Comparison

Learn Korean & Study Hangul vs Lingory

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Learn Korean & Study Hangul

Learn Korean vocabulary and the Hangul alphabet through engaging mini-games and visual learning. Focus on practical words with short, daily 5-minute sessions designed for effortless and addictive learning.

Highlights
  • Visual vocabulary learning
  • 5-minute daily sessions
  • Hangul alphabet learning
  • Quick swipe and tap games
  • Focus on practical words
  • Habit-building approach
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Drops makes language learning an effortless fun. Practical vocabulary is bound to your memories through beautiful graphics and quick mini-games. The crazy part? You have only 5 mins per day to learn Korean. Might sound insane but works like charm! :) These are the ingredients of the secret sauce: 100% illustrated: Pictures directly carry the meaning - you don’t have to use your native language at all! No intermediary. Faster, more effective and of course more fun for Korean learning process! :) 5 min sessions: limiting practice time sounds crazy but it it makes it incredibly addictive - which is cool thing for learning. The barrier of entry is close to zero so you can’t have any excuses: you’ll have 5 minutes even on the busiest day! Effortless play: We know why games are fun and addictive and distilled the essence into Drops. The result is a truly immersive experience but it’s not waste of your time while you play because you build a valuable knowledge. Quick: Keyboard typing is painfully slow. Welcome rapid swipes and taps! Especially for Korean vowels, and consonants.Trust us, you’ll need those extra seconds during the quick learning session ;) Vocabulary only: Zero grammar, just handpicked practical words. That’s our focus and we do it extremely well. The app teaches the Korean “alphabet” Hangul (hangoul) too! Forge a habit: Drops wants to make you language learning addict. Effectiveness is nothing without a well established habit. We help you build one! We are extremely proud of our lovely word pronunciations by seasoned voice talents! Drops is free for casual learners: more than 2700 words in 150+ topics are all available for everyone. Hardcore language learners can subscribe for premium to progress faster with unlimited Korean language learning time. Our goal is to empower people of the world via language knowledge by providing a special tool that utilizes the universal language we all speak: pictures. ----------------- Keep tuned as even more languages are in the works! Payment information: Length of subscriptions: - 1 Month - 12 Months Price of subscriptions: - 1 Month – 9.99$ per month - 12 Months – 69.99$ per year - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period Have questions? Feel free to contact us at sup@languagedrops.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/language_drops Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LearnwithDrops Blog: https://medium.com/languagedrops Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/language_drops/ Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://languagedrops.com/privacypolicy.html

About

Lingory

Master Korean language skills through interactive lessons focused on speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Content is developed by certified teachers and based on native speaker conversations for practical fluency. Features include daily goals, clear pronunciation, extensive vocabulary, and review tools.

Highlights
  • Speaking, reading, listening, writing practice
  • Native speaker conversation-based lessons
  • Daily learning goals and motivation
  • Clear native pronunciation
  • 2,000+ vocabulary and 3,500+ example sentences
  • Video and comprehensive review
  • Personalized learning archive
Features
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Learn Korean(Hanguel/Hangul) with Lingory for free! You will practice speaking, reading, listening and writing Korean to maintain your long-term language retention. Lingory contents creators are certified Korean teachers who were teaching Korean for several years abroad. We are trying to understand the difficulties that each Korean learner has to provide better learning experience. Lingory’s main goal is making our users be able to have a conversation in Korean. For practical learning to have a conversation, all of our lessons is based on native speaker’s conversations. You don’t need to prepare anything to start learning with Lingory, we provide basic lessons for beginners such as alphabet lesson. What you can have while learning with Lingory? - Daily Learning goal Our learning content is designed for you to be able to easily set up your daily learning goal, and the app’s notification will keep you motivated by asking you a question about next day learning contents. - Clear native pronunciation We hired news caster to provide clear pronunciation. - 2,000 + vocabularies Check 2,000+ vocabularies and 3,500+ example sentences! - Video Review Review what you learnt with Video contents - Comprehensive Review Test yourself if you remember all you learnt so far - Learning Archive There must be a moment for you to have hard time to memorize right away while learning. Save Vocabulary/Grammar/Tip information in your personal Archive! If you like our course, subscribe Lingory Membership to boost your learning performance! Whether you’re learning Korean for travel, school or TOPIK test, Lingory will be your best partner Support: If you found a bug or have any feedback for us, Let us know and help us make our service better :) Email: lingoryofficial@gmail.com

Screenshots

Learn Korean & Study Hangul4 screens
Lingory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Learn Korean & Study Hangul at 4.8 against Lingory's 4.1. Learn Korean & Study Hangul also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 65%) and ratings volume (24K vs 104). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Learn Korean & Study Hangul sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Lingory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn Korean & Study Hangul holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Korean & Study Hangul has 24K ratings behind it against 104, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Learn Korean & Study Hangul's written reviews are positive against 65% of Lingory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Korean & Study Hangul ships an update every 10 days, Lingory fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Learn Korean & Study Hangul versus Lingory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Korean & Study HangulLingory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (24K ratings) — better4.1 (104 ratings)
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews — better64.8% of reviews
Number of ratings24K — better104
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OULingory Inc.

Customer experience

Learn Korean & Study Hangul

All ratings23,902 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews886 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.8%

Lingory

All ratings104 ratings
Positive74.0%
Neutral9.6%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral13.3%
Negative21.9%

User reviews

Learn Korean & Study Hangul

From 24K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy and fun to learn
  • 🚀 Effective vocabulary building
  • 💡 Variety of learning activities
  • 👍 Clear pronunciation and visuals
  • 👍 Helpful for beginners

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Limited free time per day
  • 💰 Expensive premium subscription
  • 🔍 Lack of placement test or level selection
  • 📝 Romanized spelling instead of Hangul

Lingory

From 104 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💯 Best app for learning Korean
  • 📚 Comprehensive lessons and vocabulary
  • 🎨 Well-designed and interactive
  • 🆓 Mostly free with minimal ads
  • 🗣️ Clear audio from native speakers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔇 Sound issues and volume problems
  • 🕰️ Too many ads interrupting lessons
  • 🔍 Typing recognition issues
  • 🤖 Lacking speech recognition for pronunciation

Bugs and requests

Learn Korean & Study Hangul

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login/account issues for some users
  • App crashes or freezes reported by a few users

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow more than 5 minutes of daily practice
  • Provide voice recognition for pronunciation practice
  • Add more grammar and sentence structure lessons
  • Include an option to learn Hangul writing system

Lingory

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lessons freezing or crashing after ads
  • Subscription issues and loss of premium features
  • Inability to access lesson history and progress
  • Compatibility problems on certain devices and OS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more advanced grammar and TOPIK level lessons
  • Improve lesson organization and navigation
  • Implement a review system for previously learned content
  • Add writing practice and handwriting recognition
  • Provide more customization options (font size, themes, etc.)

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Learn Korean & Study Hangul

Subscriptions10
  • Unlimited time!$7.991 Month
  • Korean Language - Free trial3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium$9.991 Month
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  • Premium$11.991 Month
  • Premium$12.991 Month
  • Daily 10 minutes bonus$22.991 Month
  • Premium$39.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial2 variants$89.991 Year
3 purchases

Lingory

Subscriptions3
  • 링고리 구독 1개월7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • 링고리 3개월 구독7 Days trial$16.493 Months
  • 링고리 6개월 구독7 Days trial$26.496 Months

Questions

Is Learn Korean & Study Hangul free?
Learn Korean & Study Hangul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lingory free?
Lingory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Korean & Study Hangul or Lingory?
Learn Korean & Study Hangul is rated higher. Learn Korean & Study Hangul averages 4.8 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while Lingory averages 4.1 from 104 ratings.
Do Learn Korean & Study Hangul or Lingory have ads?
Neither Learn Korean & Study Hangul nor Lingory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Korean & Study Hangul or Lingory?
Learn Korean & Study Hangul ships an update every 10 days, and Lingory fortnightly. Most recently, Learn Korean & Study Hangul was updated on September 25, 2026 and Lingory on September 17, 2026.

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