Say きょうはてんきがいいね, get scored. Free Japanese speaking practice that listens.

FluencyTool is a free Japanese speaking practice app that plays a native sentence, records your repetition and scores it with speech-to-text. The Echo Fluency loop runs hands-free: the microphone opens when playback ends, your voice plays back, and the attempt is evaluated. Correct sentences are scheduled for later review and missed ones re-queue.

Yes, FluencyTool is free to download and use. Echo Fluency, flashcards, the full JLPT N5 to N1 grammar guide, vocabulary games and crosswords are all included, with no trial, no card on file and no subscription. A single optional one-time in-app purchase removes banner ads.

No, FluencyTool works without an account. An account is optional and is only needed if you want cloud sync to carry your progress across devices.

Yes, FluencyTool runs on iPhone (App Store), Android 7.0 and up (Google Play) and in a web browser. Use the app for daily practice on your phone, or open the browser version on a computer to try it without installing anything.

FluencyTool covers all five official JLPT levels, N5 through N1. Each level is split into 5 sub-levels, giving 25 content buckets, and the Dashboard Roadmap shows how many new sentences remain in each. A separate English-speaking track is graded by CEFR levels A1 to B2.

Yes, if you can read hiragana and katakana, a beginner can start at JLPT N5 Sub-level 1. Romaji is available only for the lowest N5 survival-phrase content, so learners who cannot yet read kana should start with Kana Challenge. Furigana can be shown above kanji, and the onboarding wizard walks through the other preferences.

Partly: FluencyTool flashcard reviews and vocabulary games work offline. Echo Fluency needs an internet connection for cloud TTS audio and speech-to-text evaluation, and crosswords, kanji lookup, the grammar guide and cloud sync also need a connection.

Echo Fluency needs a device with a microphone and an internet connection. The microphone records your repetition and the connection supplies the native audio and the speech-to-text evaluation.

Research suggests shadowing can change how fluently learners speak, though the evidence is limited. A Purdue study of 30 intermediate Japanese learners found measurable changes in pausing patterns after a semester of shadowing, but it did not find faster delivery. FluencyTool automates the shadowing loop; it does not replace speaking with a teacher or conversation partner.

FluencyTool flashcards use Woźniak's original SM-2 description, with Again, Hard, Good and Easy ratings adjusting each interval. Speaking sentences use a separate schedule where mastering a sentence 5 times multiplies its interval by 4.

FluencyTool is built around hands-free shadowing scored by speech-to-text, while Duolingo teaches Japanese mainly through gamified matching and translation with occasional speaking prompts. Every FluencyTool session is filtered to a JLPT level and sub-level you pick, whereas Duolingo's course is not organised by JLPT level. Duolingo also covers kana and writing; FluencyTool assumes kana beyond the lowest survival-phrase entry point.

You can email the FluencyTool team at [email protected]. Include your device and the level you were practicing so the problem can be reproduced.

Yes. The Kanji Tower is a 103-floor writing course that teaches all 1,026 kanji Japanese children learn in elementary school, 6 to 10 kanji per floor, in 3,924 example sentences. Each floor has a learn step, where you meet, trace and write each kanji with help, and a produce step where you write them from memory; reviews bring them back later.

Yes. Every one of the 2,136 jōyō kanji taught through junior high school has Watch, Trace and Write practice in the dictionary, with every stroke checked. The kanji page shows meanings, on and kun readings, school grade, JLPT level, stroke count, radical and example words.