Comparison

Korean Dictionary + vs Arohan

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Korean Dictionary +

This app provides a comprehensive bilingual dictionary for English and Korean, offering offline translation and pronunciation for over 350,000 words and phrases. It includes features like image text scanning, a phrasebook, vocabulary games, and a word of the day to aid language learning.

Highlights
  • Bilingual English-Korean dictionary
  • Offline translation and pronunciation
  • Image text scanning
  • Vocabulary games and flashcards
  • Phrasebook with common phrases
  • Word of the day
Features
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• Bilingual English to Korean and Korean to English dictionary • Korean to English word and phrase translator and translation • Over 350K words and phrase can be used in offline • Offline pronunciation and translate any sentences • Scan text in image by pointing camera to search in dictionary • Designed for student, teacher, tourist and language learners • Having thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms • Translate individual words, phrases, or whole sentences • Tap a word for cross searching • Bookmark and Recent history for instant recall • Word of the day to learn IELTS, TOEFL and SAT words • Multiple games help to improve English and Korean vocabulary • Offline Pronunciation helps to learn words properly • Flash card and Word of the Day helps to improve vocabulary • Phrase book, Phrase of the day and Phrase Card helps to speak common phrases • Quote of the Day improves wisdom and motivation

About

Arohan

Features
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Most learning apps ask you to watch. Arohan asks you to think. Every lesson is a card you read in a minute — and before the answer lands, you guess. That one habit is the whole difference: you remember what you had to reach for. TWO WAYS TO LEARN • Courses - structured roadmaps that take you from zero to fluent, one module at a time. Follow the path, tap through the cards, and let spaced revision resurface what you're about to forget. • Conversations - Socratic debates you read one turn at a time. Vera poses the hard question, you take your guess, and Osei walks you through the real answer. It's the "wait, why?" moment, on purpose. BUILT FOR HOW MEMORY ACTUALLY WORKS • Two-minute cards — learn in the gaps of your day • Guess-then-reveal — recall beats re-reading, every time • Spaced revision — the right card comes back at the right moment • Check what stuck — quick quizzes that find your blind spots GO DEEP ON ANYTHING From Spanish to system design, cybersecurity to investing, ancient history to reading an ECG. Prepping for nursing, engineering, civil services, law, science, or finance? The topics meet you where you are. NO CRAMMING. NO FLUFF. No autoplay lectures. No 40-minute videos you'll never finish. Just clean, honest cards on paper-warm pages and conversations worth having. Guess, then find out.

Screenshots

Korean Dictionary +4 screens
Arohan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Arohan at none against Korean Dictionary +'s shown. Arohan also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Korean Dictionary + sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Arohan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Korean Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, Arohan every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Korean Dictionary + versus Arohan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKorean Dictionary +Arohan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (216 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings216 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiThinkdiffBibin Mathew

Bugs and requests

Korean Dictionary +

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Pronunciation guide doesn't work
  • No sound from the app after paying for pronunciation
  • Scan mode doesn't work for Korean
  • App freezes and crashes after downloading translator addition
  • Pro upgrade is currently unavailable
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  • Intrusive autoplaying fullscreen ads make app unusable
  • Ads interrupt workflow for paying customers
  • Free version cut down too much

Requested features

19 requests
  • Allow listening to pronunciation without paying
  • Improve pronunciation guide functionality
  • Make pronunciation accessible for free
  • Include more definitions
  • Reduce ads
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  • Fix Pro upgrade availability
  • Improve scan mode for Korean
  • Translate phrases or sentences
  • Offer a Korean version similar to Pleco
  • Fix app freezing/crashing after translator addition
  • Remove intrusive ads
  • Make word of the day more useful
  • Include noun forms prominently
  • Provide better explanations for verb forms
  • Improve romanization for travelers
  • Expand vocabulary range
  • List base/root words
  • Add dark mode option
  • Make it quicker and easier to use

Arohan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Korean Dictionary +

One-time6
  • Pronunciation$0.99
  • Online Translator$0.99
  • Flash Card$0.99
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  • Phrase Book$0.99
  • Pro Upgrade$2.99
  • Unlock Full Version$9.99
2 purchases

Arohan

Subscriptions2
  • Arohan Pro$6.991 Month
  • Arohan Pro$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Korean Dictionary + free?
Korean Dictionary + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arohan free?
Arohan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Korean Dictionary + or Arohan have ads?
Korean Dictionary + shows ads; Arohan does not.
Which is updated more often, Korean Dictionary + or Arohan?
Korean Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, and Arohan every 6 weeks. Most recently, Korean Dictionary + was updated on October 23, 2026 and Arohan on October 24, 2026.

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