TTMIK Stories: Korean Reading

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About this app

Stop studying. Start reading.

TTMIK Stories helps you learn Korean naturally through 1,000+ original stories across 10 levels — covering everything from daily life and culture to business, mystery, and more.

✔ Your Learning Journey
Stories is built around an immersive learning flow that connects reading, listening, and deep understanding.

● Read – Start with stories made for your level. Tap any word to see the meaning instantly.
● Go Deeper – Understand every sentence with translations and grammar notes that explain the why, not just the what.
● Listen – Follow along as professional voice actors bring each story to life. Train your ear with natural Korean pronunciation and intonation.
● Write – Put what you learned into your own words and turn passive reading into active Korean ability.
● Review – Reinforce new words with quizzes and flashcards, built from the stories you already read.
● Challenge – Build your streak, track your progress, and earn certificates that show how far you've come.

✔ Main Features
● 1,000+ Graded Stories: Original Korean stories across 10 levels, designed around the TTMIK curriculum and TOPIK vocabulary. Topics range from daily life and culture to mystery and business.
● Tap Any Word: Instantly see definitions without leaving the story. Keep reading without breaking your flow.
● Translations & Grammar Notes: Deepen comprehension with sentence-by-sentence translations and grammar explanations.
● Audio by Professional Voice Actors: Listen to clear, natural Korean while following highlighted text.
● Writing Practice: Reinforce what you’ve learned by expressing it in your own words.
● Vocabulary Review: Review words you’ve already seen in context through quizzes and flashcards. Words are sorted automatically based on your learning progress.
● Progress Tracking & Certificates: Save your study history, build consistency, and complete the 20-Day Challenge to earn a Reading Club certificate.

✔ Perfect for
● Beginners who want to start reading real Korean from day one.
● Intermediate learners who want to grow vocabulary and comprehension through context.
● Advanced learners who want to read natural, modern Korean with more depth.
● Anyone who wants to enjoy Korean, not just study it.

✔ What You’ll Experience
TTMIK Stories is more than a reading app. It’s the bridge between finishing a textbook and actually reading Korean.

● Feel the joy of finishing a story — in Korean — from beginning to end.
● Build vocabulary and grammar naturally through stories you actually want to read.
● Stay consistent with daily challenges, streaks, and certificates that make progress visible.

✔ Proven by 1.5M+ Learners
- Built on 14 years of Korean language expertise, TTMIK Stories is trusted by over 1.5 million learners across 190 countries.
- With 45 textbooks and more than 1,700 expert video lessons created by true Korean educators, we bring proven learning methods refined through years of experience.
Learn Korean with confidence — guided by the same team behind one of the world’s most trusted Korean learning platforms.

Start reading real Korean today with TTMIK Stories.
Download now and start your 7-day free trial.
Read a little each day — and feel your Korean become more natural with every story.

◈ Payment information is required to access full content. After the 7-day free trial, your subscription will start automatically unless you cancel before the trial ends.

Ratings and reviews

The price is a bit hard to swallow at first, but this app is perfect for someone like me, an intermediate learner that struggles with listening comprehension. Each of the stories is narrated by a real person, and regularly listening to the stories without looking at the script has helped me immensely. The script is also very helpful, I'd imagine, for people who have reading/spelling as their primary weakness.

THE UPDATE IS AMAZINGG!!!!! WOW what an amazing source. the update that allows you to see translations, quiz, and notes just made this one of the best apps for learning a language!!!!!! before, i had trouble because when I didn't understand sentences, there wasn't a way for me to translate them there. I had to go to another app for translating...it was too tedious. so it was frustrating since I still didn't understand everything at the end. but this makes it so easy! everything on one app!

The app is adequate and useful, but the price is too expensive for me to keep it (USD $16.99/mo plus tax). A few things I wish were included that would increase the value: Provide English translation of the story. Ability to click on ANY word (instead of only the featured words) because there are other unknown words. The study portion should be more robust. I like that the stories are leveled and interesting. I like the quizzes. My advice to TTMIK is bundle all your services and lower the cost.

What’s new

- We’ve improved the onboarding experience to help new users start learning more easily.
- An interactive tutorial has been added so you can follow along and learn how to study with stories.
- We've made general enhancements to ensure the app runs smoothly.