Comparison

Referral Buddy vs RevLink

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

Head to head
About

Referral Buddy

This app helps organize business referrals and connections to grow your network. Track referrals, build your customer base, and manage payments for successful connections. It facilitates sending and receiving job referrals between trusted vendors.

Highlights
  • Organize referrals and connections
  • Track referral status
  • Build customer base
  • Send and receive instant payments
  • Accept or reject new referrals
  • Manage project status updates
Features
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Do you struggle to organize your referrals and connections? Do you want to grow your business from your connections? If yes, then Referral Buddy is the tool for you. Referral Buddy is your one stop shop for referral networking, which allows you to track referrals, build your customer base, and send and receive instant payments from referrals made and received. Referral Buddy is the fast and easy way to refer customers and jobs to trusted vendors as well as accept new referrals to bolster your own business. All you need to become a Vendor or Referrer is your, or your connection’s, email address. When referring a customer to a vendor, the vendor will review the referral and accept or reject it. You will be updated on the project status through the app and will receive a payment when the project is complete. If you are a vendor, you will receive referrals for potential new customers and can accept or reject a new project. If accepted, and upon completion of the job, you can send a referral fee to the referrer. Want to change the way you network? Download the app today and let Referral Buddy be your friend in business!

About

RevLink

Connect with other tradespeople to send and receive job leads. Set your own rates, organize projects, and communicate directly within the app. Pay only a small fee after completing a job.

Highlights
  • Send and receive job leads
  • Set custom rates per lead
  • Organize projects and leads
  • Project-specific chat
  • Exclusive leads for contractors
  • Pay only after job completion
Features
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### Send a job ### So easy you can do it on a ladder - Pass it on or sub it out. Hand the whole job over for a cut, or keep the customer and bring someone in to do the work. - Get paid for work you pass on. Set your cut before you send it, a percentage or a flat amount. - Put a clock on it. If they don't accept by your deadline, send the same job to someone else in a tap. - One link does the paperwork. Text your customer a link, they fill in their own details, and the job lands with the contractor you picked. ### Get a job ### Real work from other contractors, right on your phone - One contractor per job. No bidding, no getting undercut. - The whole story upfront. What the work is, what it pays, photos, and who it came from, before you say yes. - The customer is yours the moment you accept. Phone, email and address unlock, and you move the job along as you go: contacted, scheduled, done. ### You don't pay until you get paid ### - No subscription. No pro version. Nothing worth having sits behind an upgrade. - Sending and taking jobs is free, for everyone, always. - No subscriptions or Pro versions, RevLink takes 2%, and only once the job is finished and you have been paid. - No home owners, no marketers, no resold leads. Contractors only. ### Get answers fast ### - A chat on every job. Photos, questions and the price stay with the work, not scattered through your texts. - Direct messages too, for the conversations that are not about one job. ### Money you can see ### - Invoice, pay and settle up in the app. Your cut, their cut and what you cleared, on one screen. - Straight to your bank. Add your payout details once and the money follows the work. - Rate the contractor when it is done, so the good ones are easy to find again. ### Find the right trade ### - A directory of real contractors. Search by trade and area, see their profile and their work, and add the good ones to your network. - A board of open jobs near you, filtered by trade and how far you will drive. - Your own network on top, so the job you send goes to someone you already trust. - On iPad, the list sits beside the job, so you can work a day's worth without leaving the screen.

Screenshots

Referral Buddy4 screens
RevLink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RevLink at 100% against Referral Buddy's 0%. RevLink also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). Referral Buddy's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

RevLink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Referral Buddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of RevLink's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Referral Buddy ships an update every 4 months, RevLink every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Referral Buddy versus RevLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReferral BuddyRevLink
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings311 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNorth South 804 Apps LLCdavid bergeron

Customer experience

Referral Buddy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

RevLink

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Referral Buddy

No in-app purchases

None

RevLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Referral Buddy free?
Referral Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RevLink free?
RevLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Referral Buddy or RevLink?
RevLink is rated higher. Referral Buddy averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while RevLink averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Referral Buddy or RevLink have ads?
Neither Referral Buddy nor RevLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Referral Buddy or RevLink?
Referral Buddy ships an update every 4 months, and RevLink every 5 days. Most recently, Referral Buddy was updated on November 3, 2026 and RevLink on November 4, 2026.

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