Comparison

Lingory vs Mirinae

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

Head to head
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

About

Mirinae

This AI-powered tool breaks down Korean sentences, explaining grammar, particles, conjugations, and idioms. It provides detailed insights into sentence structure and word meanings, aiding in a deeper understanding of the language. An integrated dictionary and reference library further support your learning journey.

Highlights
  • AI-driven sentence analysis
  • Grammar pattern explanation
  • Particle and conjugation breakdown
  • Idiom and neologism identification
  • Interactive parse-tree visualization
  • Built-in dictionary and reference
  • Chrome extension for web learning
Features
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◉ Let Mirinae be your AI Korean Teacher! You enter a Korean sentence and Mirinae will translate the sentence, show you all the individual parts of speech, find and explain any grammar patterns present, explain the particles and honorifics and verb conjugations, identify & explain any idioms or neologisms used, and draw out a parse-tree showing all the individual phrases & clauses in the sentence. Click on anything in the explanation for more details, alternate word definitions, example uses, related patterns, cross-references to learning sites and major textbooks, and much more.. All this allows the learner to explore Korean wherever they encounter it, perhaps an example sentence in a dictionary or lesson text, some song lyrics or drama dialog, etc., and interactively discover its meaning, syntax, grammar patterns and any idioms used, and then to explore and continue learning, finding other examples of the patterns and words used. ◉ Learn while watching Kdrama or browsing the web There is also a Chrome Extension version that lets you explore and learn from Korean text you encounter on any website, including Kdrama subtitles on streaming sites like Viki.com, Netflix and Youtube. When enabled, the Mirinae extension will detect Korean on any web-page, so you can explore and get a deep understanding of any Korean directly within the page so that it can be very easily used to augment existing Korean teaching, reference and translation sites and video streaming sites. Visit the Chrome Store and search for “Mirinae”. ◉ Built-in Dictionary, Searchable Grammar & Idiom Reference and Grammar-term Glossary Mirinae has a built-in dictionary & searchable grammar reference and can also be used as a deep, interactive Korean reference that is driven by examples of the things you want to search for. The library has a large and growing number of idiom patterns and neologisms (newly-coined words), essential for understanding modern spoken Korean, Kpop lyrics and Kdrama dialog. ◉ High tech!! Mirinae uses advanced machine learning, natural language processing and a non-deterministic phrase-structure parser, coupled with a proprietary regular-expression grammar-pattern, idiom and neologism library to build a lexical and grammatical analysis of the text, showing a breakdown of the text into its component words and particles and suffixes and other parts-of-speech along with a display of its structure in terms of phrases and predicates and clauses. It also uses an advanced, bi-language embedding-vector meaning disambiguator to provide likely meanings for individual words in the sentence, which is not easily determined from a full sentence-translation, as you might get from a standard translation site. ◉ User quotes: • “WHERE HAS THIS BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE As someone who prefers to Korean deconstruct a sentence in order to learn how to put it together this is PERFECT!” • “I’ve been searching for something like this for a while now so this is amazing. Korean grammar is my weakest subject so this is beyond helpful. Thank you so, so much!” ◉ FAQ •How to use Mirinae? Visit https://mirinae.io/#/support ◉ NOTE • If you have any questions or suggestions please contact us: - helpdesk: team@mirinae.io - website: https://mirinae.io - privacy policy: https://company.mirinae.io/privacy-policy/ - terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirinae.io/ - twitter: https://twitter.com/mirinae_io - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/mirinae_io

Screenshots

Lingory4 screens
Mirinae4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mirinae at 4.3 against Lingory's 4.0. Mirinae also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 64%). Lingory's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. Lingory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Mirinae sells 9 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

Mirinae holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 112 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Lingory's written reviews are positive against 82% of Mirinae's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lingory ships an update fortnightly, Mirinae every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lingory versus Mirinae: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingoryMirinae
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (107 ratings)4.3 (112 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.2% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings107112 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLingory Inc.Mirinae, Inc

Customer experience

Lingory

All ratings107 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive64.2%
Neutral13.2%
Negative22.6%

Mirinae

All ratings112 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative10.7%

Bugs and requests

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.)

Mirinae

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
9 purchases

Mirinae

Subscriptions9
  • Mirinae Pro (Monthly)2 variants$6.991 Month
  • Mirinae Pro (monthly)7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Mirinae Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$11.991 Month
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  • Mirinae Pro (Quarterly)$14.993 Months
  • Mirinae Pro (Annual)$41.991 Year
  • Mirinae Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Mirinae Pro (Annual)$47.991 Year
  • Mirinae Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • Mirinae Pro (Annual)$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Lingory free?
Lingory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mirinae free?
Mirinae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lingory or Mirinae?
Mirinae is rated higher. Lingory averages 4.0 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while Mirinae averages 4.3 from 112 ratings.
Do Lingory or Mirinae have ads?
Neither Lingory nor Mirinae shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lingory or Mirinae?
Lingory ships an update fortnightly, and Mirinae every 6 weeks. Most recently, Lingory was updated on November 3, 2026 and Mirinae on November 3, 2026.

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