101 Top South Korean Mobile Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Mobile companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Mobile 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

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Top South Korean Mobile Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Toss

Toss

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Toss is a mobile finance platform used to simplify the payment procedure.

Krafton

Krafton

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Krafton is a game developer for PC and mobile devices that focuses on fantasy games.

Krafton

Woowa Bros

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WOOWA BROS is a Korean developer of smartphone applications and advertising platforms.

Krafton

TMON

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TMON (Ticket Monster) is one of leading e-commerce companies in Korea.

Krafton

Kakao Corp

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Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform offering services ranging from messaging, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, and music.

Krafton

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.

Krafton

Kakao Pay

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Kakao Pay allows over-counter payments, peer-to-peer transactions, bill payment, web banking, and more.

Krafton

Between

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Between provides emotional communication methods to enrich real and offline-based relationships.

Krafton

CHAI

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CHAI is a mobile payments dApp that allows consumers to pay for items online by simply adding their bank account.

Krafton

Samsung Electronics

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Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.

Krafton

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.

Krafton

ZIGZAG

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ZIGZAG is a shopping meta-service app for women.

Krafton

4:33 Creative Lab

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4:33 Creative Lab, a top Korean mobile game designing company

Krafton

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

Krafton

MyMusicTaste

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A fan-initiated live event making service

Krafton

ProtoPie

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The easiest interaction design tool for all digital products, allowing designers to build highly interactive prototypes.

Krafton

Coinplug

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Coinplug is a Korean blockchain developing company founded in 2013 with over 300 blockchain patents in multiple fields.

Krafton

Bungaejangter

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Bungaejangter operates as a mobile C2C marketplace application.

Krafton

Kmong

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Kmong is a Korean online talent market enabling individuals to sell and buy services in design, business, computing, music, and more.

Krafton

Miso

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We make booking services (cleaning, moving, remodeling) as easy as buying products on Amazon

Krafton

Buzzvil

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Buzzvil provides a lock screen ad platform that connects partners and advertisers.

Krafton

Retrica

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Retrica is a camera app that lets its users take photos and edit them with over different filters, and share them with the world.

Krafton

Ground X

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Ground X is a technology company that creates a platform by integrating blockchain with other innovative techs in a global market.

Krafton

Spoqa

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Spoqa develops mobile marketing solutions such as Dodo, a promotional marketing app for cafes, restaurants, beauty shops, and other stores.

Krafton

DAILYHOTEL

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DAILYHOTEL is a smartphone application that allows users to find and book luxury hotels.

Krafton

CeREELs

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Mobile Media App with a library of original contents

Krafton

Qualson Inc

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With the slogan, “Rescue people’s time”, Qualson Inc. develops mobile language learning services.

Krafton

Estmob

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Taking a easy, quick, and unlimited approach to file sharing.

Krafton

Kakao Games

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Kakao Games is a KaKao gaming subsidiary, serving various genres of games including PC and mobile.

Krafton

ODDM

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ODDM is mobile / online marketing platform company in Korea running automatic influencer marketing platform, Adpick

Krafton

IGAWorks

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Full Stack ad-tech company for digital marketing

Krafton

StyleShare

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StyleShare is a realtime mobile and online platform that allows users to share and receive updates on fashion and beauty.

Krafton

Loadcomplete

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Loadcomplete is a social and mobile games developer in Korea.

Krafton

Healcerion

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HEALCERION is a Korean incubator that offers a mobile-based healthcare system for providing physicians and patients with ultra-portability.

Krafton

WASHSWAT

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Washswat is a laundry service that washes and dries the laundry that is operated by specialized facilities and personnel.

Krafton

DRAMA & COMPANY

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Drama&Company offers a cloud-based business card management application, “Remember”

Krafton

GAMEVIL

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Gamevil develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.

Krafton

IDEABOX GAMES

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IDEABOX GAMES is a mobile game developer delivering 2D and 3D gaming technologies.

Krafton

Wider Planet, Inc.

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The 1st largest local DSP(Demand Side Platform) and DMP(Data Management Platform) in Korea.

Krafton

MOIN, Inc.

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MOIN is a Blockchain-based global money transfer service, which is fast, convenient, and reasonably priced, focusing on Asia countries.

Krafton

Everspin

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Cybersecurity company that invented the world’s first dynamic security module.

Krafton

Hellomarket

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Korea’s mobile P2P classifieds marketplace on steroids

Krafton

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.

Krafton

Scatter Lab

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Scatter Lab is a text-based Korean sentiment analysis service which is available as a smartphone application.

Krafton

JobPlanet

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Career Management · Employment · Company Data.

Krafton

HFR

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Specialist on the Optical and Radio Networking.

Krafton

Remember

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Remember is a developer of business card organizer app.

Krafton

ZeroWeb

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ZeroWeb is a local network mobile platform developed for small to medium business people.

Krafton

12cm

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12cm operates echoss, a cloud O2O service platform that provides offline to mobile connection services.

Krafton

StudioBside

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StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.

Krafton

Violet

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Violet provides you the easiest way to edit and share videos

Krafton

SN Mobile Technology

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SN Mobile Technology develops games for smartphones.

Krafton

5minlab

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5minlab is a PC/mobile game development company based in Seoul, South Korea.

Krafton

Caret Games

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Caret Games is Mobile Game Start up. MMORPG, RebirthM

Krafton

Docfriends

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shares each hospital’s concerns and innovative know-how, creates IT services that are widely deployed, and pursues global service

Krafton

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.

Krafton

OGQ

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OGQ is a Social Creators Platform. 14M Creators upload images, videos, musics, stickers like emoji and fonts to OGQ market.

Krafton

SKY

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SKY is smartphone brands that provide other electronic product.

Krafton

Quantec

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Quantec provides an asset management platform for everyone on a daily possibility.

Krafton

Casual Steps

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Casual Steps provides global online shopping services and solutions.

Krafton

42Maru

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42Maru builds a question answer system that finds a single, specific, correct answer based on Deep Learning

Krafton

Jocoos

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Jocoos is a mobile application that works with video transcoding technology.

Krafton

Pristones

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Pristones is a Korean venture supporting startups that provides mobile and web services.

Krafton

Cocoon Games

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Cocoon Games is engaged in the development of mobile games.

Krafton

EnSight Media

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ENSIGHTMEDIA is a software company that develops applications for smartphones.

Krafton

Supreme Games

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Supreme Games is made up of members with more than 10 years of experience in Korea’s top game makers including Webzen, Neowiz, and NC-Soft.

Krafton

iFunFactory

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iFunFactory offers a backend platform for mobile game services and solutions.

Krafton

Netmarble

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Netmarble is a developer, publisher, and sponsor of free online games.

Krafton

Melephant

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Melephant aims to create a new video entertainment culture.

Krafton

Mydol Co., Ltd.

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Develop mobile service for celebrities’ fans

Krafton

SEMS GAMES

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SEMS GAMES is a Seoul-based company that builds innovative and appealing games for mobile entertainment.

Krafton

Soulgit, Inc.

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Soulgit is a mobile game publisher and premium marketing agency.

Krafton

amazer

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amazer is a fun video battle platform for content creators.

Krafton

Share & Care Co., Ltd.

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Share & Care Co., Ltd. is provides social networks and mobile app services.

Krafton

Plask

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Plask is a Korean startup developing mobile apps, like Believe My Brother, Girlfriend, and Alfredo.

Krafton

Super Creative

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Super Creative develops RPG games with artistic and technological updates.

Krafton

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.

Krafton

FLEAPOP

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Fleapop provides women in their teens and 20s with an opportunity to experience the latest fashion items and online items every two days.

Krafton

DancingAnchovy

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DancingAnchovy is a global game developer and publisher for mobile platforms.

Krafton

MOMO

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MOMO is a social or software program platform that specializes in web drama, content, video, movies, mobile, media & entertainment.

Krafton

Keukey

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Keukey is a Korean-based software company engaged in developing a typo-free keyboard input system for smartphones.

Krafton

Mobil Factory

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Mobil Factory is a mobile video game developer.

Krafton

Payvil

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Payvil is an app to use AliPay in Korea.

Krafton

Flaskon

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Flaskon is a Korean mobile game development studio.

Krafton

macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence)

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macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence) is a cab chauffeur app

Krafton

Jampick

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Jampick are a start-up mobile game development company.

Krafton

Won

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Won provides people to use their credit cards more easily on the mobile.

Krafton

InnoSpark

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InnoSpark is a game development company for mulit-platforms such as smart phones, tablets, PC canvas, etc.

Krafton

Justnine

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Justnine Co. Ltd is a mobile app developer company and developed apps like HELLKID : hook & jum

Krafton

Nutgee

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Nutgee is a mobile game development company.

Krafton

ONEPLE

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Oneple, a Korean developer of web and mobile services, provides individuals with suitable places to live and travel alone.

Krafton

TNDN

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TNDN is tourism app aimed at Chinese tourists traveling to South Korea.

Krafton

Emotive

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Emotive is a Korean company that develops Moodclip, a smartphone application.

Krafton

Linkage

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Linkage is a Korean startup providing web development, web design, and mobile application services.

Krafton

WhiteOut

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WhiteOut is a mobile development group based in Seoul, South Korea.

Krafton

TimeCast

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TIMECAST is a smartphone app development and consultancy company offering entertainment content and social networking services.

Krafton

4PLAT

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4PLAT is a game developer and publisher focused on providing optimized mobile RPG games for massive simultaneous group playing.

Krafton

Holla Company Inc.

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Contents Making Factory of the couple, by the couple, for the couple

Krafton

Avocado Entertainment

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Avocado Entertainment is a top-ranked social and mobile game publisher in Korea.

Krafton

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.

Krafton

INSOMENIA

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INSOMENIA is a Korean startup offering a social mobile shopping app.

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