Study for Japan's Real Estate Exam Like You're Listening to the Radio: Takken Radio, an Audio Study App Made by a Licensed Specialist

Takken Radio (宅建ラジオ), a radio-style app dedicated to studying for the Takken exam, has been available on the App Store since September 11, 2026. Takken is Japan's national licensing exam for real estate transaction agents (宅地建物取引士, "Real Estate Transaction Specialist"). Built by a practicing licensed Real Estate Transaction Specialist, the app lets you listen to audio explanations based on past exam questions, like a radio show, and check the key points as you go. It fits into spare moments such as a commute or the time before bed, and this version is free.

Common struggles when studying in spare moments

App Overview

Takken Radio explains an entire year of the Takken exam out loud, based on past questions from the 2022 (Reiwa 4) exam. It is designed as a supplementary tool for spare moments, to be used alongside the main materials from a cram school, prep school, or correspondence course.

One audio track per question, covering the Real Estate Brokerage Act, Rights and Relationships, Legal Restrictions, Taxes and Other Topics, and the five exempted questions section (statistics questions excluded)
Each track runs 2 to 9 minutes
The 2022 (Reiwa 4) exam has many well-made questions, and a single year lets you work through each subject once, so it was chosen as the first content
Every question text and explanation has been checked and revised to reflect the latest legal amendments that apply to the 2026 exam

What's included in Takken Radio

Features

Three strengths of Takken Radio

Explanations Made for Listening

The explanations are written for audio learning. They also work well for shadowing (repeating aloud).

Playback Features for Casual Listening

Play only the units you have checked, back to back
15-second skip forward and back, and seven playback speeds from 0.5x to 2.0x
Background playback (controllable from the lock screen or earphone buttons)
Background music you can choose to match your mood (or turn off)

Features for Bedtime and Morning

Sleep timer (15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes) that fades out slowly when it ends
Good Morning mode: playback starts at the time you set

Study Records

Play counts for each unit and a heatmap that darkens on the days you studied show how consistently you have kept going. You can also leave notes for each unit. The app supports both light and dark display modes.

How to Use It

A day with the app: morning, commute, and night

Install Takken Radio from the App Store (no account registration required)
In the morning, listen from the time you set with Good Morning mode
On your commute, play a whole subject and listen casually
Before bed, pick the units you want to hear and set the sleep timer
Select only your weak units and listen to them again and again

When to use Takken Radio

App screen

Pricing and Availability

This version is free to use
No account registration is required. Play counts, notes, and settings are stored only on your device
Supported devices: iPhone and iPad
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/id6809663717
Product page: https://mawatarik.com/takken-radio
Introduction by the creator (note): https://note.com/takken_takutomo/n/ne22845e6c167

Sister Apps

The same creator has made two other Takken study apps.

Takken Kakomon Repeat, for working through flashcards and one-question-one-answer drills repeatedly: https://mawatarik.com/takken-kakomon-repeat
Takken Roppou Note, for reading the laws with the exam years in which past questions appeared: https://mawatarik.com/takken-roppou-note