This article showcases our top picks for the best Seoul based Apps companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Apps industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Seoul Apps Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Toss
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Toss is a mobile finance platform used to simplify the payment procedure.
MX Player
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MX Player is developing a video player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle support.
Woowa Bros
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WOOWA BROS is a Korean developer of smartphone applications and advertising platforms.
League of Traders
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League of Traders is a application software that provides trading, social, assets across exchange, and financial solutions.
RIDI
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RIDI Corporation is South Korea’s leading content platform specialized in Web Comics, Web fiction and e-book, headquartered in Seoul.
Contents First
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Tappytoon, premier digital-first comics/novel reading platform & daily destination for 6+ Million readers worldwide. English/French/German
Spoon Radio
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Spoon operates as a real-time personal audio broadcasting platform.
ZigBang
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ZigBang is a real estate marketplace that offers an apartment hunting app.
Neosapience
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Neosapience develops Typecast.ai, a virtual voice and video actor casting service
SMARTSTUDY
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SmartStudy is a global entertainment company. We make high-quality animated and gaming content such as Pinkfong and Monster Super League.
DAILYHOTEL
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DAILYHOTEL is a smartphone application that allows users to find and book luxury hotels.
WASHSWAT
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Washswat is a laundry service that washes and dries the laundry that is operated by specialized facilities and personnel.
IGAWorks
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Full Stack ad-tech company for digital marketing
Bringko
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Bringko is an integrated shopping platform that provides easy and quick purchase of Korean products.
5minlab
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5minlab is a PC/mobile game development company based in Seoul, South Korea.
Birdview
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Birdview was founded by three High school alumni,
CeREELs
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Mobile Media App with a library of original contents
Scatter Lab
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Scatter Lab is a text-based Korean sentiment analysis service which is available as a smartphone application.
Backpackr
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Backpackr offers an online app store that enables users to buy a range of smartphone applications.
Remember
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Remember is a developer of business card organizer app.
Everspin
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Cybersecurity company that invented the world’s first dynamic security module.
Moreh
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Moreh is an AI start-up that focuses on maximizing the scalability of the AI market.
macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence)
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macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence) is a cab chauffeur app
Stayes
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Stayes is an online platform that helps users to plan and live in South Korea.
SEMS GAMES
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SEMS GAMES is a Seoul-based company that builds innovative and appealing games for mobile entertainment.
Quantec
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Quantec provides individual optimized portfolio provision services through discretionary financial investment with Robo-Advisor technology.
Albam
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Payroll, Human Capital Management(HCM) service for SMBs, Payday Loan/Hiring/Insurance
Simfler
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BabyTime is an app where busy parents can track and learn baby habits, monitor growth, and record precious milestones.
Goodoc
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Goodoc is a Korean smartphone app providing medical services such as information on doctors, their rates, contact numbers, and more.
Jampick
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Jampick is a start-up, a blockchain & A.I based software development company.
Share & Care Co., Ltd.
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Share & Care Co., Ltd. is provides social networks and mobile app services.
Holla Company Inc.
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Contents Making Factory of the couple, by the couple, for the couple
ThinkSuit
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ThinkSuit is a Korean interactive media platform that caters to mid-sized enterprises.
Add2paper
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Add2Paper is a Korean mobile app that offers an online paper for college students to post advertisements on printing services.
Washon
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Washon is an on-demand laundry service based on Seoul metropolitan area in Korea.
INSOMENIA
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INSOMENIA is a Korean startup offering a social mobile shopping app.
WaHome
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WaHome is a home cleaning service matching platform.
Emotive
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Emotive is a Korean company that develops Moodclip, a smartphone application.
UserHabit
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UserHabit helps app makers increase user satisfaction by automatically analyzing user behavior and advising how apps can be improved.
Woman’s Talk
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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.
KUKUDOCS
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Document-based incredible experience through innovative technology.
Flint Technologies
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Flint, an online digital archive where relevant notes resurface.
SpinNote
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SpinNote is an app that allows users to collect favorite topics and share with friends on smartphones.
amazer
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amazer is a fun video battle platform for content creators.
Justnine
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Justnine Co. Ltd is a mobile app developer company and developed apps like HELLKID : hook & jum
FNB People
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Korea’s only franchise operation & management app. FNB People is a perfect partner to successfully manage franchise stores.
NANOO COMPANY Inc.
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Nanoo Company offers an official website, community, and centralized support system for mobile game developers and publishers.
WishLink
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WishLink develops mobile shopping services such as Cacao Style, an advertising, brokerage and e-commerce platform for personal shopping.
Botem
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Botem creates state of the art human recognition sensor devices that determine people’s movement direction.
Knock N’ Roll
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Knock N’ Roll is a smartphone application that enables users to ask their friends about their current status before contacting them.
Sketchware
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Sketchware is a Scratch-like block programming based Android app development platform on an Android smartphone.
Vingle
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Vingle is an interest-based community platform available via mobile and web, where users can mingle together through shared interests.
HOSTING GLOBAL
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HOSTING GLOBAL specializes in application program development and network management systems solutions.
Deeping Source Inc.
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Data Anonymization for Secure Machine Learning
WISHUPON, Inc.
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WISHUPON is a universal shopping wishlist.
Floppy Games
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Floppy Games is a mobile game development company.
EARTHTORY
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EARTHTORY is a Korean company offering location-based applications for travelers.
TrafficGem Corp.
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TrafficGem is a Korean app-based global video ad platform that operates as a collective intelligence and imagination-based society.
Brandazine
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Brandazine is an exclusive fashion streaming service for creators
lululab
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Lumini is a personalized AI skin assistant that analyzes the user’s skin and recommends the best products and services for each user.
Highbrow
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Highbrow is a mobile game and app developing company that created the popular mobile game Dragon Village.
Ium
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IUMSOCIUS is a Korean-based app development company focused on creating novel dating apps for mobile users.
GNA COMPANY
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GNA.company operates “Playio,” a gaming application for mobiles.
SOGAEYO
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SOGAEYO is a dating application that enables users to meet partners through their current social networks.
Dr.Diary
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Dr.Diary offers diabetes management application services.
Nine
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Nine is the solution for managing business applications that includes email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes all in one place.
Asiance
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Asiance is the first Brandtech partner in Asia. Brandtech is an advanced model of Digital Agency based in Seoul and Tokyo.
FINL CHAIN
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FINL CHAIN is a smart contract and decentralized application platform for real-life use.
JellyBus
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JellyBus has been dedicated to empower users to express their uniqueness through photos and videos.
Fast campus
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Fast campus are Unity game creation / startup / UX Design CAMP during the Early Bird Discount!
Cloudbric Corporation
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Cloudbric is a decentralized universal security platform that provides a diverse suite of security services for free for personal use.
Genie Music
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Genie Music is a provider of music streaming services.
Cookie Langs
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Cookie Langs is a language learning solution provider company.
UBpay
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UBpay offers payment processing via coupons and loyalty cards.
Grap.io
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GRAP is an enterprise social networking service for collaboration.
Carry Protocol
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Carry Protocol is a protocol that powers the next generation of apps for offline retail.
Pictosoft
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Pictosoft is an application development company that creates mobile games for Android and iOS
EnSight Media
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ENSIGHTMEDIA is a software company that develops applications for smartphones.
Twinklr
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Twinklr offers SUPERFAN, an online service that enables clients to promote and share their brand and related content on Facebook.
AZAR
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AZAR is a mobile application that offers video-chatting, connecting friends, and communication functions.
Acornsoft
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Acronsoft is a company that develops Cloud Native Application Platform which is a computing environment for future application development.
GmoneyTrans
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GmoneyTrans offers overseas remittance services.
Vanilla Breeze
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Vanilla Breeze is a developer of applications, games, and content for the smartphone industry.
Dano
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Dano is a Korean-based company that develops diet apps for the health and fitness sector.
Onuii
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A mathematical problem solving application for middle and high school students.
Sweet Tracker
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Sweet Tracker is a parcel tracking application development company.
Bluecore
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Bluecore provides creative and innovative services under the vision of convergence and innovation.