Korean! vs Lingory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Korean!
Master reading and writing the Korean alphabet with interactive lessons and a personalized review system. This app offers audio pronunciation for all characters and optional writing practice, making language learning accessible and efficient.
- Lessons for all Korean characters
- Optional writing lessons
- Show and Quiz teaching method
- Personalized review system
- Audio pronunciation
- Offline access
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Learn Korean! provides a fast and easy way to learn to read and write the Korean language. Features include: - Lessons with all Korean characters - Optional writing lessons - Easy Show and Quiz style teaching method. - Personalized review system. - Audio pronunciation. - Network access not required. Privacy Policy: https://termsfeed.com/privacy-policy/a5f665782f6b79b6895f75b9dc4ced86 Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Korean! at 4.7 against Lingory's 4.0. Korean! also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 107) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Lingory's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 56%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Korean! sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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.
Korean! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Korean! has 11K ratings behind it against 107, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Korean!'s written reviews are positive against 64% of Lingory's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Korean! ships an update every 5 days, Lingory fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Korean! | Lingory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11K ratings) — better | 4.0 (107 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 107 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luli Languages LLC | Lingory Inc. |
Customer experience
Korean!
Lingory
User reviews
Korean!
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Helps memorize characters quickly
- 💡 Teaches proper stroke order
- 👍 Effective for beginners
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy writing recognition
- 🔒 Locked lessons require payment
- 🔇 Poor audio quality/pronunciation
- 🔍 Lacks explanations/instructions
Lingory
From 107 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Korean!
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes/freezes on certain lessons
- Writing recognition issues with specific characters
- Inability to progress past early lessons
Requested features
4 requests- Option to turn off romanization
- More advanced lessons and content
- Undo/correction feature for writing
- Sync progress across devices
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
Korean!
- Unlock Monthly$0.991 Month
- Hangul Levels$2.99
- Level 7$3.99
- Level 6$3.99
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- Level 8$3.99
- Level 5$3.99
- Level 4$3.99
- Unlock all levels$12.99
- Unlock all lessons$12.99
Lingory
- 링고리 구독 1개월7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- 링고리 3개월 구독7 Days trial$16.493 Months
- 링고리 6개월 구독7 Days trial$26.496 Months
