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
Top South Korean Mobile Startups
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Toss
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Toss is a mobile finance platform used to simplify the payment procedure.
Krafton
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Krafton is a game developer for PC and mobile devices that focuses on fantasy games.
Woowa Bros
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WOOWA BROS is a Korean developer of smartphone applications and advertising platforms.
TMON
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TMON (Ticket Monster) is one of leading e-commerce companies in Korea.
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.
Kakao Pay
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Kakao Pay allows over-counter payments, peer-to-peer transactions, bill payment, web banking, and more.
Between
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Between provides emotional communication methods to enrich real and offline-based relationships.
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.
Samsung Electronics
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Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
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.
4:33 Creative Lab
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4:33 Creative Lab, a top Korean mobile game designing company
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.
Coinplug
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Coinplug is a Korean blockchain developing company founded in 2013 with over 300 blockchain patents in multiple fields.
Bungaejangter
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Bungaejangter operates as a mobile C2C marketplace application.
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.
Miso
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We make booking services (cleaning, moving, remodeling) as easy as buying products on Amazon
Buzzvil
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Buzzvil provides a lock screen ad platform that connects partners and advertisers.
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.
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.
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.
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
Qualson Inc
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With the slogan, “Rescue people’s time”, Qualson Inc. develops mobile language learning services.
Estmob
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Taking a easy, quick, and unlimited approach to file sharing.
Kakao Games
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Kakao Games is a KaKao gaming subsidiary, serving various genres of games including PC and mobile.
ODDM
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ODDM is mobile / online marketing platform company in Korea running automatic influencer marketing platform, Adpick
IGAWorks
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Full Stack ad-tech company for digital marketing
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.
Loadcomplete
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Loadcomplete is a social and mobile games developer in Korea.
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.
WASHSWAT
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Washswat is a laundry service that washes and dries the laundry that is operated by specialized facilities and personnel.
DRAMA & COMPANY
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Drama&Company offers a cloud-based business card management application, “Remember”
GAMEVIL
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Gamevil develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.
IDEABOX GAMES
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IDEABOX GAMES is a mobile game developer delivering 2D and 3D gaming technologies.
Wider Planet, Inc.
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The 1st largest local DSP(Demand Side Platform) and DMP(Data Management Platform) in Korea.
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.
Everspin
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Cybersecurity company that invented the world’s first dynamic security module.
Hellomarket
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Korea’s mobile P2P classifieds marketplace on steroids
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.
ZeroWeb
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ZeroWeb is a local network mobile platform developed for small to medium business people.
12cm
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12cm operates echoss, a cloud O2O service platform that provides offline to mobile connection services.
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
SN Mobile Technology
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SN Mobile Technology develops games for smartphones.
5minlab
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5minlab is a PC/mobile game development company based in Seoul, South Korea.
Caret Games
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Caret Games is Mobile Game Start up. MMORPG, RebirthM
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
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.
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.
SKY
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SKY is smartphone brands that provide other electronic product.
Quantec
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Quantec provides an asset management platform for everyone on a daily possibility.
Casual Steps
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Casual Steps provides global online shopping services and solutions.
42Maru
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42Maru builds a question answer system that finds a single, specific, correct answer based on Deep Learning
Jocoos
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Jocoos is a mobile application that works with video transcoding technology.
Pristones
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Pristones is a Korean venture supporting startups that provides mobile and web services.
Cocoon Games
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Cocoon Games is engaged in the development of mobile games.
EnSight Media
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ENSIGHTMEDIA is a software company that develops applications for smartphones.
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.
iFunFactory
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iFunFactory offers a backend platform for mobile game services and solutions.
Netmarble
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Netmarble is a developer, publisher, and sponsor of free online games.
Melephant
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Melephant aims to create a new video entertainment culture.
Mydol Co., Ltd.
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Develop mobile service for celebrities’ fans
SEMS GAMES
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SEMS GAMES is a Seoul-based company that builds innovative and appealing games for mobile entertainment.
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.
Super Creative
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Super Creative develops RPG games with artistic and technological updates.
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.
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.
DancingAnchovy
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DancingAnchovy is a global game developer and publisher for mobile platforms.
MOMO
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MOMO is a social or software program platform that specializes in web drama, content, video, movies, mobile, media & entertainment.
Keukey
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Keukey is a Korean-based software company engaged in developing a typo-free keyboard input system for smartphones.
Mobil Factory
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Mobil Factory is a mobile video game developer.
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.
Won
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Won provides people to use their credit cards more easily on the mobile.
InnoSpark
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InnoSpark is a game development company for mulit-platforms such as smart phones, tablets, PC canvas, etc.
Justnine
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Justnine Co. Ltd is a mobile app developer company and developed apps like HELLKID : hook & jum
ONEPLE
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Oneple, a Korean developer of web and mobile services, provides individuals with suitable places to live and travel alone.
TNDN
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TNDN is tourism app aimed at Chinese tourists traveling to South Korea.
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.
WhiteOut
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WhiteOut is a mobile development group based in Seoul, South Korea.
TimeCast
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TIMECAST is a smartphone app development and consultancy company offering entertainment content and social networking services.
4PLAT
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4PLAT is a game developer and publisher focused on providing optimized mobile RPG games for massive simultaneous group playing.
Holla Company Inc.
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Contents Making Factory of the couple, by the couple, for the couple
Avocado Entertainment
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Avocado Entertainment is a top-ranked social and mobile game publisher in Korea.
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.