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The Aiyori iPhone and iPad app for tutoring centres and private tutors is on the App Store.

Students hand in homework written with Apple Pencil, and teachers return it with a red pen. The current version is 1.5.

The Aiyori app for iPhone and iPad is available on the App Store. We released the first version in October and have updated it six times since; the current version is 1.5. It works on iOS 17 or later and iPadOS 17 or later. For now, the app is available only on the App Store in Japan; classrooms outside Japan use Aiyori in a web browser.

One app for teachers, students and guardians

  • Teachers hand out videos, questions, worksheets, read-aloud tasks and word cards, and return what comes back with a score, a comment, a red pen, or a voice or video message.
  • Students see what to do now, in order. Finished work turns pale green, and overdue work turns pale red.
  • Guardians can see, at any time, what their child has done, what is still to do, and every message with the teacher. Siblings appear on one screen.

What only the app can do

  • On iPad with Apple Pencil, students write straight onto a worksheet and hand it in. Teachers mark it with a red pen in the same way.
  • Homework written on paper can be photographed and handed in.
  • An alarm goes off before a live lesson.
  • The teacher and guardian screens can be locked with Face ID or Touch ID.

Updates since October

  • “Today’s set” on the home screen: yesterday’s feedback first, then today’s tasks.
  • The teacher’s aim: at the top of a task, students see what the teacher wants them to do and the steps to follow.
  • Word cards: practise by flipping, matching and testing. Teachers see how many times each was done and the best result.
  • The classroom’s viewing rules (normal speed only, no skipping, sound on) now apply to YouTube videos too.

The same classroom works in the browser as well. In Japan it costs ¥400 per person per month (tax included); outside Japan, US$2.99 per person per month (tax included). Guardians are free, and it is free for 30 days after you create your classroom.

Search for “Aiyori” on the App Store. Our name comes from “Blue comes from the indigo plant, yet is bluer than indigo.” — Xunzi, “An Exhortation to Learning”.