About this app

Langmate, connecting people from Japan and from around the world together!

Learn new languages and discover new cultures directly with locals, while making international friends based on people's language interests, hobbies, nationality, gender, age, and more!

# Over 1.8 million downloads iOS and Android combined
# Ranked in the TOP 10 in more than 80 countries (Education category/iOS)
# Cultural exchange matching app
# Made in Japan!

Create your profile now and start making friends!

KEY FEATURES

• Improve your language skills while talking with real local people all around the world directly from your phone!

• Search, swipe, and start making Japanese friends!

• Enjoy the new advanced filters to find more precisely the people you want to be friend with.

• A huge Japanese community! More than 65% of Langmate users are Japanese!

• Learn new cultures. Ask local people about anything you want to know!

• Change your virtual location and see only local from the places you want.

• 92% of users matched within one hour!

• See users profiles, including pictures, tags, language interests and skills, nationality and place of residence.

• Perfect your pronunciation. Chat with native speakers using voice and video messages!

• Practice your writing. Using the drawing tool in the chat, you can exchange hand writings and improve your kanji and kana skills! (But you can also only send cute drawings if you prefer ;-)

• Make friends before your next trip to Japan!

FUNCTIONALITIES

• PROFILE FILTERS - Filter user profiles by age, nationality, gender, country or city of residence*, learning languages*, speaking languages*

• SWIPE AND MATCH - Send friend requests to other users. A match happens when two users send a friend request to each others.

• VIRTUAL TRIP* (NEW!) - You can change your virtual location and see only local people from around the place you want.

• AROUND ME* - You can see all the users around your own location.

• REWIND* - If you accidentally passed on someone, you can now swipe back and undo an accidental swiped off card.

• FRIEND REQUESTS LIST* - See all the people who sent you a friend request.

• BOOST* - Be on the top of the list for one hour and get more views and matches! (In-App Purchase).

• FREE AND BONUS COINS - Get free coins by logging in everyday or by watching video ads.

• RATING - The Star Rating help you to recognize popular users. Rate and be rated after exchanging your first few messages. 4 and 5 stars rated users will receive bonus coins.

And more!

*Premium features, may requires a one-time purchase or a subscription.

- If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your Google account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.

- Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the Play Store after purchase.

- You can cancel your subscription at any time. Note that no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.

- If you don't choose to purchase Premium or Plus+, you can simply continue using Langmate for free.

- Deleting your account on langmate or deleting langmate application from your device does not terminate or cancel your subscription.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

- If you log in and create your account using your social account, your social network access will only be used for logging into Langmate, and we will never post anything on your behalf. Your friends and followers won't be informed that you are using Langmate.

- You can delete your account anytime.

- Your personal information will never be used for purposes other than the Langmate services.

- Any inappropriate usage will be moderated and the offending user may be reported or banned.

- Visit www.langmate.jp to see our FAQ or read on our future plans.
Terms of Service: https://www.langmate.jp/terms-of-service/
Privacy Policy: https://www.langmate.jp/privacy-policy/

New features

Thanks for using Langmate!
What’s new in this update?
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

Have fun with Langmate! (^_^)/
If you have any feedback or run into issues, please contact us at support@langmate.jp, we’re happy to help!

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.