VISITKOREA vs Korea Trip
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.
Korea Trip
This app provides a comprehensive guide to South Korea, featuring over 245 curated locations in Seoul with interactive maps and ready-made itineraries. It offers practical tips, offline access, and personalized trip planning to enhance your travel experience.
- Interactive map with 245 Seoul locations
- Ready-made day-by-day sightseeing plans
- Practical FAQ and firsthand travel tips
- Personalized itinerary creation
- Multimedia offline guide
- Authentic Korean cuisine recommendations
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Discover Korea – My Personal Guide to Korea If you’re planning a trip to South Korea, this app was made just for you. I’ve been to Korea 3 times and spent 3 months there in total. From my first two trips, I selected over 240 trusted and unique places that are truly worth seeing. Now I’m adding several dozen more from my third trip, so the guide keeps growing. This isn’t just an ordinary guide. It’s a collection of my personal recommendations, ready-made day plans, and practical tips I wish I had known before my first trip. What You’ll Find in the App Interactive map with over 240 places in 6 cities • Seoul, Busan, Jeju, Gyeongju, Jeonju and Suwon • Local spots with authentic Korean cuisine • Cozy cafés and street food • Temples, palaces, parks, and hidden gems • Shopping destinations, souvenirs, and Korean fashion • My tips on places and Korean names you can copy with one tap • Subway lines, your accommodation on the map, and “Near me” sorting Ready-made sightseeing plans, day by day • Step-by-step routes personally tested • Route map with numbered stops and estimated walking time between places • Google Maps and Naver Maps buttons at every stop • Tick off visited places and track your day’s progress • Save time and avoid stress when planning • For different types of travelers and styles of exploring Trip expenses • Log your spending in Korean won • Convert it to USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, CHF or PLN • “How much?” converter: see in a second what a price in won is in your currency • Set a budget and see on a chart where your money goes Create your own plans • Save your favorite places • Personalize your sightseeing days • Build your perfect itinerary • Add your own places that aren’t in the app • Copy my itineraries and adjust them to your style • Assign itineraries to the days of your trip and see what’s planned for today Travel Tips • Answers to the most important questions before your trip • Transport, food, customs, and communication • Culture, safety, and everyday advice • Search and reading progress, so you don’t miss a thing Your guide, always at hand • Photos, descriptions, and practical info • Places, plans, and tips available even without internet This is more than a guide. It’s your personal travel companion. Perfect for first-time visitors and those wanting to rediscover Korea. Download the app and start planning your Korean adventure today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Korea Trip at 4.9 against VISITKOREA's 3.6. Korea Trip also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). VISITKOREA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price and ratings volume 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. Korea Trip sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. VISITKOREA asks for nothing beyond the download.
Korea Trip holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively.
VISITKOREA ships an update every 2 weeks, Korea Trip every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VISITKOREA | Korea Trip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | 한국관광공사 | Dominik Rygiel |
Customer experience
VISITKOREA
Korea Trip
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
Korea Trip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VISITKOREA
No in-app purchases
Korea Trip
- Weekly$6.997 Days
- Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- One Time Purchase$14.99
- One Time Purchase$29.99









