From the right platform to the right stop
KORA is a subway guide for anyone visiting Korea. Choose your starting station and destination, and it shows the transfers, number of stops, estimated time, and which direction to board, exactly as the train's “To ○○” sign reads. While you ride, it follows your current station and tells you when to get off.
Features
Your station, found for you
Find the nearest station with GPS or pick one yourself. KORA remembers it the next time you open the app.
Route and boarding direction
Transfers, stops and estimated time, plus the train to take shown as its “To ○○” destination sign.
Check the direction with your camera
Point your camera at the platform sign or the train's destination display and KORA tells you whether it's the right way. Text recognition happens entirely on your iPhone.
Know where you are
KORA combines Seoul's real-time arrival data, GPS, the accelerometer (to sense departures and stops) and on-device recognition of the in-train announcements to track your station. It even tells you which side the doors will open.
Stop alerts
As your stop approaches you get “Prepare to get off”, then “Get off now!”, with haptics. A progress diagram shows the train and a pin on your destination.
Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
A Live Activity keeps your ride progress visible without unlocking your phone.
23 languages
Use the whole app in 23 languages, from English, Japanese and Chinese to German, French, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese; it starts in your phone's language. Station names show the Korean original with katakana, Chinese characters or the romanized spelling on the signs.
Offline route search
Routes are calculated on your device with no internet needed. Only real-time arrivals use the network.
Coverage
About 930 stations in the Seoul metropolitan area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon, including GTX-A, AREX, the Shinbundang Line and light rail lines), Busan, Daegu, Gwangju and Daejeon. Use the region chips at the top of the station picker to switch cities.
Private by design
No account, no ads, no in-app purchases, and no server of our own. Location, camera and announcement recognition are processed on your device and are never stored or sent anywhere. We only collect anonymous usage statistics to improve the app. See the Privacy Policy for details.