Bubblegum vs HangulQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubblegum
Learn languages with personalized lessons and AI-powered assistance. Read content you enjoy, get instant word definitions and grammar help, and listen to natural audio. Review saved vocabulary within new lessons for effective retention.
- Personalized AI-generated reading lessons
- Instant word definitions and grammar help
- Synchronized audio narration
- AI tutor for explanations and practice
- Regenerative Review™ for vocabulary retention
- Progress tracking and study stats
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Bubblegum makes learning languages feel clear and personal. Read lessons about what you love, tap any word for help without losing your place, hear natural audio, and see your saved words again right when you need them. Built by language learners for learners. Why learners choose Bubblegum: • Personal lessons: pick from thousands of ideas or write your own, and Poppy, your AI tutor, writes a reading at your level with natural audio in seconds. • Help on tap: see word meanings, grammar notes, and cultural context right inside the text. • Listen as you read: natural narration highlights each line in sync to train your ear. • Ask Poppy anything: get deeper explanations, extra practice, or answers about the language you are learning. • Keep words fresh: Regenerative Review™ brings the words you save back inside future lessons, so you never grind through endless flashcards. • Real momentum: friendly stats celebrate your study time and recent wins. No streaks, no guilt. Every language is taught in its own right: • English (American, British, Australian), Spanish (Spain, Latin America, Río de la Plata), French (France, Canada), and Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal). • Korean, with a course that teaches you to read Hangul. • Japanese, with hiragana, katakana, and kanji courses, plus furigana whenever you want it. • Chinese in Simplified or Traditional characters with Pinyin, and Cantonese with Jyutping and its six tones. • Vietnamese (Northern, Central, Southern) and Arabic (Modern Standard, Egyptian, Moroccan), in the variety you choose. • Indonesian, Malay, Filipino (Tagalog), Cebuano, and Thai, for warm everyday conversations. • Russian and Ukrainian, each with a course that teaches you to read Cyrillic. • German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Bulgarian, and Macedonian, with grammar explained inside real sentences. • Turkish and Azerbaijani, with vowel harmony and word endings explained as you read. • Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, Croatian, Romanian, Albanian, Serbian, Belarusian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian, with endings explained where you meet them. • Welsh, Irish, Galician, Basque, Catalan, Swahili, Haitian Creole, Nigerian Pidgin, Javanese, Hausa, Ilocano, Maltese, Somali, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Afrikaans, Uzbek, and Twi, each with natural audio and its own culture. • Greek, Hindi, Persian, Hebrew, and Urdu, with help for words and grammar as you read. • Toki Pona, a tiny language made for fun and simple ideas. Bubblegum stays proudly learner-first, learner-funded, and ad-free. Need a hand? Email support@bubblegum.la.
HangulQuest
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Hangul is not hard. It just needs to be typed. HangulQuest teaches the Korean alphabet the way you will actually use it — by typing real words on a Korean keyboard, one letter at a time. WHAT YOU DO Pick a quest. A word appears. You type it in Hangul, letter by letter, and the app shows you the next key to press. When the word is complete, you hear how a Korean speaker says it. WHAT IS INSIDE · 7 quests, 70 everyday words — fruit, cafe orders, Korean food, transit, convenience store, family · The next key is highlighted, so you never get stuck · Stroke-by-stroke animation for every letter, in the correct order · Clear pronunciation audio for every word, in two voices · Bookmarks: save the hard ones and practice only those · Your progress, best speed and accuracy, kept on your device BUILT FOR BEGINNERS No account. No sign-up. No ads. Nothing to buy. The app works offline once installed. ELEVEN LANGUAGES English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Indonesian, Arabic, Vietnamese, Thai, Traditional Chinese — the interface and the meanings are translated. PRIVACY HangulQuest does not ask for your email, does not create any device identifier, and keeps your progress on your device. Usage is counted anonymously so we know which quests are being used. Made by the team behind the HangulQuest channels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HangulQuest at none against Bubblegum's 7. Bubblegum's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, device support 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. Bubblegum sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. HangulQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bubblegum ships an update every 2 days, HangulQuest every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubblegum | HangulQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (175 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 175 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bubblegum Languages | Jaeho Jeong |
In-app purchases
Bubblegum
- Bubblegum Pro Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Bubblegum Pro Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$13.991 Month
- Bubblegum Pro Monthly Subscription$17.991 Month
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- Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription3 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Founding Member$899.99
HangulQuest
No in-app purchases








