Bandal: Korean Dictionary

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!)