Top Reference apps in Japan 🇯🇵
As of May 20, 2026, Google Translate is the #1 Reference app in Japan on iOS.
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Confit - 学会アプリ株式会社アトラス
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What changed
Movement between the previous day and May 20, 2026.
New entrants




- Japandix
#86
Risers
Confit - 学会アプリ#61 → #42
Night Sky#89 → #71
百度翻译-AI英语学习词典与翻译官#56 → #39
Live Talk Translator#40 → #25
Fishing Knots FishPlanet#97 → #83
Fallers
VinylSnap: Scan & Value Record#73 → #96
旧古河バラコレ#55 → #75
マイAI-AIが魚を判定する新しい魚図鑑#35 → #53
ドイツ語:日本語 - ドイツ語辞書#75 → #92
VPN - 夏时国际加速器 VPN#82 → #98
Methodology
Rankings are pulled daily from the iOS store charts for Japan. We snapshot the top entries each day and compute day-over-day change relative to the prior snapshot. See our full methodology for data sources, refresh cadences, and quality filters.
Frequently asked questions
What is the #1 Reference app in Japan on iOS?
As of May 20, 2026, Google Translate is the #1 Reference app in Japan on iOS, based on the public iOS chart rankings Marlvel tracks daily.
How often are these rankings updated?
Marlvel snapshots the iOS charts for Japan every day and computes day-over-day movement. The "Current" page always reflects the latest snapshot; dated archive pages preserve each day's top 50.
Where does Marlvel's ranking data come from?
Rankings are pulled from the public iOS store charts for Japan. See our methodology for data sources, refresh cadence, and the quality filters applied before a ranking is indexed.