Kotha vs BRTA DL Checker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kotha
Connect with friends and family using instant messaging, audio/video calls, and group chats. Share various file types and express yourself with stickers. Discover local services, news, and entertainment within the app.
- Instant messaging
- Audio/video calls
- Group chatting
- File sharing
- Bengali transliteration
- Discover section with mini apps
- News and entertainment
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Kotha is a Social Communication & Lifestyle app developed in Bangladesh for Bangladeshi people and Bangla speaking community around the world. The purpose of the app is to offer Bangladeshis their own social media & communication tools, promote use of Bangla language and at the same time offer daily life useful local services, lifestyle contents, latest news and entertainment etc. Kotha enables users to communicate with instant messaging, audio/video calls, group chatting and users can share images, camera photos & videos, contacts, attachments and document files, cloud files, links, voice message, location, stickers etc. It’s easy to type and post in Kotha with Bengali transliteration. Kotha has a feed/timeline were users can post, rate, comment and share. The discover section of the app has mini apps integrated into Kotha as well as sports updates, news & events, market place etc. Gradually more third-party services will be integrated into Kotha.
BRTA DL Checker
Check the printing status of your driving license application in Bangladesh. Input your reference or DL number to see the latest updates on your DL card. Features barcode scanning and a card preview for both front and back.
- Check driving license printing status
- Input reference or DL number
- Automatic barcode scanning
- Card preview (front and back)
- View latest DL card status
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Driving License Checker (DLC) is an app for checking Printing Status of Driving License of Bangladesh. Driving License Checker (DLC) app, hosted by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), will enable people to check the printing status of the Driving License (DL) applicant that they have applied. This app will also help people to see the latest status of their DL card. *Offer · The app accepts both Reference Number and DL number as an input to review the latest status of their application or DL card · The app has provision for an automatic scan of a barcode embedded at the top of the card [back side]. Once the scan is successful the app will display the latest status immediately · The app facilitates a Card preview to simulate the real DL card. It offers preview for both front and back side of the card. **Disclaimer: This app can provide DL information which have been issued since July 2021.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kotha at 58% against BRTA DL Checker's 6%. Kotha also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.2). BRTA DL Checker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (147 vs 6). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kotha holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BRTA DL Checker has 147 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Kotha's written reviews are positive against 6% of BRTA DL Checker's.
| Parameter | Kotha | BRTA DL Checker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better | 2.2 (147 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews — better | 6.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 147 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kotha Apps & Technologies Ltd. | MADRAS SECURITY PRINTERS PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
Kotha
BRTA DL Checker
Bugs and requests
Kotha
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BRTA DL Checker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to view driver's license information
- App not working on iOS devices
- Showing 'server busy' error message
Requested features
3 requests- Update app for iOS users
- Improve app stability and reliability
- Provide better customer support
In-app purchases
Kotha
No in-app purchases
BRTA DL Checker
No in-app purchases
