Comparison

Tape vs ULinks

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

Head to head
About

Tape

Record life's moments and share them with like-minded individuals. Discover unique experiences, connect with people who share your interests, and express yourself through voice rooms and message walls.

Highlights
  • Record and share life moments
  • Discover unique experiences
  • Interest-based friend finding
  • Message wall for sharing thoughts
  • Voice rooms for real-time chat
Features
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Tape,你喜歡的才重要。來Tape,記錄生活瞬間,分享給更懂你的人。 「來Tape」 尋找生活大不同,發現不一樣的精彩瞬間 「找同好」 興趣交友,結識好友,總有一群懂你的人 「留言牆」 說出你的心事,找到你的答案 「語音房」 平等交流,傾聽真實的聲音 【聯絡我們】 官方Line:@343szbni 官方Discord:https://discord.gg/jCWXtdZXnM

About

ULinks

This app serves as a comprehensive campus hub for university students. It provides access to campus news, assists with daily tasks, and facilitates connections with peers, all within a unified platform.

Highlights
  • Campus news updates
  • Daily task assistance
  • Student connection features
  • Integrated campus services
  • Seamless user experience
Features
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ULinks is a walled-garden campus community built for Hong Kong Baptist University students. Sign in with your HKBU email — every post comes from a real fellow student. Here, information is genuine. You never need a mask to belong; the mask is there so you can speak your mind. 【Course & Professor Ratings】 Before you register for classes, check each course's ratings on grading, difficulty and workload, along with an overall score and honest reviews from classmates. Professor pages include teaching, grading and support ratings — do your homework before add-drop, don't leave it to luck. 【Mask Identity · Anonymous Posts】 Everyone has two identities: your profile persona for making friends and sharing campus life, and your mask alias for speaking freely. Grades, housing, feelings — for topics you'd rather not put your name on, put on the mask and say it anyway. 【Campus Guides】 Freshman guides and campus-life tips, tried and tested by senior students — from registration and course selection to settling into student life, step by step. 【Community & DMs】 The forum supports topic tags: trending discussions, campus intel and everyday sharing, all in one place. Share a post you like in one tap, or chat one-on-one with classmates through DMs. 【Campus Services】 Campus lockers and other student services are rolling out — handle campus errands in one app. 【Verification & Privacy】 · HKBU email verification ensures every member is a real HKBU student · Mask identities are kept fully separate from your profile, protecting anonymous expression · Content reporting and user blocking help keep the community safe ULinks is independently developed by a team of HKBU students, with a strong commitment to user privacy.

Screenshots

Tape4 screens
ULinks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ULinks at 100% against Tape's 14%. ULinks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Tape's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ULinks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Tape's written reviews are positive against 100% of ULinks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tape ships an update weekly, ULinks every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tape versus ULinks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTapeULinks
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB142 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperYatFu ChanUHUB Limited

Customer experience

Tape

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive14.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative81.3%

ULinks

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tape

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Network error 1003
  • Cannot log in after re-installing/re-logging
  • Verification code not received for US, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan numbers
  • Cannot register with Taiwanese phone numbers
  • Cannot log in with overseas phone numbers
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  • QQ group not found
  • Cannot receive SMS
  • Cannot bind WeChat after binding phone number
  • Cannot scan QR code to enter mailbox
  • Login screen blocked by keyboard on iPhone 7
  • Image censorship mechanism needs improvement

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow registration with non-Chinese phone numbers
  • Fix verification code issues for international numbers
  • Improve UI for group chats
  • Allow profile picture and background changes
  • Clarify server maintenance status
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  • Improve content moderation

ULinks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tape

No in-app purchases

None

ULinks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tape free?
Tape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ULinks free?
ULinks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tape or ULinks?
ULinks is rated higher. Tape averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ULinks averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tape or ULinks have ads?
Neither Tape nor ULinks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tape or ULinks?
Tape ships an update weekly, and ULinks every 10 days. Most recently, Tape was updated on November 3, 2026 and ULinks on November 5, 2026.

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