Comparison

Korean Dictionary + vs ChalkNote

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

ChalkNote

Features
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ChalkNote, formerly ClassTrack, is a behaviour log for teachers, built by a teacher for the thirty seconds you actually have. Swipe a student right for positive or left for negative and the sheet opens with half the decision already made. Tap what happened, and get back to the lesson. By the time the parent meeting comes around, a term of small notes has already become a report. Your records stay yours. No account, no sign-up, and no advertising for anyone, free or paid. ChalkNote never sends student names or behaviour records anywhere. They leave your device only if you export them, turn on a backup to your own account or folder, or choose online recognition for a voice note — which is what makes ChalkNote easy to put in front of a principal or a privacy officer. LOG IT IN SECONDS • Paste in your class list and start logging in a minute • Swipe or tap a student, pick a behaviour, done • Log the whole class at once when everyone earned it, or hold a name to pick several students • Positive and negative behaviours, grouped under the learning skills report cards ask about • Undo any log for 8 seconds, and correct its behaviour, time or note later • Add a note by typing or by voice • Works entirely offline — a dead Wi-Fi day changes nothing SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING • Class and per-student summaries • Every student's last 14 school days, right on the roster • Sort by who has gone longest without a positive, and find who needs a good word • Behaviour trends and category breakdowns • Every log at a glance, searchable by student, behaviour or note • Notes about a student as a whole, kept on their own page WALK INTO THE MEETING READY • Export a PDF report for one student or the whole class, or a spreadsheet of the logs • Pick the period: this week, the last 30 days, or any dates you choose, like a term or the year • Add a comment for whoever will read it, and signature lines for the meeting • Plain enough to hand to a parent, specific enough for an IEP meeting or a referral A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WITHOUT STARTING OVER • Archive last year's class • Start a fresh copy with the same students • Move a student to another class, logs included YOUR DATA, AND YOUR BACKUP • Back up and restore whenever you like • Automatic backups daily or weekly • Export a backup to a folder you choose every week, by itself • Free, deliberately and permanently — your records are not a hostage FREE, WITH NO ADS Unlimited classes, unlimited students, unlimited behaviour logs, PDF exports and backups, plus 2 behaviour types of your own. Not a trial, and not capped at one class. CHALKNOTE PLUS • Behaviour heatmaps — which days and times behaviours cluster, per class and per student • Charts in your PDF reports — category breakdowns, trends over time, when in the week and day behaviour happens, and how a period compares with the one before • Your school logo on exported reports • Unlimited behaviour types of your own — add, delete, reorder and organize them and their categories • A report for each student in a class in one go, each a PDF of its own to send to their family • A seating chart — pick a student or a whole table by where they sit when you log Plus is available monthly or annually; the annual plan works out to about half the monthly price and starts with a month free for new subscribers. Prices are shown in your own currency before anything is charged. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ChalkNote Plus is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://chalknote.ca/terms Privacy Policy: https://chalknote.ca/privacy

Screenshots

Korean Dictionary +4 screens
ChalkNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ChalkNote at none against Korean Dictionary +'s shown. ChalkNote also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 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 ChalkNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Korean Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, ChalkNote every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Korean Dictionary + versus ChalkNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKorean Dictionary +ChalkNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (216 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings216 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiThinkdiffJoshua Makes

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

ChalkNote

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

ChalkNote

Subscriptions2
  • ChalkNote Plus$3.991 Month
  • ChalkNote Plus1 Month trial$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Korean Dictionary + free?
Korean Dictionary + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChalkNote free?
ChalkNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Korean Dictionary + or ChalkNote have ads?
Korean Dictionary + shows ads; ChalkNote does not.
Which is updated more often, Korean Dictionary + or ChalkNote?
Korean Dictionary + ships an update every 2 months, and ChalkNote every 5 weeks. Most recently, Korean Dictionary + was updated on November 1, 2026 and ChalkNote on November 10, 2026.

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