Who's Available? vs HelpTech+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Who's Available?
This app lets you easily share your availability status with friends and family. Securely update your status via the app, widget, or Apple Watch, and see theirs in return. No registration or login is required, and your data remains private.
- Share availability status
- iCloud Shared Database integration
- Today widget support
- Apple Watch app
- iMessage app integration
- No registration required
- Developer cannot access data
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Ever want to know if your friend is available or not before you call or text? Now you have the tool. Who's Available allows iPhone users to share availability status securely through iCloud Shared Database. You can invite friends who can see your status, set your status in-app, in the Today widget, or on your Apple Watch. Your friends can see your status in-app or in the iMessage app! - No registration / log-in needed - The developer cannot see your data. Your data is stored in iCloud
HelpTech+
Enhance your Braille display experience with advanced features. Follow Braille output on your iPhone screen, dictate text using your voice, and have texts read aloud. Manage files and send text directly to your Braille device.
- Braille monitor for sighted users
- Dictation function for text input
- Voice output for reading texts aloud
- File manager for Activator and iPhone
- Send text from iPhone clipboard
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The perfect complement to the Activator: HelpTech+. HelpTech+ adds many new features to the Activator, Help Tech's latest braille display innovation, making it a next-generation Braille experience once and for all. Braille monitor The integrated Braille monitor allows a sighted person to follow the information output on the Braille display directly on the iPhone screen. Including the indication of the reading position, marked text and the cursor position. Dictation function With the speech input you can easily dictate texts instead of typing them yourself. The recognized text is then either saved in a new file on the Activator or inserted into an existing file at the desired position. Voice output The speech output function allows you to have texts on the Activator read aloud through the iPhone's speakers. File manager With "HelpTech+" you can copy files back and forth between the Activator and your iPhone. Send texts Send texts from the iPhone clipboard directly to the Activator. The connection with the iPhone expands the internal functions of the Activator by SmartServices. The first feature is a news feed service, optimized for the use with Braille displays, which you can put together according to your personal interests. Furthermore we are continuously developing "HelpTech+". Additional new functions will be provided regularly. As a result, we will continue to offer you a first-class experience in the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HelpTech+ at 5.0 against Who's Available?'s 3.7. Who's Available?'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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.
HelpTech+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Who's Available? ships an update every 2 days, HelpTech+ every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Who's Available? | HelpTech+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shunzhe Ma | Help Tech GmbH |
Customer experience
Who's Available?
HelpTech+
In-app purchases
Who's Available?
No in-app purchases
HelpTech+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Who's Available? free?
Is HelpTech+ free?
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Which is updated more often, Who's Available? or HelpTech+?
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