Comparison

Hanjjok vs Hanguel

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

Head to head
About

Hanjjok

Easily open, view, and convert Korean document formats like HWP and HWPX to PDF on your mobile device. Print documents directly or extract text for sharing, all without needing a PC. Handles documents offline for privacy and convenience.

Highlights
  • Open HWP and HWPX files
  • Convert to PDF
  • Print via AirPrint
  • Extract text
  • Offline document handling
  • Korean font support
Features
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Open the HWP and HWPX files you were sent, then turn them into a PDF or print them โ€” from your phone. Hanjjok is a light viewer for HWP and HWPX, the document format used by Korean government offices, public institutions and schools. It is built around a single situation: a file has arrived, you need to read it and do something with it, and there is no PC in front of you. What it does - Opens HWP and HWPX quickly. Pick Hanjjok from the share sheet in KakaoTalk, Mail or Files and the document opens. - Reads PDF as well, so an attachment of either kind lands in the same place. - Prints over AirPrint to any printer your iPhone or iPad can reach. - Converts to PDF in one tap, then passes it on to mail, a messenger or a cloud drive. - Exports only the pages you choose, as a PDF or as images, to share or to print. - Extracts the text of a document so you can copy or share the wording itself. - Detects landscape pages and prints them in landscape without being asked. - Shows a first-page thumbnail, so you can tell which document is which. - Keeps what you opened in one list, and clears out the ones you no longer need. - Handles your documents offline. No account, no sign-up, no cloud sync โ€” every document you open is processed on the device and is not transmitted anywhere. Korean documents on an English device The app follows your device language, so Hanjjok itself reads in English. A Korean font ships inside the app and draws the text in your documents, so Korean should appear as letters rather than empty boxes even on a device with no Korean font installed. Document content is never rewritten or translated โ€” you see the file as it was written. Advertising While a document is open and you are reading it, Hanjjok shows no advertising. An ad appears only at a result action โ€” converting to PDF, printing โ€” and only briefly, and the result follows immediately after. If you would rather not see advertising at all, Remove Ads is a one-time purchase that lasts for the lifetime of the app. You can also watch a single ad to switch advertising off for 24 hours. Support hanjjok@reply.codesand.co.kr

About

Hanguel

Features
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Hanguel์€ iPhone๊ณผ iPad์—์„œ HWPยทHWPX ๋ฌธ์„œ๋ฅผ ์—ด๊ณ  ํ™•์ธํ•˜๋Š” ๋ฌธ์„œ ๋„๊ตฌ์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๋ฌธ์„œ๋Š” ์„œ๋ฒ„๋กœ ์ „์†กํ•˜์ง€ ์•Š๊ณ  ๊ธฐ๊ธฐ์—์„œ ์ฒ˜๋ฆฌํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๋ฌธ์„œ๋ณ„ 3ํŽ˜์ด์ง€๊นŒ์ง€ ๋ฌด๋ฃŒ๋กœ ์ฝ์„ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์œผ๋ฉฐ, ์ด์šฉ๊ถŒ์„ ๊ตฌ๋งคํ•˜๋ฉด ์ „์ฒด ํŽ˜์ด์ง€ ์—ด๋žŒ๊ณผ ๋ณธ๋ฌธ ํŽธ์ง‘, ์‹คํ–‰ ์ทจ์†Œ, ํŽธ์ง‘๋ณธ ์‚ฌ๋ณธ ์ €์žฅ์„ ์‚ฌ์šฉํ•  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๊ธฐ๊ฐ„ ์ด์šฉ๊ถŒ์€ ์ž๋™์œผ๋กœ ๊ฐฑ์‹ ๋˜์ง€ ์•Š์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

Screenshots

Hanjjok4 screens
Hanguel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hanguel at none against Hanjjok's shown. Hanjjok's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Hanjjok sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hanguel sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hanjjok ships an update weekly, Hanguel every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Hanjjok versus Hanguel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHanjjokHanguel
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size61 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodeSand Co. Ltd.SangHyun Jin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hanjjok

One-time1
  • ๊ด‘๊ณ  ์ œ๊ฑฐ$3.49
4 purchases

Hanguel

One-time4
  • Hanguel 1์ผ ์ด์šฉ๊ถŒ$0.49
  • Hanguel 7์ผ ์ด์šฉ๊ถŒ$0.99
  • Hanguel 30์ผ ์ด์šฉ๊ถŒ$1.99
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  • Hanguel ํ‰์ƒ ์ด์šฉ๊ถŒ$11.99

Questions

Is Hanjjok free?
Hanjjok is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hanguel free?
Hanguel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hanjjok or Hanguel have ads?
Hanjjok shows ads; Hanguel does not.
Which is updated more often, Hanjjok or Hanguel?
Hanjjok ships an update weekly, and Hanguel every 5 days. Most recently, Hanjjok was updated on October 28, 2026 and Hanguel on October 14, 2026.

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