Hamvatan App vs Balatarin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hamvatan App
Discover Persian businesses in Toronto and list your own for free. This app serves as a directory for the Toronto Persian community's businesses.
- Find Persian businesses in Toronto
- Register your business
- Toronto Persian Community directory
- Free business listing
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Find Persian Businesses in Toronto and register your business in the list. for free. Toronto Persian Community Business list.
Balatarin
This platform serves as a central hub for sharing and discovering Persian content related to Iran and global news. Users can vote on posts, create and manage virtual communities, and engage in discussions based on shared interests. The most popular content rises to the front page, visible to a large audience.
- Content sharing and discovery
- User voting system
- Virtual community creation
- Community management
- Discussion forums
- Interest-based groups
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Balatarin is a hub for Persian links and content sharing about Iran and the world, with hundreds of active sub-communities. با بالاترین اخبار، لینک و محتوای جالب روز را بخوانید، بفرستید و به نوشته‌های خود و دیگران رای دهید. با رای شما و بقیه کاربران بهترین نوشته‌ها و لینک‌ها به صفحه اول بالاترین راه پیدا می‌کنند و صدها هزار بازدید کننده بالاترین آن‌ها را می بینند. ■ بالاترین صدها جامعه مجازی دارد که به بالاچه معروفند. ■ بالاچه خود را بسازید، مدیریت کنید و عضو یا مدیر دیگر بالاچه‌ها شوید. ■ در بالاچه‌ها بنویسید، لینک بفرستید و به محتوای دیگر اعضا رای دهید. ■ علایق مشترک خود را در بالاچه‌های مخصوص آن‌ها به اشتراک بگذارید و با دیگران درباره آن‌ها بحث کنید.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Hamvatan App at 4 against Balatarin's 1. Hamvatan App also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hamvatan App against 5.0 for Balatarin. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Hamvatan App ships an update every 2 months, Balatarin every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hamvatan App | Balatarin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hamid reza Kashani | Balatarin LLC |
Customer experience
Hamvatan App
Balatarin
In-app purchases
Hamvatan App
No in-app purchases
Balatarin
No in-app purchases
