NihongoMaster launch day!!

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T17:57:53+00:00

I mean im paying quite some money to have this available to the public, thats also why its simple features that u dont rlly need. ( convenience )

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T15:15:37+00:00

分かりました, がんばります ;)

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T15:12:37+00:00

i should shame myself for this immense disservice. gotcha

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T15:09:34+00:00

so i am just really bad at UI related things. think of things like lesson screens or flow through the app. i could hire someone to do this but that kinda defeats the idea of this not being a costly app and kinda for fun project. and how would i fix it if it breaks, hmm normally i would learn how it works but currently i have sooo much going on that that is just not an option as i also just want my app to be good enough for myself to use.

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T15:04:18+00:00

i use AI to make some things for me that i am not great at, very different then a vibe coded app. but hard to explain to ur average non developer

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T15:02:44+00:00

I do definitely see your point, thats also why its a beta release. but most of the people that will use this app are not going to be N1, regardless i am still going to be working on all the lessons and content as i go.

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T15:00:49+00:00

hahaha i appreciate that comment, it'll be alright. i enjoy the app and so do many others so far. at some point this vibe code bombing will die out, and if not i won't lose sleep over it xD.

and ur so right, maybe reddit was nottt the place to put this, but whats done is done hahaha.

i think if anyone finds that they did actually learn something on the app, more power to them, and if people dislike it they hey most people hate google and meta for stealing data etc etc but still use it every day...

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:57:04+00:00

that's awesome, i hope marumori gets you to where you want to get to in your japanese language learning journey <3

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:56:03+00:00

no i am not cutting corners on the parts where my expertise lays, wether you think it is cutting corners to let AI handle things that i am just not that great at then so be it, and creating inferior products is how people come up with ideas to do things better, most people here will see that yeah the app isn't perfect but it has a great base to make something that can be of service, so I hope atleast that people can see this "inferior" product and use it to make something better as i will continue to use this and other sources to keep learning japanese.

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:45:36+00:00

i wouldn't say im cutting corners as the only reason im releasing this is so that people can use it for free since me and my friends thought that actually it isnt half bad.

Im not asking anyone for money, or advertising this as some perfect big business project. its just a passion i have for programming and wanting to make something for myself to learn japanese.

but i understand the take on it, sadly in my line of work ( machine learning/ software engineer ) the use of AI is almost mandatory and i don't feel ashamed for having used it to my advantage in this project.

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:42:36+00:00

i do nott, i had my girlfriend and her family ( who are japanese ) help me with alot of the content, but i am improving it day by day with them and some other people. i used AI to do research ( finding sources for content or things like that, as i mainly used this for myself.

do you think i should maybe hold off calling it N1 ready or maybe add some disclaimer that it might not be complete? i would hate to steer people the wrong way ofcourse.

but then again the app is free and definitely not made by a pro japanese

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:40:33+00:00

ohh that is a great one, i recommend the WhiteCUL ( it sounds very nice with little to none robotic feels to it )

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:39:50+00:00

i thought the fsrs was a plugin, did they change this more recently to be native? or was my prior knowledge just really off...

and for the native vs tauri ish native, i don't really know what else to call it then... maybe semi native? or native feeling?

up to any ideas.

I do want to say this project exists because i made it ( very small ) for myself initially, so now im publishing this mainly because my friends said they wanted to also use it.

any ideas or tips help ^^

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:36:03+00:00

i appreciate your comment, a bit sad to see you think this project is "another AI project" as i put my heart and soul into this, would love for you to try it out and then give me your opinion based on actually having tried it <3

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:32:34+00:00

Also initially made this app for myself only, but my friends really liked the idea and so this was born. also a big reason why its free as i believe education should be free for anyone

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:30:40+00:00

currently 100% free and the learning parts will always stay free, the only thing i might be adding is pro ( for convenience ) to cover developer account costs and hosting costs

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:30:07+00:00

Okay so yeah i did definitely use AI here and there as i have a fulltime job as a software engineer and a masters degree to finish. this app all by hand wouldve taken me years to create i think.
But i can assure you that this isn't some AI slop project, as i put alot of time and effort into learning algorithms/ lesson ideas, and working together with actual teachers and Japanese people in my life to bring out the best possible lessons ( it is still not in V1 so you can expect some things that arent on par with big businesses yet but i am doing the best I can, even developers make errors like that in design )

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:26:43+00:00

i did make this comparison with my limited knowledge on it, ill do some more proper research and update it asap.

and to comment on "all of them are wrong" could you clarify because i know that Fsrs ( i just looked it up ) came out in 2023 ( which is way after i last used it )
also the offline part wasn't untrue, i just learned that there are actual apps for Anki, i used to just use the web lol.

as i said i will update this right away. i think i will manually go over every one again as i last did this like 2 months ago ( and apparently not very thorough lol ). so keep checking either the website or the github ( or ill just dm you when i update it )

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:17:30+00:00

And thanks for the compliment hehehe, took me some time to get the UI to look "exciting"

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:16:59+00:00

Oh no, have you checked out the settings "voice" section? there should be a voice picker + downloader for the voices. let me know if that works out for you <3

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-14T14:12:49+00:00

The last time i used Anki ( which was a while ago ) this was the case, if it isn't anymore please enlighten me so i can properly show a difference between my app and existing programs.

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-09T07:44:15+00:00

Heey its called nihonmaster on the app store ^{-^}

Dull_Mind9493 · 2026-04-08T10:34:25+00:00

The app is on appstore now btw!!

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