VISITKOREA vs Seoul Rail Map Lite
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.
Seoul Rail Map Lite
This app provides a clear and beautiful route map for Seoul's rail and subway system. It features a route planner, station index, and GPS support to help you navigate the city efficiently. Day and night map options enhance legibility.
- Beautiful rail map design
- Fastest route planner
- Stations index and lookup
- Day and night map modes
- GPS station finder
- Rotate and zoom functionality
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Rail & Subway Map is a clear and concise route map that features: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RAIL MAP - representing the state of the art in information design. ROUTE PLANNER - instantly finds the fastest route and displays it on the map including transfer stations. STATIONS INDEX - quickly jump to any station. LINES OVERVIEW - shows the order of stations on each line with transit options. DAY and NIGHT MAPS - for easy legibility switching between a light and dark version of the map is possible. This can also be done automatically depending on the time of day. GPS SUPPORT - find the station closest to you. HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS - looks stunning on retina displays. ROTATE and ZOOM - hold your device any way you want. UNIVERSAL APP - optimized for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. LARGE MAP - includes the most important stations STATION LOOKUP - search for a station by name APPLE MAPS INTEGRATION - lookup your route directly from Apple Maps The LITE-Version is fully functional but needs an internet connection. If you like the app but need offline access you can get the regular version for a big discount. (Only for limited time!)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VISITKOREA at every 2 weeks against Seoul Rail Map Lite's every 3 months. VISITKOREA also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 47%). Seoul Rail Map Lite's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Seoul Rail Map Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of VISITKOREA's written reviews are positive against 47% of Seoul Rail Map Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
VISITKOREA ships an update every 2 weeks, Seoul Rail Map Lite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VISITKOREA | Seoul Rail Map Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews — better | 47.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 한국관광공사 | Urban-Map |
Customer experience
VISITKOREA
Seoul Rail Map Lite
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
Seoul Rail Map Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VISITKOREA
No in-app purchases
Seoul Rail Map Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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