Learn Korean app review: a handy phrase book for when visiting South Korea 2021

Introduction

“Annyeonghaseyo!” the languages app greets me, thanking me for installing the app and letting me know this app works on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Would I like to upgrade now?

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I don’t know yet, as I haven’t tried the iPhone languages app yet! Tapping through a quick, one page guide shows me how the app works and lets me know that if I have trouble, I can always contact them on their website.

I quickly found out that this app is not designed to actually teach you Korean, but it’s a very handy phrase book to have with you when traveling to South Korea.

For more details about this good iPhone app to learn languages, check out our Learn Korean app review. 

Most-Used Sentences When Traveling

The app is well-laid-out and comes with an overview of the most used sentences for traveling to South Korea, particularly in the bigger cities of the country. Available in the free version, before upgrading the app, are six handy subjects.

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Greetings allow you to do quick introductions, about where you’re from and what age you are. General Conversation simply has handy conversational sentences to offer. The Numbers subject speaks for itself, while Directions and Places focus on the most common amenities in South Korea.

Transportation is very Seoul-based, talking about the metro, the bullet train, and the airport. Lastly there is Eating Out, which has all the basics in there, and of course all the Korean staples. Upgrading the app for $4.99 will unlock another 12 subjects, totaling the amount of sentences to over 800 different ones.

Have the App Speak for You

If you’re completely useless with a language, sometimes it’s handy to have the app do the hard work for you. When you click on a word or sentence, the app will pronounce the sentence for you as if the app itself is a Korean person.

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Luckily, if you actually want to learn to communicate in Korean a little bit, you can have the app repeat it really slowly, which helps you with the pronunciation. If there are sentences you use often, you can add them to your favorites page.

There is also an option to have the app read out an entire list or subject, which goes so quickly, I can’t really seem to find a use for it.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very useful if you are traveling to South Korea
• Well-designed
• Clear voice

Cons

• Upgrade is expensive
• The fast voice speaks too quickly

Conclusion

Learn Korean - Phrasebook for Travel in Korea is a very useful app to have in your pocket when traveling to South Korea. It won’t make you learn the language and speak it fluently, but it will help you get around and it covers all the basic needs for visiting South Korea.

The app looks really good, is easy to use, and only takes up just over 28 MB of space on your device. I will definitely recommend this app for anyone wanting to visit South Korea and not wanting to learn the language.