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Open PopLingo
Keep the floating bubble ready while you read, watch, play, or chat.
Popup lookup for Android
Look up words without leaving the screen.
PopLingo floats over manga, subtitles, games, and chats. It is Japanese-first, supports every language, and keeps lookup right where you are.
All languagesScreen OCRYomitan dictionaries
Best for
On-screen reading
Workflow
Hover, check, continue
Languages
All supported
How it works
Lookup that keeps the sentence intact.
PopLingo is built for the moment you almost understand a line. Hover, check the word, and keep going without leaving the app.
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Hover over text
Move it over Japanese text on the screen. No copy-paste loop, no screenshot folder.
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Read and continue
Check the reading, meaning, and details, then go straight back to the sentence.
Dictionary popup
Compact enough to stay out of the way. Detailed enough to be useful.
Definitions, readings, context, and study details sit in one readable popup. Japanese gets the deepest spotlight, but the lookup flow works for any language on screen.
Fast lookup
OCR hover flow
Study details
Many languages
Use cases
For the places language learners get stuck.
Manga bubbles, subtitle lines, game dialogue, and messages all lose momentum when you switch apps. PopLingo keeps lookup inside the moment.
Manga
Look up vertical Japanese text without leaving the panel or breaking the page flow.
Subtitles
Pause on a line, hover the text, and keep the scene in front of you.
Games and visual novels
Handle dialogue in place, even when the text is part of the game screen.
Chats
Check words in messages across any language while the conversation stays on screen.
Yomitan on Android
Bring your dictionaries with you.
PopLingo supports lookup across all languages, with especially common workflows for Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, Spanish, German, and French. For Japanese study, you can also bring Yomitan-format dictionaries to Android.
Import Yomitan-format dictionaries
Keep readings, definitions, and study details close
Popular with Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, Spanish, German, and French
Manage dictionary resources on Android
Use the lookup habit you already know
Privacy and permissions
A reading tool should feel quiet.
PopLingo asks for the permissions needed to power floating lookup. The app is built for reading, not for feeds, ads, or tracking.
No account needed
Install the app, set up dictionaries, and start reading without making a profile.
Designed for screen text
Overlay and OCR permissions exist for lookup, not for feeds, ads, or engagement tracking.
No ads or analytics SDKs
The privacy policy states that PopLingo does not use tracking cookies, ads, or analytics SDKs.
Overlay and OCR access are there to make the popup work across apps. For the complete version, read the plain-language privacy policy.
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Before you install.
Is PopLingo Yomitan for Android?+
PopLingo is not the Yomitan browser extension. It brings a similar dictionary workflow to Android with screen OCR and custom Yomitan-format dictionaries.
Do I need to copy and paste text?+
No. The main workflow is hover lookup: move the floating bubble over text and read the result in place.
Does it only work for Japanese?+
No. Japanese is the most common use case, but PopLingo supports all languages. Popular choices include Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, Spanish, German, and French.
Can I use my own dictionaries?+
Yes. PopLingo supports Yomitan-format dictionaries, so you can bring the resources you already use to Android.
Is PopLingo free?+
PopLingo is free to download on Google Play and does not require an account to start.
Free on Google Play
Keep reading where you already are.
Use PopLingo for manga, subtitles, games, chats, and lookup across any language on screen.
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