Comparison

Koppa vs TOPIK Note

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

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About

Koppa

Learn to speak conversational Korean through daily, real-life scenarios. This app guides beginners through the alphabet and pronunciation, offering interactive practice for everyday phrases and dialogues. It's designed for K-drama fans, travelers, and anyone wanting to speak Korean confidently.

Highlights
  • Daily real-life Korean conversation scenes
  • Interactive pronunciation practice
  • Alphabet (Hangul) lessons for beginners
  • Phrase practice grouped by situation
  • Vocabulary saving and review
  • Daily streak tracking
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Speak real-life Korean, one scene a day. Koppa gives you one real Korean scene every day: ordering at a café, catching the last train, meeting your partner's parents. You learn what people actually say in that moment, then you say it yourself. MEET YOUR TUTOR Your Korean tutor has a personality straight out of a K-drama. He walks you through every scene line by line, listens as you speak, and celebrates with you when you get it. Easy for complete beginners: every lesson starts from zero, so your first day needs no Korean at all. START FROM ZERO • New to Korean? The Hangul tab teaches the alphabet from the first letter: write each one stroke by stroke with your finger, hear how it sounds, and find it in real words. • Forty letters in four short sets, with your progress on a chart and a time estimate for what is left. ONE SCENE A DAY • Understand: every line explained, so you know what it means, how it's built, and when to say it. New to hangul? Romanization is one tap away. • Speak: say every line out loud and polish your Korean pronunciation. • Rehearse: put the conversation back together and talk your way through the whole scene. • Casual: say the scene again the casual way, the Korean you hear in dramas and between friends. PRACTICE OUT LOUD • A course of everyday Korean phrases, grouped by situation: at the airport, at the bank, ordering coffee, making friends. • Say each phrase out loud and get a score with word-by-word notes, so you know which word to work on next. • Short rounds, and your best recording kept for every phrase, so a few minutes still moves you forward. Made for K-drama and K-pop fans, for your next trip to Korea, and for anyone who wants to say a Korean sentence out loud and know it landed. KEEP WHAT YOU LEARN • Every word you meet is saved to your vocabulary list, free, to review anytime. • Build a daily streak, one scene at a time. GO DEEPER WITH KOPPA PREMIUM • Speaking practice on every phrase in the course, after the free phrases you start with. • Missed-day review, so a busy week doesn't cost you your progress. Whether you want to learn Korean for a trip to Seoul, follow a K-drama without subtitles, sing along to K-pop, or talk with someone you love, Koppa teaches Korean conversation you'll actually use. Terms of Use: https://pointed-script-f7e.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-156facfea3938090a010d500157e6fca Privacy Policy: https://pointed-script-f7e.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-156facfea3938073acf4ed01aab31ad4

About

TOPIK Note

Master Korean vocabulary and grammar for the TOPIK exam with smart, spaced repetition. Learn words and grammar points through various quiz formats and practice with real past exam questions. Hear native pronunciation for every word and sentence.

Highlights
  • 9,000+ TOPIK-level words
  • SM-2 spaced repetition system
  • Four learning modes per word
  • Native speaker audio pronunciation
  • 210 TOPIK grammar points
  • 1,700+ real TOPIK exam questions
  • Progress tracking dashboard
Features
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You already know you want to pass TOPIK. The real question is how — without burning study time on words that won't move your score, or losing a week to reviews you didn't need. TOPIK Note sorts 9,000+ Korean words by exact TOPIK level and schedules your reviews for you, so every minute goes to the words that count. Study what matters, when it matters. The app remembers what you know and what you don't. SM-2 spaced repetition (8-stage intervals) tracks every answer and adjusts your schedule automatically. Hard words come back sooner. Words you've nailed space out further — so you're never drilling something you already own. FOUR WAYS TO LEARN EACH WORD • See the Korean word, pick the meaning • See the meaning, pick the Korean word • Fill in the missing word in a sentence • Read a Korean sentence and choose what it means Same word, four angles. By the time it sticks, you can use it in context — not just spot it on a flashcard. With 36,000+ quizzes, you won't run out. HEAR EVERY WORD Tap the speaker on any word or example sentence to hear how it's pronounced. Reading Korean is half the work — knowing how it sounds is the other half. MADE BY KOREANS, REVIEWED BY KOREANS Every definition and example is written and checked by native Koreans — no clumsy machine translations to unlearn later. EVERY TOPIK LEVEL, ONE APP • Beginner (Level 1–2) — foundational words • Intermediate (Level 3–4) — everyday and compound words • Advanced (Level 5–6) — academic and nuanced vocabulary Pick your level. Switch anytime. The app adapts to your pace. GRAMMAR BUILT ON WORDS YOU ALREADY KNOW 210 TOPIK grammar points — from beginner particles to advanced connectives (79 beginner, 94 intermediate, 37 advanced). Every example sentence is built from vocabulary you've already studied, so a grammar point arrives as a sentence you can actually say, not a rule to memorize. • Fill-in-the-blank, conjugation, and meaning quizzes for every point • Spot a grammar pattern inside any word's example sentence and tap straight through to its explanation • Reviews are scheduled the same way as vocabulary — the grammar you keep missing comes back sooner PRACTICE REAL TOPIK EXAMS Vocabulary gets you ready. Past exams tell you if you're ready. • 1,700+ real TOPIK I & II questions pulled from 21 past exam papers — 878 reading and 850 listening • Listening questions play the original exam audio. Answer first, then read the full transcript to see exactly what you missed • Submit your answer, then read an explanation that walks you through the correct choice — available in English, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) • "My answered questions" keeps everything you've tried, sorted by wrong and right, so you can drill your weak spots • Exam stats: overall accuracy, separate TOPIK I and II progress, a 30-day trend, and a breakdown by question type TRACK YOUR PROGRESS A stats dashboard that earns its space: • Daily study streak • Accuracy across each quiz type and TOPIK level • Wrong Notes — every word you miss, collected automatically so you can target your weak spots No vanity metrics. Just signals for where to focus next. STUDY ON YOUR TERMS Bookmark words you want to revisit. Set a daily reminder — even five minutes a day compounds over weeks. YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR INTERFACE App interface in English, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Word definitions in all of those plus Korean. The Korean stays Korean — only the explanations change. You've decided to learn Korean. TOPIK Note makes sure your time goes to the right words, in the right order. Terms of Use (EULA): https://topik-note.com/en/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://topik-note.com/en/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Koppa4 screens
TOPIK Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Koppa at none against TOPIK Note's shown. Koppa also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 63%) and ratings volume (354 vs 53). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Koppa sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and TOPIK Note sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Koppa against 4.8 for TOPIK Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Koppa has 354 ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Koppa's written reviews are positive against 63% of TOPIK Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Koppa versus TOPIK Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKoppaTOPIK Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (354 ratings) — better4.8 (53 ratings)
Positive reviews86.9% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings354 — better53
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDo Yeong TakJihoon LEE

Customer experience

Koppa

All ratings353 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative9.8%

TOPIK Note

All ratings53 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative28.1%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Koppa

Subscriptions8
  • Premium – 1 Week$2.997 Days
  • Premium - 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 Month2 variants$4.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Premium - 1 Month3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 Month7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 Month$14.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial2 variants$79.991 Year
6 purchases

TOPIK Note

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$10.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)$64.991 Year
One-time4
  • Premium Lifetime - 60% OFF$31.99
  • Premium Lifetime - 50% OFF$39.99
  • Premium Lifetime - 30% OFF$55.99
Show 1 more
  • Premium (Lifetime)$79.99

Questions

Is Koppa free?
Koppa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TOPIK Note free?
TOPIK Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Koppa or TOPIK Note?
Koppa is rated higher. Koppa averages 4.9 out of 5 from 354 ratings, while TOPIK Note averages 4.8 from 53 ratings.
Do Koppa or TOPIK Note have ads?
TOPIK Note shows ads; Koppa does not.
Which is updated more often, Koppa or TOPIK Note?
Koppa ships an update every 4 days, and TOPIK Note every 4 days. Most recently, Koppa was updated on November 4, 2026 and TOPIK Note on November 5, 2026.

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