57
BU Score
Solid
SpeakEasy Japanese: Phrases
✍️ bumetric analysis
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SpeakEasy Japanese: Phrases is an iOS app from Pocketglow LLC in the Travel category, currently rated 4.9★ across 56 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Our BU Score puts it at 57: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel app, that means established niche player.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (56 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 52 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 18.6+🔖 v5.2🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2014 (11y old)
📝 About this app
SpeakEasy Japanese is an offline Japanese phrasebook for travel, pronunciation, and quick everyday reference.
It combines native-speaker audio, phonetic spellings, favorites, flashcards, and a built-in translator for one-off phrases.
Designed for English-speakers traveling in Japan, it helps you ask essentials, understand replies, and get around with more confidence without relying on a data connection.
Browse by category or search in seconds for restaurants, transportation, shopping, hotels, sightseeing, emergencies, and more.
Practice before you go with flashcards, save your most-used phrases as favorites, and keep practical travel Japanese close at hand.
FEATURES
• Over 1,000 essential travel phrases with both Japanese and phonetic translations plus audio. Some content requires in-app purchase.
• Audio clips recorded by a native speaker to help you perfect your pronunciation.
• Flashcards with English on one side and Japanese on the other side, that you can use to study and test yourself.
• Built-in translator to translate those one-off phrases you need. Unlimited use requires in-app purchase.
• Slow-play feature that plays audio at a slow speed to assist learning.
• Search facility to instantly find the phrase you’re looking for.
• Favorites feature to provide fast access to your favorite phrases.
• Supports dark mode and light mode.
• Dynamic type (large font) support.
• Support for US English, UK English and Canadian English spelling.
• No internet connection required. The app will work no matter where you are.
INCLUDES PHRASES SUCH AS:
• Where is the restroom?
• Are you married?
• Let’s go to a restaurant
• Do you speak Japanese?
• I don’t speak Japanese
• Do you understand me?
• Call a doctor!
• I’ve run out of medication
• I need the consulate
• How do I get to the … ?
• How much does a ticket cost?
• When is the next museum tour?
• Please call a taxi
• How much does it cost?
• Where is luggage check-in?
• Where can I rent a car?
• My car has broken down
• Can I see the menu?
• Do you have a menu in English?
• What do you recommend?
• For dessert, I’ll have …
• That was delicious!
• Do you accept credit cards?
• A glass of red wine
• Where can I buy … ?
• How much does this cost?
• Can I try this on?
• I need a hotel …
• I have a reservation
• I have lost the room key
• What time is check-out?
• Where is the nearest bank?
• What is the exchange rate?
• What time is it?
• Can I get a cash advance?
• You are very pretty
• You are very handsome
• What is your telephone number?
• I will miss you
• Thanks for the evening
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Terms of Service:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
It combines native-speaker audio, phonetic spellings, favorites, flashcards, and a built-in translator for one-off phrases.
Designed for English-speakers traveling in Japan, it helps you ask essentials, understand replies, and get around with more confidence without relying on a data connection.
Browse by category or search in seconds for restaurants, transportation, shopping, hotels, sightseeing, emergencies, and more.
Practice before you go with flashcards, save your most-used phrases as favorites, and keep practical travel Japanese close at hand.
FEATURES
• Over 1,000 essential travel phrases with both Japanese and phonetic translations plus audio. Some content requires in-app purchase.
• Audio clips recorded by a native speaker to help you perfect your pronunciation.
• Flashcards with English on one side and Japanese on the other side, that you can use to study and test yourself.
• Built-in translator to translate those one-off phrases you need. Unlimited use requires in-app purchase.
• Slow-play feature that plays audio at a slow speed to assist learning.
• Search facility to instantly find the phrase you’re looking for.
• Favorites feature to provide fast access to your favorite phrases.
• Supports dark mode and light mode.
• Dynamic type (large font) support.
• Support for US English, UK English and Canadian English spelling.
• No internet connection required. The app will work no matter where you are.
INCLUDES PHRASES SUCH AS:
• Where is the restroom?
• Are you married?
• Let’s go to a restaurant
• Do you speak Japanese?
• I don’t speak Japanese
• Do you understand me?
• Call a doctor!
• I’ve run out of medication
• I need the consulate
• How do I get to the … ?
• How much does a ticket cost?
• When is the next museum tour?
• Please call a taxi
• How much does it cost?
• Where is luggage check-in?
• Where can I rent a car?
• My car has broken down
• Can I see the menu?
• Do you have a menu in English?
• What do you recommend?
• For dessert, I’ll have …
• That was delicious!
• Do you accept credit cards?
• A glass of red wine
• Where can I buy … ?
• How much does this cost?
• Can I try this on?
• I need a hotel …
• I have a reservation
• I have lost the room key
• What time is check-out?
• Where is the nearest bank?
• What is the exchange rate?
• What time is it?
• Can I get a cash advance?
• You are very pretty
• You are very handsome
• What is your telephone number?
• I will miss you
• Thanks for the evening
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Terms of Service:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
🆕 What's New · v5.2
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SpeakEasy Japanese: Phrases
- Developer
- Pocketglow LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.pocketglow.ios.speakeasyjapanese
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.pocketglow.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $144/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth56 ratings+5500% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (4 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SpeakEasy Japanese: Phrases: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.