Comparison

Korean! vs HanGo

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Lessons for all Korean characters
  • Optional writing lessons
  • Show and Quiz teaching method
  • Personalized review system
  • Audio pronunciation
  • Offline access
Features
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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/

About

HanGo

Master Korean with a comprehensive curriculum, from basic Hangul to conversational fluency. This app offers structured lessons, Korean-specific content like honorifics and Konglish, and multiple practice methods. It's designed to keep you motivated with daily challenges and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Structured unit-by-unit curriculum
  • Hangul explorer with native audio
  • Honorifics and Konglish explorers
  • Multiple practice modes including SRS
  • Themed sentence packs for real-life conversations
  • Daily challenges and streak system
  • Offline learning capability
Features
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Master Korean step by step — from your first Hangul letter to real conversations. HanGo isn't just a flashcard app anymore. It's a complete Korean course, built for the parts of the language generic apps skim over. Whether you're here for K-drama, K-pop, Seoul travel plans, TOPIK prep, or heritage reasons — HanGo meets you at your level and walks you through the tricky parts with clarity. A COMPLETE KOREAN COURSE • Structured unit-by-unit curriculum — beginner to conversational • Four lesson types per unit: Recognize, Practice, Produce, Master • Per-unit guidebooks with grammar notes and culture tips • 100% offline — zero data use, learn on the subway KOREAN-SPECIFIC, NOT GENERIC • Hangul explorer — 24 basic letters with mnemonics and native audio • Honorifics explorer — every phrase in formal, polite, and casual, side by side • Konglish gallery — 35 loanwords with origin stories (파이팅, 셀카, 노트북) • Grammar drills — particles, counters, honorific endings, and more SIX WAYS TO PRACTICE • Flashcards with native Korean audio on every word • Multiple-choice, word-matching, word-building • Listen-and-pick, listen-and-build, true/false • Spaced repetition (SRS) — cards return exactly when you'd forget • 100 themed sentence packs for real-life conversations • SmartPacks — curated vocab around K-drama, onomatopoeia, business • Custom decks — build your own from any word you meet BUILT TO KEEP YOU GOING • Daily challenges — a fresh mini-goal every day • Streaks with Streak Freeze for sick days • 50 levels, XP rewards, and 40+ achievements • Celebratory session-complete moments • Smart reminders that adapt to your pace • Statistics that track every word, streak, and session LEARN IN YOUR LANGUAGE Interface in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, and Filipino. WHO IT'S FOR • Absolute beginners — start from 안녕하세요 • K-drama and K-pop fans — finally catch what's actually being said • Travelers — restaurant, subway, and shopping phrases you'll use • TOPIK I and II candidates • Heritage learners reconnecting with the language HanGo is free to start. A Pro subscription unlocks advanced grammar drills, premium SmartPacks, and unlimited custom decks — but the core curriculum, Hangul, honorifics, konglish, daily practice, and streak system stay free forever. 한국어, 시작해요 — let's begin. Terms of Use: https://app4a.github.io/learn-korean/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://app4a.github.io/learn-korean/privacy.html

Screenshots

Korean!3 screens
HanGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Korean! at every 5 days against HanGo's monthly. Korean! also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 7). HanGo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). On price, rating, 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. Korean! sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and HanGo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Korean! against 4.7 for HanGo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Korean! has 10K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Korean! ships an update every 5 days, HanGo monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Korean! versus HanGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKorean!HanGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10K ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.2% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuli Languages LLCNam Cho

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

HanGo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Korean!

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock Monthly$0.991 Month
One-time8
  • Hangul Levels$2.99
  • Level 7$3.99
  • Level 6$3.99
Show 5 more
  • Level 8$3.99
  • Level 5$3.99
  • Level 4$3.99
  • Unlock all levels$12.99
  • Unlock all lessons$12.99
3 purchases

HanGo

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Korean! free?
Korean! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HanGo free?
HanGo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Korean! or HanGo?
HanGo is rated higher. Korean! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while HanGo averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Korean! or HanGo have ads?
Neither Korean! nor HanGo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Korean! or HanGo?
Korean! ships an update every 5 days, and HanGo monthly. Most recently, Korean! was updated on September 23, 2026 and HanGo on September 20, 2026.

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