VISITKOREA vs k.ride driver
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.
k.ride driver
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k.ride driver helps you focus on driving and earn higher profits. Maximize your driving efficiency and income with k.ride driver today! (*As of August 2025, this service is available only to drivers of select partner companies in the Guam region. Service areas and and partners will continuously expand.) ■ Easily manage your driving records Check your scheduled rides before work and review your driving history from the past month at a glance. This helps you plan your routes efficiently. ■ Explore On-demand and Scheduled rides on one screen Confirm and browse on-demand and scheduled ride requests at once without wasting time. ■ Quickly and Accurately Confirm eservation Requests Confirm reservation requests with easily viewable and organized reservation information. ■ Communicate with passengers without language barriers Use the real-time message translation feature to talk with passengers across language barriers. ※ Permissions required for k.ride driver To ensure smooth operation, k.ride driver requires the following access permissions. You cannot use the service if you don't grant these permissions. Location: Essential for receiving on-demand ride requests from nearby passengers based on your current location and displaying your vehicle's position on the in-app map. Background Location: Essential for uninterrupted service features (like dispatching on-demand ride requests from nearby passengers, calculating distances) even when you're using other apps while k.ride driver is active. Notifications: Essential for receiving various necessary alerts such as scheduled ride requests, call cancellations, and messages, ensuring smooth service usage without missing updates. Phone: Essential for importing your mobile phone number for authentication when using k.ride driver, and for making calls to passengers. Camera: Essential for taking photos to register your profile or for taking photos during chats with passengers. Photos/Storage Space: Essential for importing photos to register your profile or for sending photos during chats with passengers. Display over other apps: Essential for quickly returning to the k.ride driver app or chatting with passengers while using other apps. You can change access permissions in your phone's Settings > Apps > k.ride driver.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: k.ride driver at every 8 days against VISITKOREA's every 2 weeks. VISITKOREA's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 ships an update every 2 weeks, k.ride driver every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | VISITKOREA | k.ride driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 한국관광공사 | Kakao Mobility Corp. |
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.ride driver
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VISITKOREA
No in-app purchases
k.ride driver
No in-app purchases









