Specs

Supported devices and operating systems

iPhone and iPad app

iOS 17.0 or later / iPadOS 17.0 or later
iPhone works in portrait. iPad works in portrait and landscape.
The app is available on the App Store (version 1.1 as of October 2026).

Apple Pencil

On iPad, for writing on worksheets and for the teacher’s red pen. A finger works too.

Web (browser)

The browser on a computer (Windows or Mac), Chromebook, tablet or smartphone.
Please use the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Edge or a similar browser.

Browser features used on the web

Video playback: a browser that can play HLS
Voice recording: a browser that can record in MP4 (if it cannot, you can choose a recorded file and send it)
Handwriting: pen, finger or mouse

Android

There is no dedicated app. Aiyori can be used in the browser.

Alarm before a lesson

Available on the guardian screen of the iPhone and iPad app. On iOS 26 or later it is an alarm. On earlier versions it is a notification.

Device features the app uses

The iPhone and iPad app uses the following features, and only for the purposes written here. The device asks for permission before each is used.

Camera

To photograph homework on paper. To send a video to the teacher.

Microphone

To record reading aloud. To send a voice message to the teacher.

Photos

To attach photos of homework.

Face ID / Touch ID

To confirm it is really you before the teacher or guardian screen opens. Student screens do not have this.

Notifications

To tell you about new assignments, due dates, returned work, messages, lessons about to start and more.

Alarms

To sound before your child’s live lesson starts (guardians).

Accounts and login

Teachers and guardians

Log in with a 6-digit code sent to your email address. There is no password.

Students

Log in with the classroom code (6 letters and numbers), an ID and a PIN (4–6 digits). No email address is needed.
The teacher issues the ID and PIN. An ID is 2–32 characters (lowercase letters, numbers, “.”, “-” and “_”).

Linking guardians and children

The guardian enters an invite code issued by the teacher (valid for 14 days, single use).
One account can see several children. The children can be in different classrooms.

Adding teachers

The teacher who created the classroom can invite other teachers with an invite code. Added teachers can do everything except classroom settings and payments.

Staying logged in

Once you log in, you stay logged in. When a PIN is reset, that student has to log in again on every device.

Bulk add

Paste a table from a spreadsheet, or choose a CSV file, to register up to 1,000 people at once. The login details of newly registered people can be saved as CSV.

What can be handed out

Teachers can hand out 11 types of item. Choose who gets it by class or by student (or select students by tag), and set when it goes out and when it is due.

Video

A lesson video, with questions about it.

Questions

Questions only. They are graded as soon as the student answers. You can attach a YouTube video, so students answer while they watch.

Worksheet

A PDF. Students write on the screen, or write on paper and hand in a photo.

Speaking

A text to read and a model recording. The student records their voice and hands it in. The teacher scores it and returns it.

Word cards

Pairs of words and meanings. Students practise by flipping and matching, and each run is counted.

Live lesson

Start and end times and the lesson link. Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Whereby. Students can join from 10 minutes before the start.

Link

A link to material on another site (https only). A screen confirms where it goes before it opens. YouTube videos play inside Aiyori (on the web).

Notice

Text and attachments (PDFs and images). It is complete when the student taps “Read it”.

Choose

List options and let each person choose one. You can set a limit per option. For meeting dates and make-up lesson times.

Survey

Questions with no correct answers and no scores. Only the teacher sees the answers.

From the teacher

One voice or video message from the teacher. It appears at the top of the student’s screen, and guardians can see it too.

Library and courses

Everything except live lessons can be kept in the library and handed out again and again. Word lists, question tables and files can be imported in bulk, and questions can be imported from Google Forms. A course hands materials out in order, by itself, on set days and at a set time.

Questions and grading

Answer types

Single choice / Multiple choice / Number / Short text / Free text

Automatic grading

Choice, number and short-text questions are graded the moment they are answered. For numbers you can set an allowed margin. For short text you can set up to 20 accepted answers.

Graded by the teacher

Free-text questions, worksheets and reading aloud.

When to show answers and explanations

Right after each question / After all questions / Never (score only)

Questions per assignment

Up to 50

Choices

2–10 (up to 300 characters each)

Marks

0–100 marks per question

What can be added when returning work

A score, a comment, a PDF with red-pen marks, voice and video. You can also ask for a redo.

Supported files

Up to 20 files can be attached to one assignment or message.

Video delivery

Quality

Three levels: 360p, 540p and 720p. It switches automatically to match the connection speed.

Format

HLS (H.264 video, AAC audio). Videos uploaded by teachers are delivered without any outside video site. YouTube videos can be played by pasting the URL, which embeds the YouTube player.

Playback speed

On the web, choose 0.75×, 1×, 1.25×, 1.5× or 2×.

Playback rules (per classroom)

No skipping ahead / No speed changes / Pause when muted / Pause when doing something else / Hide the questions until the video has been watched to the end
At first every rule is off and playback is only recorded.

Learning record

The share played, the parts not played, the number of skips ahead, the time with the sound off, the number of times the student left the screen, and the time spent. Teachers and guardians can see it.

Who can watch

Only the students the video was handed out to, their guardians and the classroom’s teachers.

Voice recording

iPhone and iPad app

Up to 10 minutes per recording.

Web

There is no time limit. The file size (30MB) is the limit.

Limits on characters and counts

Retention

Files

Files handed out, submissions, red-pen marks, voice and video, and message attachments are deleted automatically 365 days after upload. Files in library materials are kept until the material is removed from the library.

Lesson videos

Deleted after 365 days. Videos set to “Keep as teaching material”, and videos in library materials, are not deleted and can be handed out again and again.

What is not deleted

Scores, comments, answers to questions and text messages.

After withdrawal or closing a classroom

Submissions, messages and the learning record are erased after 30 days.

Languages and regions

Screen language

Japanese / English / Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese / Korean / Spanish / German / French
Each person chooses their own. Notifications and emails also arrive in that person’s language.

Dates and times

Shown in each classroom’s time zone. Due dates and the start of “today” also follow the classroom’s clock.

Currency

Set for each classroom. Amounts are shown in that currency’s format.

Where it is available

Aiyori is available to classrooms in Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Canada and Mexico. Classrooms outside Japan use Aiyori in a web browser. For now, the iPhone and iPad app is available only on the App Store in Japan.

Opening a classroom

After you apply, you can register students once Aiyori has reviewed the classroom.

How you are notified

Notifications (iPhone and iPad app)

New assignments, due dates (the day before and on the day), submissions, returned work, new messages, lessons about to start (30 and 10 minutes before), changes to the lesson schedule, and invoices.
So that you can tell which child and what it is about, a notification includes the child’s display name and the assignment title. It never includes message text, scores, the teacher’s comments or tuition amounts. Guardians and teachers can turn off names and titles in Settings.

Email

When a new assignment is handed out. Sent right away to guardians, and to students who have an email address entered.
One summary a day. Guardians get it in the evening, teachers in the morning. It is sent only on days when there is something to report.
Both can be stopped from the link in the email.
Tuition emails (a new invoice, a late payment, a confirmed payment) are sent separately, as they happen.

Tuition and the usage fee

Tuition records

Set an amount and a billing day (day 1–28 of each month) for each student, and an invoice is created automatically every month and the guardian is told by email. When the teacher receives payment by transfer or in cash, they tap “Mark as paid”, and the guardian gets a confirmation email. “No billing” can also be chosen.

Tuition by card

Received in the teacher’s own Stripe account. Aiyori charges the card on the billing day. We take no fee.

When a payment is late

After the due date, the guardian is reminded up to three times, by email and notification. If there is still no payment, the teacher’s screen asks “Payment hasn’t been confirmed. Suspend this student?”. Students are not withdrawn automatically.

Aiyori’s usage fee

¥400 per person per month (tax included). Free to try for 30 days.

Updates and compatibility

App updates

When an old version can no longer be used, the app tells you.

Web

Updates are automatic. There is nothing to reinstall.