YenPocket Press Kit
Everything you need to write about YenPocket: Japan Yen to USD without emailing me first. All images below may be used in editorial coverage without asking.
Kayne Sheenan — developer, Tokyo
support@japanramenguide.com or k.sheenan@gmail.com — both reach me directly.
Fact sheet
- App name
- YenPocket: Japan Yen to USD
- One-sentence pitch
- YenPocket converts yen to 26 currencies and reads Japanese price tags with the iPhone camera, including whether tax is included.
- Price
Free. The converter, shopping basket, widgets and Apple Watch app cost nothing.
The camera scanner (Pro Scanner) is an optional one-time purchase. Three optional tips are available. No account, no ads, no subscription.
Region Pro Scanner (once) Tips (optional) United States $3.99 $0.99 / $1.99 / $5.99 Japan ¥600 ¥200 / ¥400 / ¥1,000 United Kingdom £3.99 £0.99 / £1.99 / £5.99 Eurozone (Germany) €3.99 €0.99 / €1.99 / €6.99 Australia A$5.99 A$1.99 / A$2.99 / A$9.99 Canada C$4.99 C$0.99 / C$2.99 / C$7.99 App Store prices in each country, checked 24 October 2026. Apple sets the local price in other storefronts.
- Platforms
- iPhone and Apple Watch (the iPhone app also runs on iPad).
- Requirements
- iOS 18.0 or later. 19 language options.
- Released
- 30 September 2026. Current version 1.0.3.
- Developer
- Kayne Sheenan, working alone. No company.
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- App Store
- apps.apple.com/app/id6811810646
- Developer page
- Kayne Sheenan on the App Store
- Contact
- support@japanramenguide.com
About the app
One sentence
YenPocket converts yen to 26 currencies and reads Japanese price tags with the iPhone camera, including whether tax is included.
One paragraph
Shop prices in Japan are shown two ways, with consumption tax included or before tax, and visitors also have to turn yen into their own currency in their head. YenPocket converts yen to 26 currencies in either direction, scans Japanese price tags to show whether tax is included, and keeps a shopping basket that tracks progress toward Japan’s tax-free minimum. Rates are saved on the phone, so it works offline, and there is an Apple Watch app.
Full version
Prices in Japanese shops are shown two ways: with consumption tax included, or before tax with the total in smaller print. For a visitor that is one more sum on top of converting yen into their own currency, usually done standing in an aisle.
YenPocket converts yen to 26 currencies, or the other way to check how much yen a budget buys, on a large one-handed keypad. The camera scanner reads a Japanese price tag on the iPhone, says whether tax is included and flags when a total is an estimate. Text recognition stays on the device.
A shopping basket adds up items and shows progress toward the tax-free minimum, counted before tax, and the basket total can sit on the Lock Screen and Home Screen. The Apple Watch app converts with a keypad, a direction swap and the Digital Crown. Daily reference rates are cached for offline use.
The converter, basket, widgets and Watch app are free, and there is no account, no ads and no subscription. Rates are indicative, not transaction quotes.
Key features
- YenPocket converts yen to 26 currencies, or the other way to check a budget.
- The camera scanner reads Japanese price tags and shows whether tax is included; text recognition runs on the iPhone.
- A shopping basket tracks progress toward Japan’s tax-free minimum, counted before tax.
- The basket total can be shown on the Lock Screen and Home Screen.
- The Apple Watch app converts with a number keypad, a direction swap and the Digital Crown.
- Daily reference rates are cached on the phone, so the app works offline.
Screenshots
These are the App Store images, which have captions and a device frame. Click any image for the full-size file (1320 × 2868). Raw captures without frames are available on request.
Icon
App icon, 1024×1024 PNG. Please do not alter it.
About the developer
Kayne Sheenan is a New Zealander living in Tokyo, where he works in software and builds iOS apps on his own, with no company behind them.
His other apps are Daruma, a planner for the paperwork of moving to Japan; Japan Food Allergy & Celiac, Japanese diet cards for eating out in Japan; and 100 Bites, a first-foods guide for parents of babies starting solids.
Contact
Kayne Sheenan — developer, Tokyo
support@japanramenguide.com or k.sheenan@gmail.com — both reach me directly.
Happy to answer questions or talk on the record.