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Zenzu vs Migaku: Immersion Learning Apps Compared

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Choose Migaku if you learn Japanese, Mandarin or Korean, want its structured beginner courses for those languages, or need browser support for several streaming sites. Choose Zenzu if you learn English, German, French or Spanish and want click-to-card learning from YouTube, podcasts and articles, FSRS-5 scheduling and an AI coach that explains things in your own language.

Zenzu and Migaku compared feature by feature
Zenzu Migaku
Core approach Import content, tap words or select phrases, review with spaced repetition Make streaming sites and web pages clickable, create flashcards in one click
Content YouTube, podcasts, articles, pasted text, photos of text YouTube and pasted text in the app; streaming sites and web pages via the browser extension; camera capture
Spaced repetition FSRS-5 Its own spaced repetition algorithm; can import Anki decks
AI Lisa, an AI coach replying in your language; AI courses A1–C1 AI explanations of words in context and sentence breakdowns
Languages to learn English, German, French, Spanish 11, with structured courses for Japanese, Mandarin and Korean
Platforms iPhone and iPad (iOS 15+), web iOS, Apple silicon Mac, Chrome extension

Where Migaku is the better choice

  • East Asian languages. Migaku supports Japanese, Mandarin, Korean and Cantonese, with structured beginner courses for the first three. Zenzu doesn’t teach these languages.
  • Streaming coverage. Its browser extension works on web pages and several streaming sites, not only YouTube.
  • Anki compatibility. You can bring existing Anki decks into Migaku.

Where Zenzu is the better choice

  • Podcasts. Episodes are transcribed so you can read along and save any phrase with pronunciation.
  • Structured learning for European languages. AI courses cover grammar and vocabulary from A1 to C1 in English, German, French and Spanish, next to 18 curated starter decks.
  • Explanations in your language. Lisa and the interface work in English, Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Bottom line

Both apps are built around the same belief — learn from content you care about and let spaced repetition do the remembering. Pick Migaku for East Asian languages and streaming breadth, Zenzu for English, German, French and Spanish.

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