seemile Korean vs KoreanSSam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
seemile Korean
Learn Korean through engaging animations and K-drama style stories. This app offers a vast library of daily life sentences and vocabulary, utilizing unique memory association techniques and integrated grammar lessons. Practice consonants, vowels, numbers, and writing with interactive exercises and native speaker audio.
- Animated K-drama style lessons
- 650 daily life sentences & 1200 words
- Memory association learning techniques
- Integrated grammar learning
- Interactive writing and pronunciation practice
- Offline access
- Native speaker audio
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Learn Korean language with animation and K-drama. App learning content is available free of charge. You can use the learning contents of the app while watching advertisements. If you pay for the in-app to remove ads, you can learn without ads. 1. 650 sentences, 1200 words, all related to daily life and can be learned easily by anyone. 2. Unique and exciting videos. Every video portrays the sentence with flair and accuracy. The user will be able to understand what kind of sentence is being taught just by watching it and this naturally remains in the users head. 3. A fun learning experience with a story and characters. There are 5 characters within the 650 sentences that share stories of everyday life. These characters create relationships of friendship and love between each other. These characters will foster your desire to keep on learning Korean. 4. Easy to learn, associative remembering techniques that allows you to rememeber for a long time. It was designed by using an incredibly effective memory association technique for easy memorization. The sentence is expressed via videos and the words via images, therefore, the user can easily learn these sentences and words that remain in their head for a long time. 5. Grammar that does not have to be seperately studied. There are 151 forms of grammar in the 650 sentences. By studying the sentences you will be able to learn the grammar as well. 6. Professionalism and know-hows that only SEEMILE has. SEEMILE.COM has produced Korean language lecture videos and has been providing its services to the world. Over the past 8 years, more than 1,000 videos have been made which garnered a staggering 100 million views. SEEMILE, the creators of the world's most beloved Korean learning contents, have stored all its professional expertise and know-hows into [SEEMILE Mastering]. [Key Features] - You can learn Korean consonants and vowels via the drag and drop method. - You can learn to read Korean numbers easily just by touching. - You can practice writing Korean with your finger. You can listen to all 650 sentences in a row. - A image association test is provided in order to help you remember what you've learned. - Can be used without an internet connection. - High quality native pronunciation is provided by Korean voice actors. - Provide Chinese, English, Japanese, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese translations. - We provide sounds that help you read out the sentences and words. - We recommend apps that help learn Korean easily and quickly.
KoreanSSam
Connect with native speakers worldwide to learn Korean through language and cultural exchange. Offers structured curricula and a platform to share your culture.
- Connect with native Korean speakers
- Practice speaking Korean
- Structured Korean learning curricula
- Cultural exchange platform
- Make international friends
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KoreanSSam is more than an app for studying alone. It's a Korean learning coach that remembers you and supports you every day. Follow your daily schedule with CONY, your tiger teacher. Track your check-ins and progress as you build a consistent Korean learning habit. Key features • Structured curriculum Learn systematically with Hangul and graded textbooks organized into levels, chapters and blocks. • Today's schedule See lessons, review activities and practical Korean content suited to your current progress, all in one place. • Personalized learning management Track your check-in streak, today's study time, exercises completed and chapter progress. • Clips Learn everyday Korean at your own pace through short-form videos and exercises. • Mistake review and practical Korean Find review content based on your learning results and study Korean expressions used in real life, including idioms. Start your own learning routine with KoreanSSam, your daily Korean coach. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://admin-renewal.koreanssam.com/terms?code=service&locale=en Privacy Policy: https://admin-renewal.koreanssam.com/terms?code=privacy-policy&locale=en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: seemile Korean at 4.2 against KoreanSSam's 2.3. seemile Korean also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 3). KoreanSSam's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 51%). 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
Both are free to download. seemile Korean sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KoreanSSam sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
seemile Korean holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: seemile Korean has 64 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of seemile Korean's written reviews are positive against 93% of KoreanSSam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | seemile Korean | KoreanSSam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (64 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 523 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Seungjae Kang | Peopleandtalk Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
seemile Korean
KoreanSSam
In-app purchases
seemile Korean
- Delete AD.$3.99
KoreanSSam
- KoreanSSam 1 month Subscribe$7.991 Month
- Monthly Membership1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- 10 Credits$0.99
- 50 Credits$3.99
- 100 Credits$6.99
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- KoreanSSam Basic(200KOIN)$9.99
- KoreanSSam Sliver(1000KOIN)$47.00
- KoreanSSam Gold(2000KOIN)$90.00
- KoreanSSam VIP(5000Koin)$200.00








