Learn Korean vs HanziGrid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn Korean
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Give your Korean a daily workout. Learn Korean - Cardio combines more than 1,000 visual flashcards, clear pronunciation audio, guided Hangul writing, short readings, and everyday listening practice. Build practical Korean skills with: • More than 1,000 visual flashcards for everyday vocabulary and phrases • Spaced repetition that brings learned words back in your Daily Goal, and sooner when you are still learning them • Guided Hangul writing with stroke-order practice • 20 short readings with sentence-by-sentence practice, translations, vocabulary, and comprehension questions • 24 listening conversations for cafés, shops, travel, appointments, and other everyday situations • Optional Korean or bilingual subtitles, playback speed controls, and line-by-line replay • English and Spanish translations • Daily goals, streaks, progress tracking, and background flashcard audio Free with the app: the 53 Essential flashcards, Reading, Listening, and Hangul writing. The other 1,000+ flashcards and 8 vocabulary categories need a Cardio+ subscription. Start with the free Essential words and build a Korean habit one focused session at a time. Downloaded app content includes the practice recordings for offline use. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bullfighterstudio.com/privacy-policy#cardio-korean
HanziGrid
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HanziGrid makes Chinese finally visible. Every character you learn fills your personal grid. Bao, your panda companion, chooses what to review at the right time and writes stories you can truly read using the characters you know. • A visual grid of 2,663 HSK characters • Spaced reviews tailored to your progress • Fast quizzes for every HSK level • Daily stories written for your real level, with HanziGrid+ • Start instantly with local progress and no required account • Sign in with Apple later if you want to sync Start free as a guest: grid, quizzes and daily reviews. HanziGrid+ lifts the daily caps and unlocks three tailored stories a day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hanzigrid.yoloind.com/privacy
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Verdict
Learn Korean and HanziGrid are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Learn Korean sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and HanziGrid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn Korean | HanziGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 527 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Humberto Prado Ballesteros | LORIS ALEXANDRE |
In-app purchases
Learn Korean
- Cardio+7 Days trial$2.991 Month
HanziGrid
- HanziGrid+ Monthly3 Days trial$8.991 Month
- HanziGrid+ 3 Months3 Days trial$22.993 Months
- HanziGrid+ Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
Questions
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