Bond Touch vs Friendly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bond Touch
This app connects you with loved ones when you're apart, allowing you to send and receive touches, share private messages and photos, and even feel a partner's heartbeat. It manages smart bracelets and necklaces designed to bridge physical distance and foster deeper connections.
- Send and receive touches
- Private encrypted space for messages and photos
- Personalize touch colors
- View connection and battery status
- Revisit touch history
- Optional location sharing
- Record and exchange heartbeats
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The app that help people deepen their connection even when they're apart. Use the Bond Touch app to manage and connect all of your Bond Touch products and get ready and start bridging the distance between you and your loved ones: • Bond Touch/Bond Touch More: The best long distance touch bracelets of the market! Send and receive touches no matter the miles between you. • Bond Heart: The smart necklace that allows you to feel their heartbeat forever • Bond Touch Lite: A lighter version of the Bond Touch experience on your Apple Watch App Features: • Private Space: Share texts, photos, and secrets in a secure, encrypted space. • Customization: Personalize touch colors on your bracelet. • Connection and Battery Status: Stay informed about your and your partner’s connection and battery levels. • Touch History: Revisit and replay touches from your partner. • Location Sharing: Optionally share your location and view your partner’s city, weather, and more. • Countdown to Reunion: Anticipate your next meeting with the Next Encounter feature. • Multi-Partner Bonding: Connect with up to 3 partners using Bond Touch More. • Heartbeat Recording: Record heartbeats for your Bond Heart within the app • Heartbeat Exchange: Send, request, and wear heartbeats through our innovative app. For more information on Bond Touch bracelets and Bond Heart necklace, visit www.bond-touch.com .Need Assistance? Contact us at info@bond-touch.com or visit our help center: help.bond-touch.com Stay Connected: • Instagram: @bondtouch • Facebook: Bondtouch • TikTok: @bondtouch Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ DOWNLOAD NOW! BOND TOUCH - BE TOGETHER, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE APART.
Friendly
Organize group events, manage RSVPs, and split expenses seamlessly with friends. Features include customizable event themes, private group chats, and integrated payment options for easy settlement.
- Customizable event themes
- AI-generated cover art
- Private group invitations
- Guest RSVPs and waitlist management
- Party wall with chat and polls
- Integrated expense splitting
- Payment settlement via Venmo/Apple Cash
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Friendly is your friend group’s home base, the one app you use together to plan everything and settle up afterwards. MAKE IT AN EVENT Give every get-together a look: 14 animated themes from confetti to cosmic, plus a cover you upload or have AI paint for you. Set the date, place, capacity, and a few questions for guests. Meetings work too, with calendar invites sent to every guest. INVITE THE RIGHT PEOPLE Build groups from your contacts and invite by name, email, or phone number. Each event is private to the people you invite; nobody else can see it. EVERYONE’S IN THE LOOP Guests RSVP, bring a +1, hype the event, answer your questions, chat on the party wall with photos, GIFs, and reactions, vote in polls, and add songs to the playlist. Hosts approve guests and manage a waitlist when things fill up. Notifications keep everyone up to date, with a reminder the morning of, and every event can sync to your calendar. SETTLE UP, NO SPREADSHEET Log what people paid, scan a receipt to split it item by item, and see who owes whom at a glance. Settle with Venmo or Apple Cash in a tap and mark it paid. Friendly is free, private by design, and built for real friend groups, not followers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Friendly at none against Bond Touch's 6. Friendly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Bond Touch's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Bond Touch sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Friendly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Friendly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bond Touch has 18K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bond Touch ships an update every 8 days, Friendly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bond Touch | Friendly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (18K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bond Touch Inc. | Frontier Consulting, LLC |
Customer experience
Bond Touch
Friendly
Bugs and requests
Bond Touch
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Pairing issues with multiple devices
- Bracelet disconnects randomly
- Inaccurate battery percentage display
- Trouble with firmware updates
Requested features
5 requests- Allow use without app open
- Improve battery life
- Add more customization options
- Enhance notification system
- Expand connectivity range
Friendly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bond Touch
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99
- Lifetime$69.99
Friendly
No in-app purchases









