If you have ever toured five apartments in a single afternoon, you know how quickly the details blur together. Which unit had the better sunlight? Which one was closest to the subway? By the time you get home, your notes are scattered across a camera roll, a few voice memos, and a napkin you have already lost.
I built this app for myself during my own apartment search in Korea. The Korean rental market — with its distinct contract types like jeonse (lump-sum deposit leases) and wolse (monthly rent) — has a lot of moving parts to keep straight, and I kept wanting one clean place to record everything about each listing before I forgot it.
The app, originally named 방찾기 기록 in Korean, is a structured checklist and record-keeper built specifically for the Korean apartment-hunting process. It covers the details that actually matter when you are walking through a unit and trying to decide if it is worth a second visit.
What It Does
- Record everything about a listing: Address (with Kakao address search or manual entry), building type, floor, square footage, room and bathroom count, furnishing level, photos, sunlight, orientation, condition, and view — all in one place per property.
- Track transaction details: Supports all major Korean contract types — jeonse, half-jeonse, monthly rent, and outright purchase — along with deposit amounts, monthly fees, maintenance costs, parking fees, and the earliest move-in date.
- Log transit and nearby amenities: Record the nearest subway station with walking time and distance, nearby bus stops, and flag whether a listing qualifies as yeokseogwon (within easy walking distance of a station).
- Built-in checklist: Quickly note whether a unit has a kitchen, balcony, elevator, pet allowance, resident registration eligibility, loan eligibility, and parking availability.
- Sort, filter, and share: Sort listings by rating, deposit, or size; filter by contract type, building type, or furnishing level; and capture a shareable summary of any listing to send to a partner or family member.
There is also a real estate agent manager built in, so you can save the name, phone number, address, and notes for each agency you visit and link specific listings to the agent who showed them to you. All data lives only on your device — no account, no server, no sign-up required. You can export everything to a file for backup and restore it later.
Who It Is For
This app is squarely aimed at people searching for housing in Korea — whether that is a studio for your first time living alone, a larger apartment for a newly married couple, or anything in between. If you are an expat navigating the Korean rental market, a Korean returning from abroad, or just someone who tours a lot of properties before committing, the structured format will save you a lot of mental overhead. The core problem — keeping track of too many listings at once — is universal, but the contract types, checklist items, and address search are all tuned specifically for the Korean context.
Version 1.0 is available now on the App Store. If you are in the middle of an apartment search or about to start one, give it a try and let me know what you think at siwooeo@gmail.com.
App Store에서 다운로드: 방찾기 기록
Official page: reactiveworks.dev/apps/6765868588
Update history: ahngo13.github.io
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