Hello everyone,
I’ve been working on a small project called Manga Kotoba App (iOS only), and I’d love to invite some of you to test it and share your thoughts.
The idea behind the app is quite simple: it helps you read manga in Japanese by giving you access to vocabulary page by page. Instead of interrupting your reading constantly, you can quickly glance at the words used on that specific page and keep going more smoothly.
One feature I find especially useful is the ability to mark words as “known.” Once you do that, those words won’t appear again anywhere else in the app, even in different manga, so you can focus only on what you don’t know. The goal is to make reading less frustrating and more fluid.
You can also track words to review later if something catches your attention.
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A small note: the app does not include SRS. I wanted to focus on making the reading experience itself better.
I’m currently adding new volumes every 2–3 days. I’m using AI to extract vocabulary, which is more costly but gives significantly better results than traditional OCR: fewer missing words and more reliable data overall.
If this sounds interesting and you’d like to help test it, feel free to reply or send me a message. I’d really appreciate any feedback.
Thank you!
