Japanese website reader app Rikai Browser comes to iPhone

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Rikai Browser, which helps language learners read Japanese websites, is now available on iPhones. Previously only for the iPad platform, a new version of the app released on the Apple App Store also works on the iPhone and iPod Touch, announced developers Long Weekend LLC.

“People kept asking us when we’d do an iPhone version. We’d always wanted to do it, but our challenge was to figure out how to make the app work well on the iPhone’s smaller screen,” said Ross Sharrott, director at Long Weekend LLC.

The app is a complete web browser with a twist: when a user selects a Japanese word or kanji on any website, the app automatically displays the reading and the definition from its 145,000-word built-in dictionary.

“The iPhone brings a new use for the app. When you’re out in Tokyo and want to look something up online in Japanese, you’re not going to pull out an iPad,” added Sharrott. “You’d have your phone in your hand.”

Rikai Browser costs 450 yen and is compatible with all iOS devices. It is available on the App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id380853144?mt=8.