VISITKOREA vs Mufko
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VISITKOREA
Plan and enhance your trip to Korea with comprehensive travel information. Discover attractions, dining, accommodation, and shopping, plus essential travel tips and navigation tools.
- Tourist attraction information
- Restaurant and accommodation listings
- Shopping and festival details
- Itinerary recording and timeline
- Customized recommendations
- Navigation and public transport maps
- Travel basics and emergency contacts
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Travel Korea with the VisitKorea app! The VisitKorea app provides information on beautiful tourist attractions, delicious food, comfortable accommodations, pleasant shopping centers and exciting festivals in Korea to help tourists have the most satisfying trip ever. In addition, it provides all the information tourists may need when traveling to Korea such as finding directions and public transportation information, and emergency contacts to make their trip more convenient and safe. All about Korean Tourism News and travel columns are updated regularly to provide special travel information about Korea. Check them out to learn more about current and upcoming trends on tourist attractions, restaurants, accommodations, shopping center and festivals. In the Travel Basics menu, you can find useful information such as visa and entry requirements, emergency contacts, operating hours of public agencies and tourist police. Record you itinerary Record memories of your trip in Korea. This new feature will help you manage your schedule and remember your trip in the form of a timeline. Simply save your arrival and departure information, your planned itinerary, and add photos and memos. Korean tourism information recommended automatically Are you in Seoul now? Then, the VisitKorea app will guide you to the most satisfying tourist areas in Seoul. The VisitKorea app recommends information such as tourist attractions, good restaurants, accommodations etc. according to the user’s preference by using big data. (You must register additional information in the settings menu to receive customized recommendation for tourism information.) Maps to find your way around Korea Use the directions menu in the map to find your way to your destination while traveling in Korea. You can find the route via public transport, taxis, or on foot. In addition, the subway menu provides subway route maps and subway directions for Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju and Daejeon. As a reliable travel guide provided by the Korea Tourism Organization, VisitKorea provides information for tourists who are planning a trip to Korea or are currently traveling in Korea. Users can feel like they are in Korea even when using the app at home. Korea Tourism Organization is working hard to improve the VisitKorea app service for an enjoyable trip to Korea.
Mufko
This app helps Muslims navigate Korea by identifying halal food options, finding prayer times and locations, and providing community support. Scan food ingredients, discover halal restaurants, and connect with other travelers or residents.
- Food ingredient scanner
- Halal restaurant finder
- Accurate prayer times
- Qibla direction
- Prayer room locations
- Community forum
- Travel posts
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Find Korean snacks that you can eat! Simply Scan and find out the ingredients! Are you Planning to travel to Korea? or Are you living in Korea? You don't know what to eat and where to eat? If so, I recommend MUFKO (Muslim friendly Korea) for you. MUFKO (Muslim Friendly Korea) will let you know all the information that you want to know as Muslim. We are well aware of the fact that Korea lacks Muslim infrastructure, for example Halal restaurant, Halal food and Masjid and prayer room information. And you might find troublesome to get there also. Here is a Solution! Download MUFKO and Enjoy your visit in Korea! ▶ Feature of MUFKO Food Scanner Have you ever tried “Fire Chicken Noodle (known as Samyang)”? In Korea there are many other fabulous foods more than “Fire Chicken Noodle.” In MUFKO Scan, we will provide you information about ingredients of food and help you to enjoy various foods in Korea! Simply scan and find out the ingredients of Korean Foods. You can decide what to eat based on the ingredients. Forum Any Questions or Concerns about Korea? Are you confused what to do in Korea? Something suddenly happened to you? In MUFKO Forum, share your experience and also get helped from others! Post Interesting stories about Korea! Before you come to Korea, or even you are living in Korea, you can enjoy various post of fascinating editors! You can be an editor and make your own post too! Halal Restaurants You may wonder what to eat in Korea. We have 5 standards of restaurant (Muslim Certified, Self-Certified, Pork Free, Vegie and Seafood). Enjoy Various Korean Food with MUFKO! Prayer Time MUFKO inform you Accurate Muslim Prayer time (Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha) based on your Location and it can remind you through push notification. Qibla MUFKO inform you where the direction of Mecca is based on your current location even if you are traveling in Jeju Island! Prayer Room Do you know Korea has more than 180 Muslim prayer room? MUFKO has information of more than Prayer room and Masjid in Korea! (The most informative application in Korea for Muslim!) ▶ Please Remember We need permission before you use MUFKO App! Location We need your location (Based on GPS and Network) to calculate distance from prayer rooms or Halal Restaurant and accurate prayer times. Alarm We need your permission to allow notification for letting know you accurate Prayer times. Push Notification To let you know about useful updates and smoother service, please agree to get push messages. ▶ If you have Any Inquiries or Feedback Feel free to contact us. Your opinion and feedback will make our application and Muslim Infrastructure in Korea Better. We need your help for making better world. Email: muslimfriendly.kr@gmail.com Kakao: Muslimfriendlykore Instagram: Muslimfriendlykorea Facebook: Muslimfriendlykorea
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VISITKOREA at 3.6 against Mufko's 2.5. VISITKOREA also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 25%) and ads (none vs shown). Mufko's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VISITKOREA holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of VISITKOREA's written reviews are positive against 25% of Mufko's.
VISITKOREA ships an update every 2 weeks, Mufko every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VISITKOREA | Mufko |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better | 2.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 한국관광공사 | Minseob Kim |
Customer experience
VISITKOREA
Mufko
Bugs and requests
VISITKOREA
Reported bugs
25 issues- Auto log out on app quit
- App shuts down when clicking posts
- Error message: check connection
- Network error: WiFi connection problem
- Error message: Server not connected
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- App keeps crashing on iOS 9.0
- Crashes on launch
- App constantly crashes under iOS 8.3
- Crashes immediately after opening
- Crashes after a few seconds
- Crashes after opening after upgrade
- Crashing bug not fixed
- Cannot load anything
- App crashes every time it's opened
- Notice to turn on location services then freezes and crashes
- App doesn't work in iOS 8
- App keeps crashing
- Crashes after 3 seconds of opening
- Crashes all the time after recent update
- Crash on start up after upgrade
- Crashes within 5 seconds of opening
- App keeps crashing
- Auto switch off after 3 seconds
- Certain pages cannot be bookmarked
- Links to website content is hard to read
Requested features
13 requests- Offline information access
- More interactive maps with directions
- Detailed subway route information with transfers and exit maps
- Allow bookmarks for subway maps
- Section on free WiFi access
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- Basic Korean phrases with sound
- Filter hotels by star rating and price
- List accommodation rates
- Route finder for train stations
- More restaurant options
- More information on historical sites
- Improve map accuracy
- More current festival information
Mufko
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VISITKOREA
No in-app purchases
Mufko
No in-app purchases









