BAOverse vs Saphi
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.
Saphi
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The Saphi app is the easiest way to support local. Order your favourite specialty coffee, artisan bakery while earning and redeeming loyalty rewards. Skip the queue with Click & Collect Never leave your seat and order another using Order and Pay at Table Earn and redeem loyalty rewards Pay using Apple Pay Become part of the the Saphi community Rewards are earned automatically and can be redeemed as you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BAOverse at every 2 weeks against Saphi's every 2 months. BAOverse also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.6). 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
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, Saphi every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BAOverse | Saphi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BAO London Ltd | 5loyalty |
In-app purchases
BAOverse
No in-app purchases
Saphi
No in-app purchases
