nowfound

Life & fun · January 29, 2018

LingoDeer

The easiest way to learn Japanese, Korean and Chinese

LingoDeer launched on January 29, 2018 with 5 votes, #1,405 of 3,021 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

Visit lingodeer.com ↗LingoDeer alternatives

What it does

LingoDeer is made for those who are fascinated by the beauty of Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Created by people who teach these languages, the app teaches one from recognizing the alphabets to forming sentences with varied exercises and crystal clear audio. Since the launch of the app, it's been rated 4.9/5 on Google Play and Apple App Store.

Learn languages the smart way with practical bite-sized lessons and native speaker audio! [Rated 4.9 on App Store]

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • LingoDeer - Learn Japanese, Korean, Chinese2018 · lingodeer.com · ▲6

    Learn Japanese, Korean and Chinese for free

  • IM
    I'm making an open-source platform for learning Japanese2025 · kanadojo.com · ▲288

    The idea is actually quite simple. As a Japanese learner and a coder, I've always wanted there to be an open-source, 100% free for learning Japanese, similar to Monkeytype in the typing community. Unfortunately, pretty much all language learning apps are closed-sourced and paid these days, and the ones that are free have unfortunately been abandoned. But of course, just creating yet another language learning app was not enough - there has to be a unique selling point. And then I thought to myself: why not make it crazy and do what no other language learning app ever did by adding a gazillion…

  • LingoTime2020 · apps.apple.com · ▲76

    Language learning anywhere: from Apple Watch to the Mac

  • A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition2022 · lessons.nihongo-app.com · ▲161

    Hey HN, it’s been 8 years since I posted on here about the launch of my Japanese dictionary app Nihongo [0] and I’m finally back with a new app: Nihongo Lessons! Think of Nihongo Lessons as the textbook to Nihongo’s dictionary. It’s an app for learning Japanese, specifically made for learners who are serious about becoming fluent, and want a guided set of content that will help them efficiently acquire vocabulary and grammar. The project came about when Adam Shapiro of Japanese Level Up (Jalup) [1] announced last April that he was shutting Jalup down. As a fan of Adam’s work I was bummed to…

  • Learn Japanese contextually while browsingDec 2025 · lingoku.ai · ▲92

    Hi HN, Just wanted to share a tool i've been working on to help with my own study routine. It’s a browser extension called Lingoku. The idea is simple: we spend hours browsing the web in English every day. This tool replaces some of the english words with Japanese vocabulary based on your japanese level (Similar to Toucan, but with a better user experience). It’s basically an attempt to make the "i+1" method actually passive, you understand the sentence because it's mostly english, but you pick up Japanese words naturally from the context. It uses an LLM in the backend to make sure the…

  • DouzoMar 2026 · typingdouzo.com · ▲127

    Free Japanese typing practice organized by JLPT level

More life & fun this month

the category →

Source: Product Hunt launch ↗

Launched alongside, January 2018

the whole month →
  • Buy Me a Coffee▲1,411

    A simple, meaningful way to fund your creativity.

    Growth · 2018 · buymeacoffee.com

  • Robinhood Crypto▲1,208

    Zero-fee cryptocurrency trading from Robinhood 💸

    Commerce · 2018

  • Launchaco 2.0 🦄▲1,113

    Simple landing pages for your startup

    Dev tools · 2018

  • Indie Hackers Community▲1,095

    Work together to build profitable businesses & side projects

    Work · 2018 · indiehackers.com

  • Typeform 2.0▲793

    Build beautiful conversational forms, surveys and more

    Life & fun · 2018 · typeform.com

  • Resume.io▲731

    Build your job-winning resume in minutes

    Work · 2018 · resume.io