Foster Friendly vs B~Hope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Foster Friendly
This app connects foster families with businesses offering discounts, faith communities providing support, and local resources like foster closets and events. It aims to make foster families feel seen and valued by fostering community connections.
- Business discounts for foster families
- Faith community support
- Access to foster closets
- Local event listings
- Trauma-aware community resources
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Foster Families— the Foster Friendly App, powered by America’s Kids Belong, connects you to: • Businesses offering discounts as a way of saying thanks for your service. • Faith Communities that care about foster care with you by being trauma aware, offering ongoing support and creating awareness. • Community support specific for you like foster closets, events, and more. Foster families, you are seen and valued! Get connected! For best results, location services must be turned on within your phone. Currently available for the following states: Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, Kansas, South Dakota, Indiana, Utah, Kentucky, Florida, Colorado, California.
B~Hope
An AI-powered assistant offers on-demand support and guidance for foster parents. It provides interventions and idea generation based on evidence-based treatment foster care curriculum. Users can chat with the AI about various parenting topics.
- AI-driven support
- Evidence-based curriculum
- On-demand guidance
- Proactive idea generation
- Parenting topic chat
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B~Hope provides foster parents with on-demand support and guidance using AI trained by Pressley Ridge’s evidence-based treatment foster care curriculum. Parents can call on B~Hope for situations ranging from time-sensitive interventions to proactive idea generation. Access to the app is by invite only as it is intended for parents actively participating in a TFC curriculum. After installing the app, users are encouraged to add each of their children and phone numbers of support staff. Chat with the app as you would a human or another AI assistant on any range of parenting topics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: B~Hope at 5.0 against Foster Friendly's 4.5. B~Hope also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Foster Friendly's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
B~Hope holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Foster Friendly has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Foster Friendly ships an update every 5 weeks, B~Hope weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Foster Friendly | B~Hope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joshua Friend | Pressley Ridge |
Customer experience
Foster Friendly
B~Hope
In-app purchases
Foster Friendly
No in-app purchases
B~Hope
No in-app purchases
