Tape vs ULinks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Record and share life moments
- Discover unique experiences
- Interest-based friend finding
- Message wall for sharing thoughts
- Voice rooms for real-time chat
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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
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.
- Campus news updates
- Daily task assistance
- Student connection features
- Integrated campus services
- Seamless user experience
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Tape ships an update weekly, ULinks every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tape | ULinks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | YatFu Chan | UHUB Limited |
Customer experience
Tape
ULinks
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
Tape
No in-app purchases
ULinks
No in-app purchases









