# Learn Korean for Beginners — user reviews > 73 indexed App Store user reviews of Learn Korean for Beginners by VIET NAM YDC COMPANY LIMITED, rated 4.40/5 from 338 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-korean-for-beginners/id1440955708/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-korean-for-beginners/id1440955708.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 237 · 4★ 53 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 19 ## What do users think of Learn Korean for Beginners? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💰 Completely free with no subscription required - 🎯 Straightforward and easy-to-use interface - 🔊 Clear pronunciation audio and examples - 📚 Well-organized categories and phrases - ⚡ Quick learning for beginners - 🎮 Engaging and fun learning experience - 🌐 Practical phrases for travel and daily use - 📖 Comprehensive vocabulary coverage - ✅ Reliable and accurate translations - 🎓 Effective for learning basics and fundamentals **Cons** - 🎤 Voice recognition frequently marks correct answers as wrong - 🐛 App freezes when switching between categories - ⏱️ Microphone cuts off before word completion - 🔊 Single monotone voice/accent throughout - 📱 Excessive ads interrupting learning flow - 🗣️ Unreliable speech recognition accuracy - ⚠️ Limited vocabulary and phrase range - 🔄 Inconsistent voice recognition performance - 🎯 Difficult navigation in some sections - ❌ App crashes and requires force closure **Commonly reported bugs** - Voice recognition incorrectly rejects correct pronunciations - App freezes after exiting category sections - Microphone stops recording mid-word - Unable to skip videos - requires app closure - App crashes on startup with black screen - Audio and romanization mismatch in number section - Quiz answers marked incorrect despite being correct - Inconsistent microphone input timing **Most requested features** - Emergency/safety phrases section - Multi-language learning simultaneously - Different accents and dialects support - Celebrations and special occasions phrases - Automatic Korean keyboard switching - Writing/Hangeul practice component - More detailed word breakdown explanations - Skip video option functionality - Fewer ads or ad-free sections - Clarification of North vs South Korean dialect ## Newest reviews (11 of 73) ### 3/5 — My Rating *2025-07-29, version 1.0* It’s very helpful but it’s kinda hard to pronounce because not really clear and this is 4+ so if 4 year olds go to Dating thing they see um not something their age should be knowing about ### 4/5 — Hi *2025-05-13, version 1.0* I really love this app, but can you add emergency stuff, and can you add, like you can learn 3 languages at one time. ### 4/5 — Great app but! *2025-02-12, version 1.0* Amazing app but the voice checking is incorrect! But I love the rest of it! ### 3/5 — Meh? *2024-01-19* It’s a pretty good app, but hard to navigate and you have to have pinpoint precision for the speaking parts, I would say the word exactly how the app said it, and it would mark it as incorrect. I’ve never gotten one of those questions right on the quizzes because of this. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good app for beginner memorization and listening, you just can’t speak Korean on it. ### 5/5 — I love this app💪 *2023-04-07* I lover this app I have learned so much already but it can be frustrating but that’s ok and what I love most about this app is that it’s free❤️ I have downloaded so many other apps and they cost a lot of money but this is completely free it even comes with easy categories for me to learn at a time I love it please download ### 5/5 — Haha *2023-03-16, version 1.0* It is so good I can learn my languages Easley ### 4/5 — ... *2023-03-07, version 1.0* This app really helps me talk to my Korean relatives; I can sorta translate my words. The downside was, it didn’t have some words that I wanted to know. ### 5/5 — Helpful *2023-02-12, version 1.0* I can learn 🇰🇷 ### 4/5 — Good 0-0 *2022-11-20, version 1.0* It’s really good but it isn’t phrases and everything it is good tho… ### 5/5 — Wow *2022-11-09* Best app for learning Korean it helps me so much you should get this app I used this app everyday for about 5 months and am basically a walking jungkook! ### 5/5 — Great *2022-10-31, version 1.0* This is great if you want a quick and easy way to learn Korean ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-02-08, version 1.0* I made me get things wrong ### 1/5 — Not a good app or for me at least *2025-03-30* I couldn’t learn even 1 word and it wasn’t beginner friendly it wasn’t fun or helpful the only few words I knew were from different apps it says learn Korean in 5 minutes but I’ve been trying for 1 hour and didn’t learn a thing I also did the mic and it didn’t give me enough time to even say the hole word ### 1/5 — zero stars. *2025-01-31, version 1.0* the developer website states, is straight up pop-up, spam, virus core ### 1/5 — ITS ALL WRONG *2023-12-23, version 1.0* I just found out that after all the studying I did with this app that most of the stuff on there isn’t translated right. Therefore whatever that app tells you something means it really means something else. DONT GET IT. IM TELLING U NOW DONT. ### 1/5 — Not even korean *2023-05-10, version 1.0* My korean friend said this is the worst language app shes ever seen, born and raised in korea yet it tells her shes wrong every time she speaks the CORRECT words lol this is garbage, also it doesnt let you skip the video it just totally ignores your input so you have to close the app down every single time! ### 1/5 — TUI KHÔNG THỂ NÓI ĐƯỢC! *2023-03-05* AAAAAAA ### 1/5 — Fix this *2020-12-15, version 1.0* I was saying all of the words correctly like annyeonghaseyo, it said it was wrong and it said no: annyeonghaseyo and on other words it did that too! It’s as if I have to get it exactly like the person saying it does because it doesn’t work ### 2/5 — It's fine *2025-12-23, version 1.0* The app is ok. It gives you pronunciation and such, only thing is, it NEVER works. If I try to open a section that I opened like a day ago, the app will freeze and won't let me do anything. ### 2/5 — It’s not good *2025-08-25* I learned nothing . I can’t remember anything and they poorly helped . All the help you get is just them saying the word or sentence in Korean and expect you to know it . You also can say the word and if I say it correctly it just says I’m wrong , And most of the time it won’t even let me finish the word . I don’t recommend, duolingo is probably better. Edit : I’ve only remembered 3 words in a couple days and it’s gone up to 2 stars , still every time I try the thing where you say a word it says I’m incorrect and it’s really annoying -Your friend One star ⭐️ ### 2/5 — Not that good *2022-11-26, version 1.0* It doesn’t finish letting you speak ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good, but… *2026-01-21, version 1.0* This app is TOP NOTCH. I am a beginner with no experience with korean and I have been looking for an app that doesn’t ask for money or subscriptions. This is that app. There is just one tiny flaw. Every time I have to talk and it tells me if it’s correct or wrong, it says the exact phrase given(which i had said) and it said it was wrong. Sometimes it does work but I wish they’d work on that. Otherwise, this is perfect for me and hopefully you as well. (edit from 2026!!) please fix the bugs!! after i get off of one category, it freezes.pls fix this i used to love this app!) ### 5/5 — Great *2025-07-23, version 1.0* It is literally amazing I have a notebook that I write in to learn Korean and this makes it so easy ### 5/5 — Good, but… *2025-07-14* This app is TOP NOTCH. I am a beginner with no experience with korean and I have been looking for an app that doesn’t ask for money or subscriptions. This is that app. There is just one tiny flaw. Every time I have to talk and it tells me if it’s correct or wrong, it says the exact phrase given(which i had said) and it said it was wrong. Sometimes it does work but I wish they’d work on that. Otherwise, this is perfect for me and hopefully you as well. ### 5/5 — Prutha Patel *2025-02-15* Hello. I love this app so much even tho I started yesterday but it’s so helpful. So when I learn Korean, I only knew how to write and read but didn’t understand or didn’t know the meaning of the words, but now that I have this app all I have to go is memorize a little by little, speaking it and writing it and reading. I have everything I needed in this app. Thank you so much. ### 5/5 — This App Is Amazing! *2024-07-08, version 1.0* When I have first started in April I was like wow I’m ganna be a expert! But now I don’t use it that much but I’m starting to do it daily.I was thinking 10 minutes a day.When I went to greetings I learned so fast! I absolutely love this app. It has colors,family,and even numbers! When I started I was so exited.Thanks to this app I now know allot of Korean. I know greetings I know numbers. I love it. And that’s why I love this app. ### 5/5 — Its a great app *2023-07-30* I dont usually rate apps but this one is amazing its free and you dont have to pay for learning its amazingly good app im trying to learn korean to understand the languge and their culture this app just makes everything easier i hope you all try it out you wont regret it ✨🎀 ### 5/5 — Love love! *2023-07-14, version 1.0* I downloaded this app along with Duolingo to confirm the accuracy and if I'm getting things right. This app is completely reliable and accurate and i’ve been depending on it greatly. They have just about all the things you mostly need to say when you go to Korea. No tutorials, theres no need for that. Just simply press on a category and find what phrase you’d like to learn. They even have the alphabet. There was 2 charecters i was curious of that they didn’t have but i ended up just figuring it out by myself. (ㅐ&ㅔ) which i’ve been told sounds as “ay”. I wasn’t too sure but thats alright. They have everything else for me here. Get.It! ### 5/5 — Helpful *2023-06-22, version 1.0* This app is really helpful for when I go to Korea ### 5/5 — Love love love *2023-05-31, version 1.0* Oh my this is so good I got this app because I love BTS number 1 biggest fan and want to go to South Korea ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2023-05-02, version 1.0* I have a friend who speaks Korean and a little bit of English and Japanese so this totally helps! Thank you! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*