BAOverse vs Chatime U.K.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BAOverse
Explore a virtual world inspired by Taiwanese culture and earn in-app currency by dining at participating restaurants. Use your earned currency to purchase unique digital items that can be redeemed for real-world counterparts. Level up your character to unlock new content and exclusive benefits.
- Interactive restaurant exploration
- Earn BAOcoin by dining
- Spend BAOcoin on in-app items
- Redeem items for real-world counterparts
- Level up characters
- Unlock exclusive perks
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The BAOverse is an interactive restaurant experience app which rewards you for exploring our world where each of our London restaurants represents a different slice of Taiwanese culture. Here’s how it works: Choose a character and start exploring the Map Dine at our restaurants to earn BAOcoin Spend your BAOcoin on unique items in the app. Redeem your BAOverse items for their real world counter parts next time you visit. Keep exploring to level up and unlock more characters and exclusive perks.
Chatime U.K.
Order your favorite hand-shaken bubble tea for convenient pickup. Earn loyalty points with every purchase to get free drinks. Enjoy traditional Taiwanese flavors across the UK.
- Click and collect bubble tea orders
- In-app payment processing
- Loyalty points system
- Browse full menu
- Find local stores
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Quintessentially traditional Taiwanese bubble tea; lovingly, and vigorously hand-shaken in 34 different stores across the UK. CLICK & COLLECT You can easily order your food & drink through the Chatime app and collect it from a local Chatime shop - simply choose the items from our menu, pay through the app, and collect at your selected time. LOYALTY We love our loyal customers, so for every pound that you spend with us, we will give you 5 loyalty points back. Collect enough loyalty points and your next healthy meal will be on us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chatime U.K. at 75% against BAOverse's 22%. BAOverse's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BAOverse ships an update every 2 weeks, Chatime U.K. every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BAOverse | Chatime U.K. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BAO London Ltd | P.W. Trading Ltd. |
Customer experience
BAOverse
Chatime U.K.
In-app purchases
BAOverse
No in-app purchases
Chatime U.K.
No in-app purchases
