Bandal: Korean Dictionary
Offline Korean dictionary
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Meet Bandal, a simple and beautiful dictionary for Korean to English, Japanese and Chinese. (More languages coming soon.)
Bandal offers 55,000+ Korean entries, sourced from Korea's official NIKL dictionary. (National Institute of Korean Language)
270,000+ Korean example sentences help you contextualise and understand each entry.
PLUS, Bandal features English translations of all example sentences.
Highlights:
100% offline: The entire dictionary is built in and works instantly.
No ads or tracking: No distracting ads or sneaky paywalls.
No lock-in: Easily export your folders and favourites to CSV and JSON (e.g. for making flashcards in Anki)
Stargazing: Watch random dictionary entries gently fall from the night sky and get inspired
Instant search: Find any of the 55,000+ entries instantly.
Filter results by nouns, verbs, expressions etc.
Listen to pronunciations with on-device text-to-speech
Example sentences: 270,000+ examples help you understand each entry (Currently only in English)
Favorites: Save your must-learn words and phrases into folders for when you need them.
Clean design: A beautiful, easy-to-read layout.
Note on In-App Purchases (IAP):
There are no paywalled features, but a "Bandal Supporter" IAP allows you to support the maintenance of this app. You also unlock these bonus visual features:
1. Custom background image on the search screen
2. Set emoji labels for your Favorites folders
3. The stargazing bear gets a coffee cup! (How nice of you!)
A huge update!
Added 270,000 example sentences (Translated from Korean -> English)
Now supports iOS 18 and MacOS. (Previously only iOS 26 and up)
Filter search results by nouns, verbs, expressions etc. (Very fun, please try it!)
Romanization for each entry added
Listen to pronunciation with on-device text-to-speech
Korean to Japanese and Chinese dictionary support added
Word/Expression of the day widget
iCloud sync can now be enabled
For Anki / flashcard users: Added functionality to export your favourites and folders as JSON or CSV files
Fixed certain search results not appearing (homonyms)
Adjusted sorting method for search results (exact matches rank higher)
The developer, Oscar Sjostrand, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Oscar Sjostrand
- Size
- 165.3 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlock Custom Designs $2.99
- Copyright
- © Oscar Sjöstrand