Kesto vs EOTC hymns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kesto
This app connects Ethiopians and Eritreans worldwide, enabling them to share and discover information. It features a business directory, event listings, and user-generated content like articles and videos. Users can engage through comments, sharing, and bookmarking.
- Ethiopian & Eritrean community platform
- Local business & professional guide
- User-generated content sharing (articles, events, videos)
- Content discovery and categorization
- Search, share, bookmark, and comment functions
- User verification for privacy
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Kesto, Social+ app for Ethiopians & Eritreans world-wide. Kesto creates a platform for the Ethiopian & Eritrean communities to find, share and consume information. The app makes everyone both a content provider and consumer, complimenting the word-of-mouth nature of information exchange practiced today between this tightly knit community across the globe. Our easy to use content publishing, sharing and discovery platform includes: Local business & professional guide Most businesses owned by Ethiopians and Eritreans worldwide are brick and mortar, thus without much Internet footprint except perhaps a social media page. With Kesto, businesses and professionals can create their profiles with their detailed info, address, events they host, deals they have, etc., quickly. You can think of a Kesto business & professional profile page as their digital business card discoverable and usable by anyone, anywhere. Relevant Information, Events & Videos Kesto users can share Articles, Blogs, Events and Youtube videos they find worthy for the community to see. We organize and categorize these user-generated content to be easily found and used. Being a community-focused app, Kesto includes functions like searching, sharing, bookmarking, and commenting, increasing content engagement. YOUR PRIVACY We verify our users with their social credentials or email addresses, followed by their phone numbers. We neither sell nor share your information with third parties at any time. Connect with us: https://www.facebook.com/kestoapp https://twitter.com/kestoapp https://instagram.com/kestoapp https://t.me/kestoapp Continued use of Location Service running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Kesto doesn't run Location Service in the background unless you permit us by turning on optional features that require it. Download the app to discover, share and engage with content shared by Ethiopians & Eritreans all over the world.
EOTC hymns
Access a comprehensive collection of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church hymns. Browse by category, search by title, and contribute your favorite mezmurs to stay spiritually connected.
- Browse hymns by category
- Search hymns by title
- Submit favorite hymns
- Offline access to lyrics
- Spiritual connection
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EOTC Hymns is your go to app for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church mezmurs. Easily browse hymns by category, search by title, and submit your own favourites. Stay spiritually connected anytime, anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kesto at none against EOTC hymns's 5. Kesto also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). EOTC hymns's advantage is ratings volume (125 vs 15). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. EOTC hymns sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Kesto asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Kesto against 5.0 for EOTC hymns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EOTC hymns has 125 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Kesto ships an update every 9 days, EOTC hymns every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kesto | EOTC hymns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (125 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 125 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jotika LLC. | Binyam Menkr |
Customer experience
Kesto
EOTC hymns
In-app purchases
Kesto
No in-app purchases
EOTC hymns
- Premium$1.991 Month
- Premium$12.991 Year
- Small Donation$1.99
- Medium Donation$5.99
- Large Donation$9.99








