Hangul foundations
Every vowel and consonant, how syllable blocks are built, stroke order and audio — reading Korean within days.
About Hanguljo
Learn Korean, beautifully — and for good
Hanguljo is a free iOS app that takes you from your first Hangul letter to TOPIK 6 — reading, words, grammar, speaking and listening, in one calm path built around how memory actually works. Hanguljo is one word, the name of the app; Hangul (한글) is the Korean alphabet its first lessons teach.
6,000+words with audio
1,000+Hanja roots
Why we built it
Because Hangul takes a weekend, and everything after it takes a system
Most people who start Korean learn to read Hangul in a few days — and then stall. Vocabulary doesn’t stick, verb endings multiply, particles blur together, and real speech sounds nothing like the textbook. The usual answer is more apps: one for flashcards, one for grammar, a playlist for listening. None of them talk to each other.
Hanguljo was built to put the whole journey in one place. Foundations, TOPIK lessons, conversations, dictation and your own videos all feed one spaced-repetition garden, so a word you meet anywhere comes back exactly when you are about to forget it. And the design stays soft and quiet — no noisy gamification, just Korean.
What makes it different
Four ideas behind every screen
Hangul first, done properly
Every vowel and consonant, how syllable blocks are built, final consonants and stroke order, with audio — so reading is solid before vocabulary begins.
Hanja roots as a shortcut
3,000+ Sino-Korean words show the Hanja they are built from. Most academic Korean is built from them, so one root unlocks a whole family of words.
Real Korean as input
Conversations with shadowing, dictation lessons cut from real Korean videos, YouTube videos with Korean subtitles that you paste in, and on-device OCR for signs and menus.
Learning in the gaps of your day
Lock screen, home screen and quiz widgets show only words you have studied — and answers on the quiz widget count as real reviews.
Everything inside
Every tool in Hanguljo, in one place
Twenty-two tools that take you from your first Hangul letter to TOPIK 6 — reading, speaking, listening to real Korean, and remembering it for good. Tap a group to explore.
TOPIK 1–6 vocabulary
6,000+ words, each with audio and example sentences, unlocking level by level.
Grammar & particles
Every grammar point and particle by TOPIK level, with worked examples and the mistakes to avoid.
Hanja rootsNew
Sino-Korean words show the Hanja they are built from — learn 學 once and 학교, 학생 and 과학 fall into place.
Conversation (회화)
Real-life dialogues from TOPIK 1 to 6 with play-along highlighting and a quiz after every scene.
Shadowing
Say each line out loud — speech recognition checks your pronunciation and shows what to retry.
DictationNew
Lessons from real Korean videos, TOPIK 1–6: listen, rebuild each sentence, replay and slow down.
Learn from a videoNew
Paste a link to a YouTube video with Korean subtitles: every line is split into words you can tap and understand.
A quiz after every lesson
Choose the meaning, fill in the particle, conjugate the verb and put the sentence in order: questions that check you can recall it, not just recognise it.
On-device OCR
Point your camera at Korean text — signs, menus, webtoons — and look up every word. Images never leave your phone.
Sentence analyserNew
Type or paste any sentence: Hanguljo splits it into words and detects the grammar patterns inside.
Lock screen widgetNew
A Korean word on your lock screen all day — learning without opening the app.
Home screen widgetNew
Your words on the home screen, one tap away from their lesson.
Interactive quiz widgetNew
Answer a quick question right on your home screen. Thirty seconds, many times a day.
Lesson of the day
One hand-picked lesson every day, so you never open the app wondering where to start.
7-stage SRS garden
Every word and grammar point grows from seed to ancient tree, reviewed right before you would forget it.
Gentle review reminders
Reminders when reviews are due that respect your sleep — never between 10 pm and 8 am.
Collections & favouritesNew
Build your own decks from lessons and scans, star favourites, and quiz yourself on any collection.
Statistics & streaks
See what you know, what is due and how your streak is growing, at a glance.
Cloud sync
Your progress is saved to your account and follows you to every device.
Light & dark mode
A soft pink interface by day, a calm dark one by night — no noisy gamification.
One Premium, three apps
A single Premium unlocks Hanguljo, Kanjijo (Japanese) and Hanzijo (Chinese).
Free to download on iPhone. Start today, at your own pace.
Download Hanguljo FreeHow it fits together
A study day with Hanguljo
Every part of the app feeds the same review engine, so nothing you learn is left behind.
- Start with HangulThe Foundations hub: letters, syllable blocks and pronunciation, with audio for every sound.
- Learn a TOPIK lessonNew words, a grammar point or particle with examples, then a short quiz that checks you can recall them.
- Hear it and say itA conversation with shadowing, a dictation clip, or a Korean video of your own choosing.
- Let the SRS do the restReviews arrive just before you forget — in the app, and on your lock screen and home screen widgets.
Free & Premium
Start free. Upgrade only if you love it.
Free
Hanguljo is free to download, and you can start learning straight away without paying. Free users get one new lesson a day, daily reviews, the widgets, the camera scanner, lessons from a pasted video link, the first three conversations and the first two dictation lessons of each level.
Premium
Premium unlocks the full course for learners who want to move faster — and the same Premium account also unlocks Kanjijo (Japanese) and Hanzijo (Chinese).
Hanguljo is part of a small family of calm, focused language apps from the same team, built on the same method:
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Hanguljo free?
Yes. Hanguljo is free to download on iPhone and iPad. Free users get one new lesson a day, daily reviews, the widgets, the camera scanner, lessons from a pasted video link, the first three conversations and the first two dictation lessons of each level. Premium unlocks the full course, and the same Premium also unlocks the sister apps Kanjijo and Hanzijo.
Which TOPIK levels does Hanguljo cover?
All six, from TOPIK 1 to TOPIK 6, with 6,000+ words, grammar points and particles, plus a Hangul Foundations hub for complete beginners.
Can I practise speaking and listening with Hanguljo?
Yes. There are conversation lessons with play-along highlighting and shadowing (speech recognition checks your pronunciation), dictation lessons cut from real Korean videos, and Learn From a Video for YouTube videos with Korean subtitles that you choose.
Does Hanguljo teach Hanja?
Yes, as a reading aid rather than a writing requirement: 3,000+ Sino-Korean words show the Hanja behind them, drawn from 1,000+ Hanja roots.
Does Hanguljo have widgets?
Yes — a lock screen widget, a home screen widget and an interactive quiz widget. They show only words you have already studied, and answers on the quiz widget count as reviews in your SRS.
Learning more than Korean? Our sister apps use the same method - free:
日 Kanjijo: Learn Japanese JLPT中 Hanzijo: Learn Chinese HSK 1-9One Premium account unlocks all three apps.