Important Apps
These apps make your Korea trip significantly easier:
- Kakao Map: THE navigation app for Korea (Google Maps doesn't work properly!). Bus, metro, car, walking — all perfect.
- Naver Map: An alternative to Kakao Map, also excellent. Both available in English.
- Kakao Taxi: Korea's Uber. Order a taxi via GPS — no language skills needed.
- Papago: Korea's best translation app (by Naver). Better than Google Translate for Korean — with camera translation for menus.
- Korail: Book KTX tickets.
- MangoPlate: Korea's Yelp — restaurant reviews in English.
- Coupang: Korea's Amazon — for last-minute shopping with same-day delivery.
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Be sure to download Kakao Map and Papago before your trip — you'll use them every day. Papago's camera function is a lifesaver: simply point the camera at a Korean menu and see the translation instantly.
