# Mallo: Korean Dictation — Listen to PDFs and Articles

> Listen to PDFs and Articles (iPhone/iPad app by SangHyun Jin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mallo-korean-dictation/id6799453498 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SangHyun Jin](https://appshunter.io/developer/1650323824)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English, Korean
- Released: 2026-08-28
- Data updated: 2026-10-14

## What is Mallo?

Listen to long reads with Korean explanations.

Mallo turns Korean and English PDFs, public web articles, and pasted text into Korean explanations and synthetic speech on iPhone. It explains unfamiliar concepts and useful background while preserving the source's main points and conditions. Audio explanations are in Korean.

Bring your own document
• Text and scanned PDFs with Korean and English OCR
• Public web articles
• Pasted text
• Up to 60,000 source characters per explanation

Start with the first prepared section instead of waiting for the entire document. Follow the current explanation sentence and check details against the original source.

Listen at your own pace
• Playback speed from 0.9x to 2x and 15-second skips
• Sentence navigation
• Text size, spacing, and theme controls
• Background audio with the screen off
• Lock Screen and headphone controls
• Saved playback positions to resume where you stopped

Listen to the first minute of your first document before signing in or paying.

Supported content and limitations
AI-generated explanations pass a separate review step but can still contain errors. Check important details against the source. Tables and images may be omitted from audio. Login-restricted content, pages without an article body, and YouTube videos are not supported. Mallo is not a speech transcription or meeting-recording app. Requires iOS 26 or later.

Trial and subscription
Eligible new subscribers receive a 7-day trial with 60 generation minutes, including usage from the claimed guest document. Each paid billing period provides 300 fresh generation minutes. Usage is calculated from the actual duration of completed audio. A final document started with remaining allowance is completed even if it exceeds that allowance. Replaying generated documents does not consume generation time.
The App Store shows the monthly price before confirmation. The subscription renews automatically and can be managed or canceled in Apple Account settings.

Data processing
Documents are sent to Mallo's Cloudflare-based service. Source text is sent to the OpenAI API for explanation generation and review; explanations are sent for synthetic speech generation. Original documents, extracted text, explanations, and audio are stored privately without automatic expiration for your library and replay. Removing a document or deleting an account blocks app and API access but does not immediately delete stored data.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://mallo.drtryon.org/privacy

## Is Mallo safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Mallo.

## Is Mallo legit?

Mallo: Korean Dictation has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Mallo is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.8 — 2026-10-12

Stability improvements and updated app description

### 1.2.4 — 2026-09-15

• Connection failures and timeouts now show distinct recovery messages.
• Cancelling a library refresh no longer shows an unnecessary error alert.
• Interrupted requests guide you to check the document status in your library.

### 1.2.3 — 2026-09-14

• Generate Korean explanations and speech from PDFs, public articles and pasted text.
• Tap Create Explanation once to automatically import an article. A site verification screen appears only when needed.
• Cookie notices and navigation are excluded, and pages without article text receive a clear message.
• Improved source review, corrective generation and error guidance. Generation allowance uses the duration of completed audio.

### 1.2.2 — 2026-09-05

• Refreshed onboarding and the Add Document experience.
• Get started more easily with featured Korean and English documents.
• Updated the design of the library, reader, and subscription screens.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-08-29

Fixed a false document-processing alert that could appear when notification registration hit a temporary network error. Document conversion and playback were not affected.

## More apps by SangHyun Jin

- [Hanguel](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hanguel/id6806919995)

All apps by SangHyun Jin: https://appshunter.io/developer/1650323824

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