Comparison

Heartbeat Chat vs Dink Date!

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

Head to head
About

Heartbeat Chat

Build and manage your online communities with a versatile platform. Engage members through chat, voice, and video, and create a knowledge base for lasting discussions. Integrate with other tools to automate actions and track growth.

Highlights
  • Customizable channels for chat and posts
  • Voice rooms for real-time conversations
  • Presence indicators for a shared room feel
  • Knowledge base creation from discussions
  • Integration with Zoom, Google Calendar, Salesforce, etc.
  • Automated community match-ups and intros
  • Permission management and payment processing
Features
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Heartbeat is the home for all your online communities. Create a space where you and your community can have fun through chats, threads, voice, and video. Heartbeat works great for online schools, accelerators, incubators, paid communities, innovations hubs, support groups, and so much more! Whether its a massive, established community, or you're just getting started, Heartbeat makes it easy to build lasting, genuine relationships. LAUNCH AN INVITE-ONLY COMMUNITY SPACE: - Customize channels to use posts or chats and design a space just for you and your community to have deep discussions about how the world is changing or just to share the best restaurants in Atlanta. - Voice rooms help you take your conversations to the next level — jump into a voice room with 1 click - Presence indicators floating around the app show you where other people are, and make it feel like you're in the same room CREATE A LASTING LIBRARY OF KNOWLEDGE - Turn insightful posts into long-lasting knowledge base articles & grow your community off the great conversations that happen - Organize information vital to your community members & create a space they can always reference for the best information - Manage access through powerful permissioning tools native to Hearbeat SCALE YOUR COMMUNITY LIKE A BOSS - Use deep integrations with Zoom, Google Calendar, Salesforce, Hubspot, Airtable, and more to automate community actions & track deep analytics over time to see how your community is growing - Automate in-community match-ups and conversations through customizable, weekly Heartbeat intros - Create moderators, special access permissions, manage payments, oversee projects & more within your customizable community space

About

Dink Date!

Connect with fellow pickleball lovers for friendships or romance. This AI-powered app facilitates finding playing partners and meeting new people who share your passion for the sport, both on and off the court.

Highlights
  • AI-powered matching
  • Connect with pickleball players
  • Build friendships and relationships
  • Find playing partners
  • Social networking for enthusiasts
Features
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Dink Date! is an AI-powered social and dating app designed for pickleball enthusiasts. It helps players connect, chat, and build meaningful friendships or relationships through their shared love for the game. Whether you’re looking for someone to play with or to meet new people who enjoy pickleball, Dink Date! makes it easy to find your match both on and off the court. Privacy: https://dink-dateai.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Heartbeat Chat4 screens
Dink Date!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dink Date! at 5.0 against Heartbeat Chat's 3.9. Heartbeat Chat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (119 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dink Date! sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Heartbeat Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dink Date! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heartbeat Chat has 119 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Heartbeat Chat versus Dink Date!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeartbeat ChatDink Date!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (119 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.1% of reviews
Number of ratings119 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB84 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHeartbeat Chat, IncDink Date LLC

Customer experience

Heartbeat Chat

All ratings119 ratings
Positive67.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative26.9%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive39.1%
Neutral12.5%
Negative48.4%

Dink Date!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Heartbeat Chat

Reported bugs

40 issues
  • Audio playback stops when phone locks
  • Users struggle with logging in
  • App is not optimized for iPad, especially in landscape view
  • Invasion of privacy concerns regarding photo access
  • Notifications are inconsistent and important messages are missed
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  • Auto-subscriptions and difficulty with cancellation
  • App performance is non-existent, leading to slow loading and unresponsiveness
  • Content overlaps
  • Tiny frame on iPad, displaying a mobile view
  • Forced photo upload during sign-up
  • Email already in use error after providing email
  • Courses are inaccessible
  • Slow response from support
  • App fails to update
  • Unable to access community
  • Unable to cancel subscription
  • Charged without consent
  • App not working on iPhone
  • App freezes frequently
  • White screen issues upon opening the app
  • App does not function correctly
  • Messages not sending when the send button is tapped
  • App doesn't work on tablets
  • Phantom notifications causing frustration
  • App crashes frequently
  • Jank and unstable performance
  • App shows it has posted but it never publishes
  • Notifications and Activity pages have major glitches and don't refresh
  • Unable to pull down the Activity page to refresh
  • App started messing up immediately, unable to access anything
  • App asks for information, then shows an error that it cannot find the channel
  • App loads but nothing is tappable or responsive
  • App is constantly freezing
  • App crashes after iOS update
  • App shows communication but refuses to show what it is
  • App shows a white screen and is unusable
  • App shows a white screen and is garbage
  • App shows it has posted but it never published the comment
  • Notifications are funky and make zero sense
  • App doesn't work correctly on iPhone

Requested features

17 requests
  • Allow audio to play while phone locks
  • Improve iPad optimization, especially in landscape view
  • Fix the app icon to not resemble a dating app
  • Allow users to change their RSVP to an event after confirming
  • Enable users to join public threads via the app
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  • Improve image embedding, especially on mobile
  • Reduce excessive white space
  • Fix notification logic
  • Improve image insertion functionality
  • Add permalinks to the app
  • Allow location changes within the app
  • Fix phantom notifications
  • Enable profile editing
  • Fix the login process for users
  • Make the app work on tablets
  • Improve backend setup on mobile
  • Allow deletion of communities on mobile

Dink Date!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Heartbeat Chat

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Dink Date!

Subscriptions4
  • DInk Date 1-Month$7.991 Month
  • DInk Date 3-Month$33.993 Months
  • DInk Date 6-Month$59.996 Months
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  • DInk Date 12-Month$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • DInk Date Lifetime$199.00

Questions

Is Heartbeat Chat free?
Heartbeat Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dink Date! free?
Dink Date! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Heartbeat Chat or Dink Date!?
Dink Date! is rated higher. Heartbeat Chat averages 3.9 out of 5 from 119 ratings, while Dink Date! averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Heartbeat Chat or Dink Date! have ads?
Neither Heartbeat Chat nor Dink Date! shows ads.

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