# Apps for Reading **URL:** \ **Category:** Reading\ **Created:** [September 27, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388 "2023-09-27T07:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nadarina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nadarina/32/595019_2.png) [@Nadarina](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Nadarina)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/1 "2023-09-27T07:44:47Z")
Hello there, getting close to Level 20 I would like to start some reading practice. I know there are apps out there like Satori reader and I would like to hear from you guys if it is worth the $$$ or if there are good free alternatives. Since I usually only got time for my japanese practice on my commute to work I would prefer an app over a desktop solution. Thanks and greetings Nadarina ---
**Author:** ![WeebPotato](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/weebpotato/32/679291_2.png) [@WeebPotato](https://community.wanikani.com/u/WeebPotato)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/2 "2023-09-27T08:45:31Z")
The Booklive app has a wide selection of books, magazine, manga, light novels, etc. It’s not specifically a learners app (merely an app companion to booklive.jp), but many of the titles are for free or on heavy promo (20+% off). I’ve been using the app for 2 weeks now and it’s really convenient. ---
**Author:** ![drdru](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/drdru/32/385496_2.png) [@drdru](https://community.wanikani.com/u/drdru)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/3 "2023-09-27T09:02:37Z")
I’ve read a lot of good about Satori Reader. Everyone seems to say it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Akashelia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/akashelia/32/576782_2.png) [@Akashelia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Akashelia)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/4 "2023-09-27T09:02:50Z")
I’ve been using Satori Reader for at least 6 months everyday and yes I recommend it. The text is read out loud, there are grammar notes, there are cultural notes. There are different levels of difficulty, different kind of speech (casual conversation between two person, with a lot of abbreviations like in manga or anime, stories written more like a book, articles like in a newspaper). There’s so much content that I have yet to be through it all. I’m not bored reading the stories and feel like I learn everyday so I definitely recommend it! Also you can try it for free to have an idea if it’s something for you, every series has the first two episodes available for free. ---
**Author:** ![Ptscan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ptscan/32/3970_2.png) [@Ptscan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Ptscan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/5 "2023-09-27T09:04:47Z")
I started with “easier” manga, always checking user’s rating within [Learn Natively](https://learnnatively.com/). The books themselves I buy from Amazon as I can read them either on my Tablet, or Phone, or on my Kindle. I tested Satori Reader and it indeed sounded very interesting for beginners, I just didn’t stick to it due to financial restrictions 😕 ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/6 "2023-09-27T09:12:31Z")
I have been using Satori Reader for quite a while and the only reason I’m not using it now is due to certain complications on my end that are unrelated to it. I highly recommend Satori Reader, as it’s arguably the best reading resource for absolute beginners. The only prerequisite – is knowing kana; everything else you can easily look up there. You can see meanings of individual words, you can see translations of whole phrases, you can hear the reading of the sentences by professional native speaker voice actors. And you can download the audio to use it for listening practice. And in many cases, it has a lot of additional grammar notes, so you can click on a word and find out not only its meaning, but also information on why is it used there in that form. It makes reading as easy as possible. So, in my opinion, it is well worth its price, at least for beginners. ---
**Author:** ![Honumael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/honumael/32/567876_2.png) [@Honumael](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Honumael)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/7 "2023-09-27T13:47:46Z")
> [@Nadarina](#): > > I know there are apps out there like Satori reader and I would like to hear from you guys if it is worth the $$$ or if there are good free alternatives. I would try out the free version yourself, and then decide if the app is worth it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Gorbit99](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/gorbit99/32/7307_2.png) [@Gorbit99](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Gorbit99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/8 "2023-09-27T14:39:29Z")
If you care about fiction, bookwalker and amazon both have a ton of free books (and manga), not just during giveaways, but a lot of them permanently free. A ton of mangaka also post their work on pixiv. ---
**Author:** ![RainbowBrite13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rainbowbrite13/32/529853_2.png) [@RainbowBrite13](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RainbowBrite13)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/9 "2023-09-28T15:45:44Z")
You can practice reading Japanese with the Manabi Reader app, Crystal Hunters (a manga that teaches Japanese and you just read on the kindle app), Bookwalker has a bunch of digital titles in Japanese, GANMA! An app you can read Japanese manga for free. ---
**Author:** ![evandcs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/evandcs/32/447480_2.png) [@evandcs](https://community.wanikani.com/u/evandcs)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/10 "2023-09-28T16:06:25Z")
OP, do you know some basic grammar at least? N5 and N4 would help a lot to understand dialogues. ---
**Author:** ![Nadarina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nadarina/32/595019_2.png) [@Nadarina](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Nadarina)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/11 "2023-10-04T12:41:54Z")
Yes, I am almost through with Genki I ---
**Author:** ![ScarletMoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/scarletmoon/32/731733_2.png) [@ScarletMoon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ScarletMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/12 "2025-01-15T06:48:05Z")
Is learn Natively data consuming? I have no access to WiFi. Only mobile data. ---
**Author:** ![ScarletMoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/scarletmoon/32/731733_2.png) [@ScarletMoon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ScarletMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/13 "2025-01-15T06:49:50Z")
Would you please share links?🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 ---
**Author:** ![ScarletMoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/scarletmoon/32/731733_2.png) [@ScarletMoon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ScarletMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/14 "2025-01-15T06:50:55Z")
Is reading manga on GANMA data consuming? ---
**Author:** ![Gorbit99](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/gorbit99/32/7307_2.png) [@Gorbit99](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Gorbit99)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/15 "2025-01-15T12:55:50Z")
For? [This is bookwalker](http://bookwalker.jp/) Amazon you probably know, but just in case: [Amazon JP](https://amazon.co.jp) For pixiv you generally need to look around yourself for stuff that interests you.l ---
**Author:** ![ScarletMoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/scarletmoon/32/731733_2.png) [@ScarletMoon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ScarletMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/16 "2025-01-16T00:19:33Z")
Thank you so much! I’m grateful to all of you, to everyone in WaniKani. I love this place and everyone here. You all are so nice and kind. 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖 ---
**Author:** ![ScarletMoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/scarletmoon/32/731733_2.png) [@ScarletMoon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ScarletMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/17 "2025-01-16T00:29:47Z")
Is Genki free? If yeah, would you please share links? Thank you in advance! 🤍🤍🤍 ---
**Author:** ![hotdogsuplex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/hotdogsuplex/32/643083_2.png) [@hotdogsuplex](https://community.wanikani.com/u/hotdogsuplex)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/18 "2025-01-16T00:55:01Z")
The Genki textbook itself is not free, but you can learn its content from tokiniandy on youtube and do the exercises at [sethclydesdale](https://sethclydesdale.github.io/genki-study-resources/lessons-3rd/). ---
**Author:** ![ScarletMoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/scarletmoon/32/731733_2.png) [@ScarletMoon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ScarletMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/19 "2025-01-16T01:42:41Z")
That was very helpful. I appreciate it. Thank you so much! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![RainbowBrite13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rainbowbrite13/32/529853_2.png) [@RainbowBrite13](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RainbowBrite13)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388/20 "2025-01-19T23:22:52Z")
Unfortunately the GANMA app is now region locked so if you didn’t get it before you won’t be able to get it now. [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/apps-for-reading/63388.md?page=2)