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Finally, Japanese Practice That Feels Like Play

An interactive branching story where you generate the world, read in Japanese, tap for help, save words, and they return later in natural context—so they actually stick.

Generate custom story worlds
Words resurface in later scenes
Ask grammar questions anytime
Benefits

Make words stick through story, not grind

Every saved word returns later—inside branching scenes you helped shape—so recall becomes recognition, not guesswork.

01
Generate Your Story World
Describe the text adventure you want—mystery café, Edo politics, cozy slice of life—and the app builds a branching world around you.
02
Words Resurface in Context
Save a word once; it returns naturally in later scenes and choices instead of as a sterile isolated flashcard.
03
Ask Grammar on the Spot
Stuck on a pattern? Ask why that passive, nuance, or particle was used—get an explanation without breaking immersion.
04
Spaced Repetition That Feels Organic
The system times resurfacing to when you’re ready—woven into story flow so reviews feel like discovery, not chores.
Features

Simple and powerful

Add Words That Reappear Naturally

Add new words to your vocabulary in a few taps so they start showing up more often in the stories you read.

Create Your Character

Build your character and customize their stats so each adventure feels tailored to the kind of role-playing experience you want.

Adventures With Real Skill Checks

Engaging adventures use dice rolls and stat-based checks to create a complete role-playing loop instead of passive reading.

Review Words As They Appear

Review saved vocabulary right inside the flow and adjust whether each word should appear more or less often in future text.

Testimonials

What Learners Are Saying

Real reactions from native speakers and learners at every level.

REACTION
Incredible tool at my N4/N3 level—already subscribed to support it!
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Teeth90
N4/N3 learner · Patron
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REACTION
Feels like a visual novel but better—engaging enough to use every day!
MB
mbeklaut
Enthusiastic learner
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REACTION
Only minutes in and I love it—finally using my Japanese for something real!
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Lake-Confident
Returning learner
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REACTION
Interactive stories help me actually use vocab—concept feels super promising!
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Icy-Cricket8024
Context-focused learner
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REACTION
Great app—the dev is incredibly responsive and ships ideas fast!
EA
East-Programmer-6770
Early adopter
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Pricing

Choose the level of writing, listening, and voice support that fits how you want to play through KotobaTales.

Scribe

For text-first play.

Write your way through interactive stories with light voice narration and short voice input when you want extra support.

Includes

  • Text-based adventures
  • Active writing practice
  • Light voice narration for read-aloud playback
  • Short voice input for dictated chat drafts
$5/month
Choose Scribe
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Bard

For writing + listening.

Everything in Scribe, plus more voice narration and more voice input for hands-free drafting.

Includes

  • Everything in Scribe
  • More voice narration for read-aloud playback
  • More voice input for dictated chat drafts
$9/month
Choose Bard
Legend

For deeper immersion.

Everything in Bard, with higher limits for longer narrated sessions and frequent voice input.

Includes

  • Everything in Bard
  • Much higher voice narration limit
  • Much higher voice input limit
  • Higher text adventure limit
$12/month
Choose Legend
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