bKindly vs Maka Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bKindly
Share and receive uplifting messages and fun emojis within a safe environment. Choose from various categories to inspire friends, family, or even featured users. Let others know when you need a boost with a special status update.
- Share and receive kindness
- Scripted encouraging statements
- Fun emojis
- 4 encouragement categories
- Seasonal statements
- Share with friends and featured users
- "Get" status update
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bKindly is your own personal kindness and encouragement app. * Share and receive kindness through scripted encouraging statements and fun emojis. Safe for kids and teens! * Choose from 4 categories; Inspire, Looks, Love, and Blessings (plus fun seasonal statements & emojis). * Use bKindly to share encouragement with friends, family, and our special ‘Featured’ users! * Let people know you need a pick me up with a scripted “Get” status update. Use bKindly and start sharing the Kindly!
Maka Connect
This app helps overcome shyness by identifying approachable people at events and suggesting conversation topics. Users create profiles with interests and can join or host networking events, seeing guest profiles to initiate meaningful discussions.
- Identify approachable people
- Suggest conversation topics
- Create user profiles
- Join or host networking events
- View guest profiles
- Mask relationship preferences
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This app takes the sting out of shyness and social anxiety by showing you which people in the room are approachable and giving you a list of topics they love to talk about so you can say hello, and jump straight into a conversation that matters with no tedious or awkward small talk. Features: • Create a profile including your occupation relationship preferences, and favorite topics of conversation • Create or join a networking event or party in a real world location • Relationship preferences can be masked for professional events • A current selfie when you join gives others a way to identify you in the room. • See the profiles of other guests in the event to gain inside information on how to approach them. Account Settings after purchase • Privacy policy https://www.maka.social/privacy-policy and terms of use:https://www.maka.social/tos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: bKindly at 100% against Maka Connect's 33%. bKindly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Maka Connect's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
bKindly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of bKindly's written reviews are positive against 33% of Maka Connect's.
bKindly ships an update monthly, Maka Connect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bKindly | Maka Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Familyhood LLC | Maka Social |
Customer experience
bKindly
Maka Connect
In-app purchases
bKindly
No in-app purchases
Maka Connect
No in-app purchases









