Comparison

90 Day Korean vs HanguLingo

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

Head to head
About

90 Day Korean

Master Korean language skills with a structured 90-day program. This app offers a fun, easy method to achieve conversational fluency, progress at your own pace, and receive personalized coaching. Engage with a supportive community and learn efficiently using the 80/20 method.

Highlights
  • 90-day conversational fluency goal
  • Progress at your own pace
  • Weekly course material
  • Supportive community
  • Personal Korean coach
  • 80/20 learning method
Features
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Learn the Korean language fast using 90 Day Korean's fun and easy method. The Inner Circle web course will teach you how to have a three minute conversation in Korean in only 90 days! Progress at your own pace, study from your favorite device anywhere you have an internet connection. You'll get weekly course material that allows you to go at your own pace. Stay on target with motivation from a supportive community in the members area. Sharpen your skills with corrections and advice from your own personal Korean coach. You'll use the 80/20 method, a psychological tool to help you retain information and learn only what you need to know. Never waste time studying unnecessary lessons! Here are some of the reasons why students study with us: Moving to Korea Love of Korean culture Friendship and dating K-Pop fans K-dramas fans Business We publish blog articles related to Korean language and culture, and post to our social media channels daily. Download our app and stay connected!

About

HanguLingo

This app offers a structured curriculum for learning Korean, focusing on modern language use and pop culture. It features quizzes after each lesson, progress tracking, and a simple, intuitive interface. New lessons are added regularly without requiring app updates.

Highlights
  • Quizzes with every lesson
  • Progress tracking
  • Well-written curriculum
  • Simple interface
  • Pop culture focus
  • Regular new lessons
Features
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HanguLingo is designed and developed by Korean students, for students who want to learn Korean. With an app to make learning just one press away at any time, anyone can start learning! ----- What features does HanguLingo have? - Quizzes with every lesson: every lesson has at least one quiz, with most having more. - Progress tracking: you can see your progress from the home page and revisit old lessons and quizzes. - A well-written curriculum: with lessons that go through several rounds of revision before being published, everything you learn on HanguLingo is quality, reviewed information. - Simple interface: HanguLingo steers away from addictive gamification and towards an interface that anyone can understand and use from the get-go. - Open source: HanguLingo's base API is completely open source. ----- Why use HanguLingo? - HanguLingo is built for modern learners: that means a curriculum that focuses on pop culture, speaking, and real-life language instead of on formal speech or literature. - HanguLingo gets new lessons regularly, with the app receiving these new lessons without updating! - HanguLingo is free and has no ads, meaning there's no cost to start learning anytime. - HanguLingo doesn't store any information in the cloud: the only time HanguLingo ever accesses the internet is to fetch lessons.

Screenshots

90 Day Korean4 screens
HanguLingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HanguLingo at none against 90 Day Korean's shown. HanguLingo also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 90 Day Korean's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 7). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

90 Day Korean holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 90 Day Korean has 104 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
90 Day Korean versus HanguLingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter90 Day KoreanHanguLingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (104 ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews91.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings104 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 14 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer90 Day KoreanSeungchan Kim

Customer experience

90 Day Korean

All ratings104 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.9%

HanguLingo

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

90 Day Korean

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode for lessons
  • More interactive features
  • Flashcard/quiz functionality
  • Ability to track progress within the app

HanguLingo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

90 Day Korean

No in-app purchases

None

HanguLingo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 90 Day Korean free?
90 Day Korean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HanguLingo free?
HanguLingo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 90 Day Korean or HanguLingo?
90 Day Korean is rated higher. 90 Day Korean averages 4.6 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while HanguLingo averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do 90 Day Korean or HanguLingo have ads?
90 Day Korean shows ads; HanguLingo does not.

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