Reviews of KakaoMap - Map / Navigation

By: Kakao Corp.

List of user reviews and ratings for KakaoMap - Map / Navigation

Total ratings

3.97 (Rating count: 137,567)

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Review summary

Reviews praise the app for being easy to use and a strong, accurate Korea-focused navigation tool with helpful transit details and local information. However, frequent startup crashes, privacy concerns over permissions, inconsistent transit timing, limited multilingual support, and data verification issues are recurring drawbacks.

Pros

Easy to use and intuitive UI
Accurate and comprehensive navigation with bus/train times and upcoming stops
Widely regarded as the best navigation app for transportation in Korea
Provides useful information and user reviews to help decision making

Cons

Crashes on startup / stability issues making it unusable at times
Privacy concerns about requiring access to phone calls for routing
Inaccurate or unreliable transit times (e.g., bus arrivals)
Limited multilingual support (no English/Chinese UI; language settings not per-app)
Data verification issues with data being deleted or reset

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.60

All time rating average: 3.97

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37% (59)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-06-27	KO*****	accurate accuracy
accurate accuracy
2026-06-22	An*****	It's so good!
It's so good!
2026-05-31	Tz*****	A useful app to get around Seoul
A useful app to get around Seoul
2026-05-30	ja*****	very useful and accurate
very useful and accurate
2026-05-30	pa*****	verry good
verry good
2026-05-27	Au*****	fantastic
fantastic
2026-05-23	Sa*****	Best Map
Best Map
2026-05-22	Ch*****	Excellent bicycle routing, including elevation indication.
Excellent bicycle routing, including elevation indication.
2026-05-19	M *****	very usefull in Korea. Easy to sign in and plan your trip
very usefull in Korea. Easy to sign in and plan your trip
2026-05-11	zv*****	난 빨리 구글지도가 들어왔으면 좋겠다
난 빨리 구글지도가 들어왔으면 좋겠다