VISITKOREA vs K
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VISITKOREA
Plan and navigate your trip to Korea with comprehensive travel information. Discover attractions, food, accommodations, and festivals. Features include itinerary recording, personalized recommendations, and detailed maps with public transport directions.
- Tourist attraction information
- Food and accommodation listings
- Festival and shopping details
- Itinerary recording and timeline
- Personalized travel recommendations
- Interactive maps and navigation
- Public transportation information
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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.
K
Apply for your Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) easily and conveniently. This official government app is required for visa-free foreign visitors entering Korea, allowing you to submit necessary travel information before boarding.
- Apply for K-ETA
- Submit travel information
- Official government app
- Required for visa-free entry
- Convenient application process
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This mobile app is the official Republic of Korea government app and you can use it to apply for the K-ETA. K-ETA is an electronic travel authorization that visa-free foreign visitors need to obtain before entering Korea, by submitting relevant information such as their travel information. Use this app to apply for your K-ETA easily and conveniently. - K-ETA is required for nationals of 66 visa-waiver countries and 46 designated visa-free countries - You need to apply at least 24 hours before you board your flight or ship - Official Website: www.k-eta.go.kr
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VISITKOREA at 65% against K's 8%. VISITKOREA also leads on rating (3.6 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 17 months). K's advantage is ratings volume (144 vs 7). On price, ads, 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
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 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: K has 144 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of VISITKOREA's written reviews are positive against 8% of K's.
VISITKOREA ships an update every 2 weeks, K every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VISITKOREA | K |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better | 1.5 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews — better | 7.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 한국관광공사 | 법무부 |
Customer experience
VISITKOREA
K
User reviews
VISITKOREA
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Extensive information for travel
- 👍 Great for planning trips
- 👍 Helpful for navigating
- 👍 Good UI and design
- 👍 Informative and useful
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 App shuts down
- 🐛 Network errors
- 🐛 Server connection issues
- 🐛 Slow performance
K
From 144 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📱 Photo upload via app instead of requiring PDF files
- ✅ Quick approval times (under 30 minutes for some users)
- 🎯 Straightforward application process when it works
- 📸 Built-in photo booth feature for selfies
- 🔄 Ability to continue applications from website on app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing throughout application
- ⏱️ Extremely slow loading times and performance issues
- 💳 Payment processing failures and stuck payment screens
- 📝 Poor text input functionality and character entry issues
- 🖼️ Photo upload system is unreliable and confusing
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
K
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes when filling out information or clicking submit
- White blank screens that require app restart
- Payment button unresponsive or stuck
- Address field clears or resets unexpectedly
- Passport scanning reads fields incorrectly (especially Nationality)
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- Photo upload shows other users' photos instead of own
- Confirmation codes take extremely long to arrive
- Application data deleted after payment failure
- Sign up button doesn't respond to clicks
- Freezing when switching between fields or steps
- Inability to proceed past email validation
- Postal code lookup not working for foreigners
- Dropdown menus require multiple clicks to function
- Session timeout during active use
- Incompatibility with certain iOS devices
- Text input requires English keyboard to function
- Photo upload stuck in endless loop with no error messages
- Payment window doesn't appear at all
- App won't open or loads to blank screen
- Saved drafts don't load properly
Requested features
12 requests- Ability to select photos from library instead of taking new ones
- Clearer postal code format support for non-US countries
- Back button functionality during photo capture
- Save progress without losing all data on errors
- Better documentation and examples for Korean address format
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- Support for Apple Pay and other payment methods
- Offline functionality or better error recovery
- Multi-applicant support in single application
- Clearer error messages in user's language
- Print functionality that actually works
- Real native app instead of web wrapper
- Automatic photo resizing without manual intervention
In-app purchases
VISITKOREA
No in-app purchases
K
No in-app purchases
