speakers
- Covers casual, day-to-day language not found in textbooks
- More affordable than private tutoring

Join Iako-chan and learn and start your personalized Japanese learning journey today!

Ratings and reviews

I really liked it and was consistent with the free trial. I liked the silliness of the story and it was teaching me things I didn't know before. But in practice sessions they'd randomly spring new words or phrases on me that I haven't practiced. I liked practicing speaking though.. It's not beginner friendly - you must have some idea of hiragana/katakana going into it. The subscription is too expensive and once the trial ran out I couldn't learn new things. I could only do the daily practice.

Wth, the music is SO LOUD. it completely drowns out the dialogue, and you can't turn it off without muting both. There's a setting , but it doesn't affect the stories segments/ tests, it's just blasting like before. and the sound effects are super loud & distracting, too. Which is a shame, because what little I was able to get through was good instruction & practice, and I like the focus on real world speaking & listening. I want to live this, but I can't even use it.

Overall, the app is very good at teaching practical phrases that people will use in Japan. I've skipped the beginner levels because I've taken classes up till middle of N4, so I can't provide much comments on that. one thing I wish that would be implemented is having a tab that lets us see everything we've learned, instead of going into chapter by chapter, since we can jump to any situation we want, that could be hard to track. Also, the app tends to stop working midway through an exercise.

What’s new

- Bug fixes for free response checking
- Add new sprites