Comparison

Lingory vs Daily Hangul

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

Daily Hangul

Learn Korean effortlessly by seeing characters, pronunciation, and meaning on your lock screen or home screen widget. This app integrates learning into your daily routine, making Korean familiar and accessible without dedicated study time.

Highlights
  • Lock screen Korean learning
  • Home screen widget for Korean
  • Passive learning through exposure
  • Character, pronunciation, and meaning display
  • Flashcards in-app
  • Fits into daily phone usage
Features
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Learn Korean passively from Your Lock Screen* REQUIRES A PAID SUBSCRIPTION Korean, every time you check your phone. The #1 Korean Lock Screen Learning App. Join 70K+ learners turning glances into growth. Characters, pronunciation, meaning — right on your lock screen* Daily stories and sentences, tailored to your level Widgets + push notifications to keep you on track Go deeper with standard, informal, and formal sentences You already check your phone 100+ times a day. Now every check teaches you something TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://dailyhangul.app/terms

Screenshots

Lingory4 screens
Daily Hangul4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Daily Hangul at 4.7 against Lingory's 4.0. Daily Hangul also leads on ratings volume (505 vs 107). Lingory's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 26%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lingory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Daily Hangul sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daily Hangul holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 505 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Lingory's written reviews are positive against 26% of Daily Hangul's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lingory ships an update fortnightly, Daily Hangul weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lingory versus Daily Hangul: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingoryDaily Hangul
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (107 ratings)4.7 (505 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews — better26.1% of reviews
Number of ratings107505 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLingory Inc.ALEX XINWEI LIU

Customer experience

Lingory

All ratings107 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral13.9%
Negative23.1%

Daily Hangul

All ratings397 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive26.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative69.6%

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.)

Daily Hangul

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
2 purchases

Daily Hangul

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Lingory free?
Lingory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Hangul free?
Daily Hangul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lingory or Daily Hangul?
Daily Hangul is rated higher. Lingory averages 4.0 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while Daily Hangul averages 4.7 from 505 ratings.
Do Lingory or Daily Hangul have ads?
Daily Hangul shows ads; Lingory does not.
Which is updated more often, Lingory or Daily Hangul?
Lingory ships an update fortnightly, and Daily Hangul weekly. Most recently, Lingory was updated on November 8, 2026 and Daily Hangul on November 5, 2026.

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