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트리거스 돈 버는 영어단어 퀴즈 앱 '똑똑보카' 운영사

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Triggers is a serial-founder team behind Knock Knock Voca, an app built around vocabulary/English learning. The team applies experience across multiple industries and bootstrapped online businesses to find product-market fit.

Also known as Knock Knock Voca · Knockknock Voca · Triggers · 똑똑보카 · 트리거스(똑똑보카)

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Knock Knock Voca (똑똑보카) is a mobile language-learning habit app that combines short vocabulary quizzes with a cash-reward mechanic. Users study English, Chinese characters (hanja) and other languages within a single app, with multiple course options offered per language, and are able to select the course that fits their level or goal. Solving quizzes accumulates in-app cash that can be exchanged for gift vouchers.

The product is designed around a two-minute daily session, positioning small, immediate rewards as the driver of study consistency. Learning content is assembled into personalized curricula using AI-based data analysis. The app is distributed on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Business model

The app is free to use for learners and pays out cash rewards earned through quiz activity, which users redeem for gift vouchers (gifticons) usable at partner merchants including Starbucks, GS convenience stores and Naver Pay points, accepted at tens of thousands of affiliated locations nationwide.

Learners access the app for free; cash rewards funded by the operator are converted into gift vouchers redeemable at partner merchants.

Traction

The company reports approximately 100,000 monthly active users, over 1 million cumulative downloads, an average app rating of 4.3 stars, and states that 1 million people have used its language-learning method.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

The product pairs vocabulary study with immediate monetary rewards convertible into widely accepted gift vouchers, and states that its learning-continuation rate is 3.78 times higher than that of general language-learning apps.

Technology

Learning content is organized into personalized curricula through AI-based data analysis, delivered via iOS and Android apps built around short quiz sessions.

Go-to-market

Distribution is direct-to-consumer through Google Play and the Apple App Store, with acquisition and retention driven by the cash-reward and daily-habit mechanic.

Consumer language learners in Korea seeking short daily study sessions, particularly those motivated by reward incentives.

Geography

Operations are based in South Korea, with a Korean-language app and gift-voucher redemption at domestic partners such as Starbucks, GS convenience stores and Naver Pay.

Compiled by commissioned research from 12 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
App downloads (cumulative)Jan 20261,000,000 downloads
App store ratingJan 20264.3 stars
Average app ratingJan 20264.4 stars
Cumulative downloads (company-reported)Jan 20261,500,000 downloads
Google Play apps publishedJan 20265 apps
Google Play total downloadsJan 20262,000,000 downloads
Learning retention vs. general language-learning appsJan 20263.8 x
MAUJan 2026100,000 users
Monthly active usersJan 2026500,000 users
ProductsJan 20264 products
Rating countJan 202673,000 ratings
Team sizeJan 202614 people
똑똑보카 downloadsJan 20261,000,000 downloads
캐시는내차지 downloadsJan 2026500,000 downloads

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 4

launches, deals, and filings
Aug 2026
와이파잉 surpasses 100,000 Google Play installs

The Wi-Fi rewards app 와이파잉 reached the 100K+ install tier on Google Play, after passing 10K+ on 2026-07-14 and 50K+ on 2026-07-19.

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Jun 2026
Official launch of 와이파잉 Wi-Fi rewards app

Triggers officially launched 와이파잉, which rewards users for connecting to Wi-Fi.

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May 2026
Official launch of 페이마다 payment rewards app

Triggers officially launched 페이마다, a rewards app that returns value on each payment.

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Oct 2023
똑똑보카 operator Triggers raises seed round from Kakao Ventures

Triggers, operator of the English vocabulary quiz app 똑똑보카, announced it had secured seed investment from Kakao Ventures, three months after the service launched.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

▸Research sources · 12

primary sources listed

12 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does 트리거스 돈 버는 영어단어 퀴즈 앱 '똑똑보카' 운영사 do?
Operator of Knock Knock Voca, a Korean mobile app where users study English and other languages via short quizzes and earn redeemable cash rewards.
Who are 트리거스 돈 버는 영어단어 퀴즈 앱 '똑똑보카' 운영사's investors?
트리거스 돈 버는 영어단어 퀴즈 앱 '똑똑보카' 운영사's investors include Kakao Ventures.