This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean 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 South Korean Apps Startups
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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.
Kakao Corp
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Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform offering services ranging from messaging, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, and music.
O-House
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O-House is a one-stop home furnishing and interior design platform enabling customers to easily source & purchase goods for their homes.
One Store
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One Store is a mobile app market that allows users to download apps that are limited in Korea only.
Spoon Radio
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Spoon operates as a real-time personal audio broadcasting platform.
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.
Snow Corporation
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Snow develops and operates Snow App, a photo and video app with localized filters, stickers, and features.
ZIGZAG
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ZIGZAG is a shopping meta-service app for women.
Contents First
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The team behind Tappytoon, premier digital-first comics platform & daily destination for 4+ Million readers worldwide. English/French/German
ProtoPie
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The easiest interaction design tool for all digital products, allowing designers to build highly interactive prototypes.
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.
CeREELs
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Mobile Media App with a library of original contents
Bringko
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Bringko is an integrated shopping platform that provides easy and quick purchase of Korean products.
Kakao Games
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Kakao Games is a KaKao gaming subsidiary, serving various genres of games including PC and mobile.
IGAWorks
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Full Stack ad-tech company for digital marketing
Chlngers
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Chlngers is an app that helps you to manage tasks, habits, and goals.
Birdview
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Birdview was founded by three High school alumni,
Flexcil
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Flexcil – The best digital annotation solution for iPad
WASHSWAT
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Washswat is a laundry service that washes and dries the laundry that is operated by specialized facilities and personnel.
Neosapience
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Neosapience develops Typecast.ai, a virtual voice and video actor casting service
S-Alpha Therapeutics
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S-Alpha Therapeutics engages in the research and development of health apps and digital therapeutics.
Everspin
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Cybersecurity company that invented the world’s first dynamic security module.
Albam
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Payroll, Human Capital Management(HCM) service for SMBs, Payday Loan/Hiring/Insurance
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.
Scatter Lab
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Scatter Lab is a text-based Korean sentiment analysis service which is available as a smartphone application.
Remember
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Remember is a developer of business card organizer app.
Backpackr
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Backpackr offers an online app store that enables users to buy a range of smartphone applications.
StudioBside
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StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.
Violet
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Violet provides you the easiest way to edit and share videos
5minlab
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5minlab is a PC/mobile game development company based in Seoul, South Korea.
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.
Quantec
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Quantec provides an asset management platform for everyone on a daily possibility.
Brandi
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Brandi is an online marketplace that offers clothes and foot wears for women .
EnSight Media
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ENSIGHTMEDIA is a software company that develops applications for smartphones.
Melephant
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Melephant aims to create a new video entertainment culture.
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.
Simfler
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BabyTime is an app where busy parents can track and learn baby habits, monitor growth, and record precious milestones.
Soulgit, Inc.
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Soulgit is a mobile game publisher and premium marketing agency.
amazer
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amazer is a fun video battle platform for content creators.
Share & Care Co., Ltd.
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Share & Care Co., Ltd. is provides social networks and mobile app services.
Plask
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Plask is a Korean startup developing mobile apps, like Believe My Brother, Girlfriend, and Alfredo.
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.
Demand
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Demand is a healthcare app that provides Digital Healthcare Service Program for user groups such as companies and nursing facilities.
Flaskon
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Flaskon is a Korean mobile game development studio.
macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence)
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macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence) is a cab chauffeur app
Jampick
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Jampick are a start-up mobile game development company.
Ddocdoc
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Ddocdoc is a B-Bros’s developer of hospital search app
Justnine
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Justnine Co. Ltd is a mobile app developer company and developed apps like HELLKID : hook & jum
TNDN
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TNDN is tourism app aimed at Chinese tourists traveling to South Korea.
CK Materials Lab Co., Ltd.
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CK Materials Lab discovers the new aspects of smart materials, develops creative ways of it applications, thus drives brand new tomorrow.
Emotive
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Emotive is a Korean company that develops Moodclip, a smartphone application.
Linkage
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Linkage is a Korean startup providing web development, web design, and mobile application services.
SWING
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SWING provides an electric kickboard rental service.
TimeCast
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TIMECAST is a smartphone app development and consultancy company offering entertainment content and social networking services.
Holla Company Inc.
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Contents Making Factory of the couple, by the couple, for the couple
Trance Studio
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Stylish action game developer in South Korea. Well-known developers of DNF(Biggest revenue maker of Tencent and Nexon) and Lineage Eternal.
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.
Woman’s Talk
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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.
ZEPETO
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ZEPETO is an application for creates personalize avatars.
Washon
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Washon is an on-demand laundry service based on Seoul metropolitan area in Korea.
39 degrees C
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39 degrees C is a Mobile app development company.
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.
KUKUDOCS
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Document-based incredible experience through innovative technology.
SIKSIN (from SeeOn)
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SIKSIN operates two services:
1. Mobile App – food stamp service for business (Korean name – 식신 e-식권)
2. Mobile, PC web, App – Service for finding local restaurants that are worth sharing experiences with other people. (Korean name – 식신)
SpinNote
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SpinNote is an app that allows users to collect favorite topics and share with friends on smartphones.
NANOO COMPANY Inc.
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Nanoo Company offers an official website, community, and centralized support system for mobile game developers and publishers.
Allstay
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Allstay will able to leverage on South Korea’s high smartphone penetration
CSS99
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CSS99 is a Korean startup providing mobile application and mobile content on topics related to beauty and fashion.
Peeper
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Peeper is a Q&A platform, connects Stars and Fans for the mission of “Star-Fans make the world better.”
COOLJAMM
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COOLJAMM develops musical AI engine that composes various styles of music.
UserHabit
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UserHabit helps app makers increase user satisfaction by automatically analyzing user behavior and advising how apps can be improved.
Sketchware
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Sketchware is a Scratch-like block programming based Android app development platform on an Android smartphone.
RocketOz
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RocketOz is a Korean company that engages in social mobile game development for mobile phones.
WishLink
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WishLink develops mobile shopping services such as Cacao Style, an advertising, brokerage and e-commerce platform for personal shopping.
Easyworks Universe
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Easyworks Universe is a Korean-based startup company engaged in the development of Planet Jack, a web portal for designers.
Moreh
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Moreh is an AI start-up that focuses on maximizing the scalability of the AI market.
Webtoon
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LINE Webtoon – A New Way To Enjoy Comics on Mobile.
Wonderabbit
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Wonderabbit is a Korean mobile app company focusing on private social networking services.
CBS
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CBS provides major news in real-time through cool images and videos.
Greysox
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GreySox is a Korean design company developing mobile applications such as the music apps String Trio, Drum Meister, and Finger Stomp.
FNB People
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Korea’s only franchise operation & management app. FNB People is a perfect partner to successfully manage franchise stores.
Banksalad
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Banksalad is a fintech company that develops financial applications.
Botem
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Botem creates state of the art human recognition sensor devices that determine people’s movement direction.
Jienem
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Jienem is a guesthouse accommodation service specialist and catering for Chinese tourists.
PAY:WATCH
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PAY:WATCH is a mobile application for advance payment and instant payment.
WISHUPON, Inc.
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WISHUPON is a universal shopping wishlist.