HanGo vs Learn Korean Typing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HanGo
Master Korean with a comprehensive curriculum, from basic Hangul to conversational fluency. This app offers structured lessons, Korean-specific content like honorifics and Konglish, and multiple practice methods. It's designed to keep you motivated with daily challenges and progress tracking.
- Structured unit-by-unit curriculum
- Hangul explorer with native audio
- Honorifics and Konglish explorers
- Multiple practice modes including SRS
- Themed sentence packs for real-life conversations
- Daily challenges and streak system
- Offline learning capability
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Master Korean step by step — from your first Hangul letter to real conversations. HanGo isn't just a flashcard app anymore. It's a complete Korean course, built for the parts of the language generic apps skim over. Whether you're here for K-drama, K-pop, Seoul travel plans, TOPIK prep, or heritage reasons — HanGo meets you at your level and walks you through the tricky parts with clarity. A COMPLETE KOREAN COURSE • Structured unit-by-unit curriculum — beginner to conversational • Four lesson types per unit: Recognize, Practice, Produce, Master • Per-unit guidebooks with grammar notes and culture tips • 100% offline — zero data use, learn on the subway KOREAN-SPECIFIC, NOT GENERIC • Hangul explorer — 24 basic letters with mnemonics and native audio • Honorifics explorer — every phrase in formal, polite, and casual, side by side • Konglish gallery — 35 loanwords with origin stories (파이팅, 셀카, 노트북) • Grammar drills — particles, counters, honorific endings, and more SIX WAYS TO PRACTICE • Flashcards with native Korean audio on every word • Multiple-choice, word-matching, word-building • Listen-and-pick, listen-and-build, true/false • Spaced repetition (SRS) — cards return exactly when you'd forget • 100 themed sentence packs for real-life conversations • SmartPacks — curated vocab around K-drama, onomatopoeia, business • Custom decks — build your own from any word you meet BUILT TO KEEP YOU GOING • Daily challenges — a fresh mini-goal every day • Streaks with Streak Freeze for sick days • 50 levels, XP rewards, and 40+ achievements • Celebratory session-complete moments • Smart reminders that adapt to your pace • Statistics that track every word, streak, and session LEARN IN YOUR LANGUAGE Interface in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, and Filipino. WHO IT'S FOR • Absolute beginners — start from 안녕하세요 • K-drama and K-pop fans — finally catch what's actually being said • Travelers — restaurant, subway, and shopping phrases you'll use • TOPIK I and II candidates • Heritage learners reconnecting with the language HanGo is free to start. A Pro subscription unlocks advanced grammar drills, premium SmartPacks, and unlimited custom decks — but the core curriculum, Hangul, honorifics, konglish, daily practice, and streak system stay free forever. 한국어, 시작해요 — let's begin. Terms of Use: https://app4a.github.io/learn-korean/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://app4a.github.io/learn-korean/privacy.html
Learn Korean Typing
Master Korean typing with this beginner-friendly app. Learn Hangul letters, words, and sentences step-by-step with visual guides and audio. Practice on two popular keyboard layouts at your own pace, even offline.
- Step-by-step learning
- Key highlight guide
- Two keyboard layouts (Dubeolsik, Cheonjiin)
- Large, easy-to-read text
- Audio pronunciation
- Typing game for speed
- Offline functionality
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Learn to type Korean (Hangul) — made for complete beginners. Never used a Korean keyboard? Start here and go one letter at a time, at your own pace. ■ New: Dictation that speaks Each word is read aloud first. Listen, then type what you hear. Replay anytime, slow it down one syllable at a time, and use hints — first the reading, then the keys. ■ New: Today's review Words you missed come back a few days later. Get one right five times and it graduates. ■ Hangul First Steps Tap any of the 24 letters and watch it drawn stroke by stroke. See its name, its sound and an example word, and hear it read aloud. ■ Key features · The next key lights up — no need to memorize the layout · Every word shows its meaning in your language and its reading (romaja) · English letters on the Korean keys · Two layouts: Standard (Dubeolsik) and 10-key (Cheonjiin) · Step by step: letters, final consonants, words, TOPIK basic words, sentences · Type K-drama titles, celebrity names and everyday words · Five typing games: Tap Fighter, Balloon Type, falling words, Time Attack and Dictation · Big, clear text and a built-in keyboard, so letters never break apart · Practice offline ■ 21 languages English, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Русский, Українська, Polski, Türkçe, Bahasa Indonesia, Tiếng Việt, ไทย, हिन्दी, العربية, Bahasa Melayu, Nederlands, 한국어 Start today, one letter at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HanGo at none against Learn Korean Typing's shown. Learn Korean Typing's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. HanGo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Learn Korean Typing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Learn Korean Typing holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 34 respectively.
HanGo ships an update monthly, Learn Korean Typing every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HanGo | Learn Korean Typing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (41 ratings) | 4.8 (34 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nam Cho | Jung Gil Seo |
In-app purchases
HanGo
- Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$39.99
Learn Korean Typing
- Remove Ads$2.99
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