101 Top South Korean Apps Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

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

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Top South Korean Apps 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.

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MX Player

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MX Player is developing a video player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle support.

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Woowa Bros

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

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Kakao Corp

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

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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.

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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.

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Spoon Radio

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Spoon operates as a real-time personal audio broadcasting platform.

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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.

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Snow Corporation

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Snow develops and operates Snow App, a photo and video app with localized filters, stickers, and features.

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ZIGZAG

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ZIGZAG is a shopping meta-service app for women.

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WizSchool

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WizSchool is an innovative edtech company.

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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

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ProtoPie

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

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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.

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DAILYHOTEL

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

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CeREELs

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Mobile Media App with a library of original contents

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Bringko

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Bringko is an integrated shopping platform that provides easy and quick purchase of Korean products.

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Kakao Games

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

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IGAWorks

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Full Stack ad-tech company for digital marketing

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Chlngers

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Chlngers is an app that helps you to manage tasks, habits, and goals.

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Birdview

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Birdview was founded by three High school alumni,

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Flexcil

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Flexcil – The best digital annotation solution for iPad

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WASHSWAT

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

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Neosapience

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Neosapience develops Typecast.ai, a virtual voice and video actor casting service

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S-Alpha Therapeutics

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S-Alpha Therapeutics engages in the research and development of health apps and digital therapeutics.

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Everspin

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

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Albam

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Payroll, Human Capital Management(HCM) service for SMBs, Payday Loan/Hiring/Insurance

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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.

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Scatter Lab

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

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Remember

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Remember is a developer of business card organizer app.

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Backpackr

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Backpackr offers an online app store that enables users to buy a range of smartphone applications.

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StudioBside

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StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.

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Violet

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Violet provides you the easiest way to edit and share videos

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Siksin

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A restaurant recommendation app.

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5minlab

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

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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.

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Quantec

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

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Brandi

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Brandi is an online marketplace that offers clothes and foot wears for women .

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EnSight Media

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ENSIGHTMEDIA is a software company that develops applications for smartphones.

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Melephant

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Melephant aims to create a new video entertainment culture.

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Stayes

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Stayes is an online platform that helps users to plan and live in South Korea.

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SEMS GAMES

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

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Simfler

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BabyTime is an app where busy parents can track and learn baby habits, monitor growth, and record precious milestones.

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Soulgit, Inc.

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Soulgit is a mobile game publisher and premium marketing agency.

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amazer

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amazer is a fun video battle platform for content creators.

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Share & Care Co., Ltd.

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

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Plask

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

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ThinkSuit

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ThinkSuit is a Korean interactive media platform that caters to mid-sized enterprises.

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Venticake

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The developer of camera app ‘Retrica’ .

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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.

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Payvil

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Payvil is an app to use AliPay in Korea.

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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.

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Flaskon

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Flaskon is a Korean mobile game development studio.

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macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence)

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macaron TAXI (KST Intelligence) is a cab chauffeur app

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Jampick

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Jampick are a start-up mobile game development company.

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Ddocdoc

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Ddocdoc is a B-Bros’s developer of hospital search app

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Unpa

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Unpa is a Korea’s leading beauty SNS

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Justnine

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

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TNDN

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

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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.

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Emotive

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

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Linkage

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

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SWING

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SWING provides an electric kickboard rental service.

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TimeCast

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

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Holla Company Inc.

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

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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.

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INSOMENIA

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

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WaHome

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WaHome is a home cleaning service matching platform.

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Woman’s Talk

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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.

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ZEPETO

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ZEPETO is an application for creates personalize avatars.

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Washon

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Washon is an on-demand laundry service based on Seoul metropolitan area in Korea.

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39 degrees C

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39 degrees C is a Mobile app development company.

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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.

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KUKUDOCS

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Document-based incredible experience through innovative technology.

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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)

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SpinNote

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SpinNote is an app that allows users to collect favorite topics and share with friends on smartphones.

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NANOO COMPANY Inc.

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Nanoo Company offers an official website, community, and centralized support system for mobile game developers and publishers.

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Allstay

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Allstay will able to leverage on South Korea’s high smartphone penetration

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CSS99

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CSS99 is a Korean startup providing mobile application and mobile content on topics related to beauty and fashion.

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Needer

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Needer develops mobile application.

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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.”

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COOLJAMM

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COOLJAMM develops musical AI engine that composes various styles of music.

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Veam

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Veam is a Seoul-based social networking company.

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UserHabit

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UserHabit helps app makers increase user satisfaction by automatically analyzing user behavior and advising how apps can be improved.

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NOONBORA

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NOONBORA are app developers for Google Play.

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Sketchware

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Sketchware is a Scratch-like block programming based Android app development platform on an Android smartphone.

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RocketOz

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RocketOz is a Korean company that engages in social mobile game development for mobile phones.

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WishLink

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WishLink develops mobile shopping services such as Cacao Style, an advertising, brokerage and e-commerce platform for personal shopping.

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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.

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Moreh

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Moreh is an AI start-up that focuses on maximizing the scalability of the AI market.

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Webtoon

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LINE Webtoon – A New Way To Enjoy Comics on Mobile.

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VLLO

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Vllo is a video editing application.

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Wonderabbit

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Wonderabbit is a Korean mobile app company focusing on private social networking services.

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CBS

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CBS provides major news in real-time through cool images and videos.

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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.

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FNB People

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Korea’s only franchise operation & management app. FNB People is a perfect partner to successfully manage franchise stores.

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Banksalad

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Banksalad is a fintech company that develops financial applications.

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Botem

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Botem creates state of the art human recognition sensor devices that determine people’s movement direction.

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Jienem

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Jienem is a guesthouse accommodation service specialist and catering for Chinese tourists.

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PAY:WATCH

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PAY:WATCH is a mobile application for advance payment and instant payment.

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WISHUPON, Inc.

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WISHUPON is a universal shopping wishlist.

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