Comparison

Jebena vs Kesto

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jebena

This dating app connects Ethiopian and Eritrean millennials in a healthy online space. It aims to foster a community for users seeking relationships within their cultural background.

Highlights
  • Community platform
  • Healthy online space
  • Targeted for millennials
  • Ethiopian & Eritrean focus
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Jebena is the #1 dating app for Ethiopian and Eritrean millennials. Jebena is a community platform that's conducive to a healthy online space.

About

Kesto

This app connects Ethiopians and Eritreans worldwide, enabling them to share and discover information. It features a business directory, event listings, and user-generated content like articles and videos. Users can engage through comments, sharing, and bookmarking.

Highlights
  • Ethiopian & Eritrean community platform
  • Local business & professional guide
  • User-generated content sharing (articles, events, videos)
  • Content discovery and categorization
  • Search, share, bookmark, and comment functions
  • User verification for privacy
Features
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Kesto, Social+ app for Ethiopians & Eritreans world-wide. Kesto creates a platform for the Ethiopian & Eritrean communities to find, share and consume information. The app makes everyone both a content provider and consumer, complimenting the word-of-mouth nature of information exchange practiced today between this tightly knit community across the globe. Our easy to use content publishing, sharing and discovery platform includes: Local business & professional guide Most businesses owned by Ethiopians and Eritreans worldwide are brick and mortar, thus without much Internet footprint except perhaps a social media page. With Kesto, businesses and professionals can create their profiles with their detailed info, address, events they host, deals they have, etc., quickly. You can think of a Kesto business & professional profile page as their digital business card discoverable and usable by anyone, anywhere. Relevant Information, Events & Videos Kesto users can share Articles, Blogs, Events and Youtube videos they find worthy for the community to see. We organize and categorize these user-generated content to be easily found and used. Being a community-focused app, Kesto includes functions like searching, sharing, bookmarking, and commenting, increasing content engagement. YOUR PRIVACY We verify our users with their social credentials or email addresses, followed by their phone numbers. We neither sell nor share your information with third parties at any time. Connect with us: https://www.facebook.com/kestoapp https://twitter.com/kestoapp https://instagram.com/kestoapp https://t.me/kestoapp Continued use of Location Service running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Kesto doesn't run Location Service in the background unless you permit us by turning on optional features that require it. Download the app to discover, share and engage with content shared by Ethiopians & Eritreans all over the world.

Screenshots

Jebena4 screens
Kesto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kesto at 100% against Jebena's 37%. Kesto also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Jebena's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 15). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jebena sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Kesto asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kesto holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jebena has 1.7K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Jebena's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kesto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jebena ships an update every 4 weeks, Kesto every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Jebena versus Kesto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJebenaKesto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.7K ratings)4.9 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB60 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJebena Tech, Inc.Jotika LLC.

Customer experience

Jebena

All ratings1,738 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative14.4%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive37.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative55.0%

Kesto

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Jebena

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Countdown timer issues
  • Inability to upload preferred photos
  • Matching and messaging problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ethnicity/religion preferences
  • Increase daily swipe/like limit
  • Improve messaging functionality
  • Add profile photo verification

Kesto

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Jebena

One-time8
  • 25 Likes$5.99
  • 10 Beans$6.99
  • 10 Unlocks$6.99
Show 5 more
  • 10 Hearts$6.99
  • 25 Beans$12.99
  • Unlock 25 People$12.99
  • 40 Beans$14.99
  • Unlock 40 People$14.99
None

Kesto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jebena free?
Jebena is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kesto free?
Kesto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Jebena or Kesto?
Kesto is rated higher. Jebena averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Kesto averages 4.9 from 15 ratings.
Do Jebena or Kesto have ads?
Neither Jebena nor Kesto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jebena or Kesto?
Jebena ships an update every 4 weeks, and Kesto every 9 days. Most recently, Jebena was updated on October 29, 2026 and Kesto on October 2, 2026.

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