Comparison

Appointment Trader vs Blinko Spots

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

Head to head
About

Appointment Trader

This app allows users to buy and sell reservations for various services, including restaurants, spas, and salons. It helps monetize cancelled plans and find availability in overbooked establishments.

Highlights
  • Buy and sell reservations
  • Monetize cancelled plans
  • Find overbooked service availability
  • Marketplace for restaurants, spas, salons, and more
  • Discover new service providers
Features
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AppointmentTrader turns your cancelled plans into cash and makes overbooked Restaurants, DMV's, SPA's, Hair-Dressers, Golf Clubs and an ever growing list of categories a thing of the past.

About

Blinko Spots

Easily save and organize places you discover, from restaurants to hidden gems. Capture photos, add notes, and find your saved spots on a map or list view. Navigate back to them with ease.

Highlights
  • Save places with photos
  • Automatic location capture
  • Add notes and tags
  • Organize into custom collections
  • List and map views
  • Navigate to saved spots
Features
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Never lose a moment. Blinko helps you capture, plan, share and remember the moments that matter. See a restaurant you want to try? Spot it. Something happening this weekend? Make an Event. Getting people together? Make a Plan. Had a day worth keeping? The photos, the people and the place stay together. Life doesn't happen in separate apps. Maps know where. Calendars know when. Messages know who. Photos know what happened. Blinko connects them around the moment, so the things that catch your attention don't disappear, and the things you want to do actually happen. DISCOVER — "What's on around me?" • One Explore canvas for events, places and beacons near you • WORTH GOING: the events coming up nearby • Because You Spotted: new places chosen from what you already save • Search once, get events, places and people back in clear sections • Browse All events and All places in full — pick a window, filter by category, choose how far to look • Set how far "nearby" reaches; the canvas follows you when you travel • Follow a place or a business, and hear about what they put on CAPTURE — "I don't want to forget this." • Spot Something in two taps: name it, say it out loud, done • Blinko fills in the useful details for you • Collections by trip, interest or mood • Works offline, syncs everywhere PLAN — "Let's actually do this." • Make an Event and share a page anyone can open, no app required • Repeating weekly? Set the cadence once, skip a date without cancelling the series, add the whole run to your calendar • Make a Plan with your people: pick a time, pick who's coming • Just type it: "dinner Friday at 7" in a chat becomes a real plan • Friends not on Blinko? Invite them anyway. They RSVP in one tap • Give a Task when something needs a name against it LIVE — "This is happening." • Group chats where plans live inside the conversation, and you RSVP on the card • Shared lists you tick together • Drop a Beacon to leave something for people nearby to find, and relight it when it matters again • Announce something to your community — news, a notice, a question — and share it with a link • Share something local — a pop-up, a mural, a closure — by camera, a link, or just telling Blinko • A private Family circle, ready the moment you join • Check in with a quick "I'm home" — a message you send, never a location that's tracked • No feed, no noise. Just your people and your moments REMEMBER — "I want to remember this." • Turn spots into full trip itineraries • Keep the best ones as Memories: the note, the photos, the night • The people, the place and the plan stay connected to the memory EXPERIENCES — "Was it any good?" • Say what actually happened at any place, and whether you'd recommend it • No star ratings, no anonymous reviews • Experiences from people you know are labelled, so you can tell whose word you're reading Your life happens beyond your screen. Blinko helps you hold onto it. Blinko Spots is completely free. Every feature, no paid tier, no subscription.

Screenshots

Appointment Trader4 screens
Blinko Spots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blinko Spots at 5.0 against Appointment Trader's 4.3. Blinko Spots also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 30 months). Appointment Trader's advantage is ratings volume (754 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blinko Spots holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Appointment Trader has 754 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Appointment Trader ships an update every 30 months, Blinko Spots weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Appointment Trader versus Blinko Spots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppointment TraderBlinko Spots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (754 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings754 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhoenix Labs, LLCAiromo Inc.

Customer experience

Appointment Trader

All ratings707 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive64.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative33.6%

Blinko Spots

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Appointment Trader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Reservations get cancelled without explanation
  • Refunds and payouts are delayed or denied
  • Inability to change reservation details
  • Technical issues with the app and website

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improve user interface and navigation
  • Enhance customer support and communication
  • Implement better fraud/scam prevention measures
  • Allow reservation deposits to be used towards bill
  • Provide more transparency on reservation availability and status

Blinko Spots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Appointment Trader

No in-app purchases

None

Blinko Spots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Appointment Trader free?
Appointment Trader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blinko Spots free?
Blinko Spots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Appointment Trader or Blinko Spots?
Blinko Spots is rated higher. Appointment Trader averages 4.3 out of 5 from 754 ratings, while Blinko Spots averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Appointment Trader or Blinko Spots have ads?
Appointment Trader shows ads; Blinko Spots does not.
Which is updated more often, Appointment Trader or Blinko Spots?
Appointment Trader ships an update every 30 months, and Blinko Spots weekly. Most recently, Appointment Trader was updated on October 30, 2026 and Blinko Spots on October 6, 2026.

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