Yomichan is described as 'Turns your browser into a tool for building Japanese language literacy by helping you to decipher texts which would be otherwise too difficult tackle. Inspired in part by Rikaichan, it stands apart as an all-encompassing learning tool' and is a Dictionary in the web browsers category. There are nine alternatives to Yomichan for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird apps. The best Yomichan alternative is Jisho, which is free. Other great apps like Yomichan are 10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp), rikaikun, Yomitan and Memento Video Player.