Lingory vs Bungeo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Bungeo
Master Korean vocabulary with flashcards curated from popular dramas and films. Learn the most frequently used words first, with a spaced repetition system for effective long-term memory. Track your progress towards fluency with clear, measurable goals.
- Drama-curated vocabulary
- Spaced repetition system
- Progress tracking
- Themed word packs
- No time pressure
- Hand-curated content
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Real Korean vocabulary, from the dramas you already watch. Every word in Bungeo was hand-picked from thousands of Korean dramas and films, ranked by how often they actually appear. You learn the most useful words first: the ones you'll hear in conversations, recognize in shows, and use in real life. - 250 free cards to get started - Word packs by theme and genre, including Business Korean - SM-2 spaced repetition: proven algorithm for long-term memory - No time pressure. No daily streaks. Study when you want - 100% hand-curated, no AI-generated content Your progress, made visible. Research suggests that knowing around 5,000 words is where Korean starts to feel fluent. Bungeo shows you exactly where you stand: how many words you know, and how many are still ahead. An abstract goal becomes a clear, measurable journey.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bungeo at 5.0 against Lingory's 4.0. Bungeo also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%). Lingory's advantage is ratings volume (107 vs 1). 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. Lingory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Bungeo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bungeo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lingory has 107 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Lingory's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bungeo's.
Lingory ships an update fortnightly, Bungeo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lingory | Bungeo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (107 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lingory Inc. | Valentin Vannay |
Customer experience
Lingory
Bungeo
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.)
Bungeo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
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
Bungeo
- Business Deck$0.49
- Parenting Deck$0.49
- Core Pack 1$1.99









