Best Communication Apps Companies in South Korea
The 41 best Communication Apps companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Spoon Radio.
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Ranked: Best Communication Apps companies in South Korea
| # | Company | App-install YoY | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maltok VoIP calling app | +78% | — | — | Seunghwan Lee CEO | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+25 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 2 | Maum Provider of app-based messaging and calling platform | +62% | — | 12 | — | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+11 | Top 5M | 25 patents Pet-focused smart hygiene and sanitation systems, including intelligent toilets and grooming devices. | — |
| 3 | Bigglz AI-powered messaging platform | +29% | — | — | Heejung Lee CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Agerigna Mobile chat app with embedded Amharic keyboard | +12% | — | — | Mati Bekuma Co-Founder | ZURB FoundationApache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Services+5 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 5 | Azar Random discovery and video chat | +8% | — | 2 | — | SentryZendeskNode.js+25 | Top 50k | — | — |
| 6 | Amasia Online mobile dating application | +6% | — | — | Seongmo Kim CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 7 | Spoon Radio Online platform offering live podcast streaming solutions | +5% | $57M | 95 | Hyukjae Choi Co-Founder | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+25 | Top 500k | 4 patents AI-driven live audio streaming personalization and virtual avatar services | — |
| 8 | ZAPPY Developer of an AI messaging and social application for connections | +5% | $15K | 1 | — | Framer SitesReactLenis+7 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 9 | Between Provides messaging app for couples | +4% | $4M | 1 | Jaeuk Park CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+19 | Top 5M | 10 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 10 | Retrica Camera App with live filters and layouts | +1% | $6M | 8 | — | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+8 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 11 | Smoothy Mobile application for group video chatting | — | $2M | 2 | — | — | — | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 12 | connectingapp Provider of solutions for voice communication | — | $2M | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Chatie Provider of communication app solution for chatting | — | $2M | — | Jae Choi CEO | Google MapsReactAmazon Web Services+10 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 14 | HyperConnect Provider of cloud-based mobile communication and social entertainment platforms | — | $11M | 300 | Yong Taek Co-Founder | MUIJSSReact+11 | Top 50M | 336 patents AI-powered personalized media matching, recommendation, and response optimization platforms | — |
| 15 | Fluenty Developer of conversational AI platform for automating customer service interactions | — | $510K | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | BridgeCall Internet-based calling app | — | $850K | 4 | Jake Choi Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Communication Apps companies in South Korea
#1
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2013 · 95 employees$57Mraised▾
Online platform offering live podcast streaming solutions. It enables users to create their podcasts and distribute the same to other users. Podcast creators can interact and connect with other users. The application offered by the company is available for Android & iOS users.
- Dec 2019Series C$40M
- Aug 2018Series B$17M
#2
Seed · Seoul · founded 2016 · 2 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Smoothy is a mobile application that provides group video chatting with friends. It allows users to make group video chats up to 6 people. Its features include video chat without sound, text while video chatting, the ability to share chat link, and invite friends. As of June'19, the app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Jul 2020Seed$1.5M
#3
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018 · 21 employees$2Mraised▾
Connectingapp provides solutions for voice communication with strange people. It connects users with people of the same hobbies and inclinations. Its mobile application is available for both iOS and Android devices.
- May 2020Seed$2M
#4
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018$2.2Mraised▾
Provider of communication app solution for chatting. It provides various kinds of stories in the form of chats.
- Feb 2019Series A$2.2M
#5
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 300 employees$10.6Mraised▾
HyperConnect provides cloud-based mobile communication and social entertainments platforms. Its offerings include HyperRTC, which is a mobile WebRTC platform that allows users to chat with their friends through P2P video messaging and calls in real-time on iOS and Android devices; and HyperML which is a platform based on deep learning-based image processing, and consists of a mobile-optimized inference engine and pipelines for data processing and training; HyperGraphics- a Mobile AR graphics platform based on computer vision technology; and Azar- a Social Entertainment platform for people discovery, video calling and messaging.
- Nov 2015Series B$8.6M
- Dec 2014Seed$2M
#6
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2002 · 1 employees$4Mraised▾
Between is a mobile application that provides a messaging service for couples. It allows users to make text messages and calls through the same. Its features include tracking anniversaries, sharing photos, location, calendar, and video/audio messages, scheduling plans, phone status, and others. The app is available for iOS, Android, and Windows devices.
- 2014Series B—
- Feb 2014Series B—
- Jan 2013Series B$3M
- Nov 2011Seed$1M
#7
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2012 · 8 employees$5.9Mraised▾
Retrica is a camera app with a wide variety of live filters and layouts built in. Claims to have over 100 real-time filters. Users can capture photos and videos, create collages, GIFs, etc and upload them to third party social media and networking platforms. App available on App Store and Google Play and yet to launch on Windows Store as of July 2016.
- Oct 2015Series A$5.9M
#8
Acqui-Hired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 5 employees$510Kraised▾
Developer of conversational AI platform for automating customer service interactions. The platform facilitates automated responses to customer inquiries across various digital channels. It offers tools for designing, training, and deploying AI-powered virtual assistants. The system aims to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs associated with customer support.
- Jul 2016Seed$420K
- Apr 2015Seed$90K
#9
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2011 · 4 employees$850Kraised▾
BridgeCall is a free call service that lets users make calls without launching its app. It automatically connects to calls for free between BridgeCall users using the phone's default calling app. If the receiver doesn't have BridgeCall app the call is connected like a regular call.
- Jul 2014Seed$800K
- May 2013Seed$50K
#10
Funding Raised · Yongin si, Gyeonggi do · founded 2017 · 1 employees$15Kraised▾
Developer of an AI messaging and social application for connections. The application facilitates text, voice, and media communication between individuals. It also provides AI companions with unique personas for users to engage with. The application allows users to share experiences and connect through various features.
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$15K
#11
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 11 employees—raised▾
Mojitok is a mobile application for creating customized emojis/stickers. It enables users to create their own emojis/stickers from the collection of 60k+ stickers (made by 2,500+ creators) and can share with other messaging platforms like Facebook. The users can make up animated stickers for their own expressions through the Sticker Studio. The app is only available for iOS devices.
- Oct 2017Seed—
#12
Deadpooled · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2013 · 11 employees—raised▾
Keukey is a mobile chat and keyboard app that allows users to send messages to their friends and relatives easily. The keyboard feature helps users in correcting the wrongly spelled word as it suggests the right spelling word instantaneously. Users can edit the wrong sentences by just speaking again to edit, insert or delete the words.
- Jul 2014Seed—
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