Hangul practice book vs Patchim Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hangul practice book
Practice tracing Korean characters, including basic vowels, complex vowels, and basic consonants. Save your traced images directly to your iPhone. Ensure privacy settings are enabled for image saving functionality.
- Trace basic vowels
- Trace complex vowels
- Trace basic consonants
- Save traced images
- Image saving privacy settings
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Application that you can practice tracing of Hangul! Recording basic vowel, vowel complex, the basic consonant. Traced images can also be stored in the iPhone. ※ When I can not save images ... Please turn on the "training Hangul" / photo / Privacy / "Settings".
Patchim Training
Learn Korean in just 3 minutes a day with this app. It offers diverse question styles, including words, sentences, and illustrations, to help you master the language. Collect food cards and complete recipes as you progress.
- 3-minute daily lessons
- Varied question formats
- Word and sentence learning
- Illustration-based questions
- Collectable food cards
- Recipe completion feature
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I want to understand the meaning of the Korean Idol's tweets! And I want to eat delicious Korean food! For such myself , I made the learn Korean App. [3min learn] One play needs only 3 minutes. You can continue to learn everyday. [various question style] Words, sentences, illustrations. Various question makes you able to master Korean. [Collect Recipe!] You can get a food card after studying. Collect the food cards, please complete the recipes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Patchim Training at 80% against Hangul practice book's 0%. Patchim Training also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). Hangul practice book's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Patchim Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hangul practice book asks for nothing beyond the download.
Patchim Training holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patchim Training has 136 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hangul practice book's written reviews are positive against 80% of Patchim Training's.
Hangul practice book ships an update every 5 months, Patchim Training every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hangul practice book | Patchim Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (136 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 136 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 362 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kiyoshi Koike | HIKARI NAKASHIMA |
Customer experience
Hangul practice book
Patchim Training
Bugs and requests
Hangul practice book
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Patchim Training
Reported bugs
15 issues- Sound cuts out or disappears
- App freezes or becomes unresponsive
- Ads block screen and prevent usage
- Typing training response is poor
- Incorrect pronunciation or readings
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- Progress indicators are inaccurate
- Tap targets are difficult to hit
- Keyboard consistently pops up
- Audio not working after ad or in silent mode
- Recipes not received
- Issues with audio after watching ads
- App crashes during evaluation
- Progress indicators are incorrect
- Tap targets are inconsistent
- Incorrect spelling in content
Requested features
8 requests- More poolcore/dreamcore games
- Option to disable miss sound in typing
- Pen support for Apple Pencil
- Tips for special characters/vowels
- Adjust frequency of recipe card rewards
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- Option to learn compound vowels
- More vocabulary and grammar for higher levels
- Japanese language version
In-app purchases
Hangul practice book
No in-app purchases
Patchim Training
- To hide ad$8.99
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