Do you think learning Korean would take a long time and much effort, so you are hesitating to start? Are you looking for a simple way to learn Korean?
Make effective use of your fragmented time to learn a new language or revising and reviewing what you already know. Here are some free and fun apps for you to download and start learning Korean anytime, anywhere!
7 Apps to Learn Korean 2022
1. Write It! Korean
- Suitable for beginners who want to learn Korean alphabet
- 20 lessons available
- Available for both iOS and Android
2. Avocards: Korean Flashcards
Avocards organises 50k+ Korean vocabulary in the form of flashcards which makes it very easy and effective to learn new verbs and nouns without charges. You can learn vocabulary by category, difficulty level or even popular songs and artists such as BTS’s Boy With Luv, EXO’s Love Shot, Blackpink’s How You Like That, IU’s Lilac and more!
Save your progress and test your Korean routinely using the flashcard quizzes in the app. Avocards also offers paid plans to unlock more functions such as TOPIK preparation, more kpop songs, dark mode, offline learning and ads removal. Available for both iOS and Android.
3. Hey Korea – Learn Basic Korean
- Suitable for beginners and intermediate learners
- Interactive exercises, writing and speaking practices
- Nice visuals and crisp audio
- Study reminder & progress tracker
- 4 device languages to choose
- Dark mode available
- Available for Android only
4. Lingory – Learn Korean
- Suitable for beginners and intermediate learners
- Interactive vocabulary learning
- Colourful visuals and crisp audio
- Customisable daily mission i.e. casual / intense / extreme / customise learning
- Attendance streak
- Subscribe for Lingory Pass to unlock more functions such as additional review, unlimited level skip, offline mode and ads removal
- Available for both iOS and Android
5. Eggbun: Learn Korean Fun
Eggbun is available for both iOS and Android. Although a limited set of lessons are available under Courses column for free version, the posts under Culture Note column are all visible for free!
Colourful images, comics, webtoons and more are utilised in the posts to teach users about Korean food, language, travel, culture, news and webtoon. It’s definitely a useful app for people who are interested in Korean culture and everyday language.
For more information, follow their Instagram @eggbun_education
6. Kstyles: Learn Korean & Live
- Various learning materials available: Korean songs, vocabulary, grammar, oral, K-book, E-book, drama, audio
- Live class recordings available
- Unable to fast forward a video
- Available for both iOS and Android
7. Topik – 한국어능력시험
Topik is suitable for basic to advanced learners. It has more than 40 question sets in Practice Mode and it’s possible to save and resume later when you want to take a break. Available for both iOS and Android.
- Vocabulary: 100 basic korean verbs, 100 basic korean adjectives, 500 most common korean verbs, more than 5000 common korean words
- Dark mode available
- Timer
- In-app purchase available to unlock Test Mode that has more than 40 question sets
Utilise Your Time Wisely
Fragmented time refers to all the periods during the day when there is spare time, such as while waiting for someone at lunch or while commuting to work or school in the morning.
So, what to do with your fragmented time? Learn something new!
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