Comparison

askBae vs Bond

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

Head to head
About

askBae

Deepen your connection with your partner by answering a daily relationship question. Discover new insights about each other and your bond through curated prompts that encourage creative and honest responses. Build your shared love story by getting to know them better, one question at a time.

Highlights
  • Daily relationship questions
  • 300+ curated prompts
  • Partner-only reveals
  • Creative answering
  • Build love stories
Features
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Learn more about your relationship by answering a single couple-related question every day. How it works: AskBae is a couple quiz with 300+ curated question to get closer with your partner and (re-)discover your relationship. You and your partner get ONE random question per day - it might be about yourself, the partner or just the relationship. Answer it with your own words and without limitations - you can be creative! But: Your partner is only able to see what you have written once they answered too on the same day - so you better not miss it! Get to know each other with a romantic, funny or unusual question a day. Love is a partnership. Play & build your love-story with your partner by get to knowing them better. ______________________________________________ APP USAGE INFO & askBae+ SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Should you choose to upgrade to our a askBae+ subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Ask bae! Auto-renewal may be turned off in your Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. You can also manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. askBae Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ askBae Privacy Policy: https://askbae.app/privacy askBae Platform-specific Terms of Use: https://askbae.app/terms

About

Bond

Features
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Bond remembers who you've been meaning to reach out to — so you don't have to carry that in your head. No guilt. No pressure. Just a quiet reminder when a friendship needs a little attention. --- WHO NEEDS YOU Bond keeps a living list of your people, sorted by how long it's been. Overdue friends surface softly — "Late March", "Mid-March" — not with a flashing red badge. You set the rhythm for each person: weekly, monthly, whenever feels right. Change it anytime. WHAT TO DO TOGETHER The hardest part isn't remembering to reach out — it's knowing what to actually do. Bond's Inspiration tab suggests one fresh activity every day (~150 ideas total), matched to the friend you've been neglecting most. Stargazing with a thermos. A long walk. That coffee you keep saying you'll have. Tap to see more ideas; a few re-rolls are free each day. HOW YOUR CIRCLE FITS The Network tab shows your whole social world as a connected map — who knows whom, how close each relationship is, where the clusters are. Five tiers (Intimate, Close, Trusted, Acquainted, Casual) let you be honest about where things actually stand, without anyone ever seeing how you've categorised them. --- WHAT MAKES BOND DIFFERENT Entirely on your device. No account. No cloud. No subscription to a server somewhere holding your relationship data hostage. Bond lives in SwiftData on your iPhone. Nobody sees who you've put in "Casual". Your data is yours. Not a CRM. Bond does not care about your pipeline, your network ROI, or your last-contact notes. It cares whether you've seen your old flatmate recently and whether you two might enjoy stargazing. Not a social network. Your friends never see the app. There is no feed. Nobody gets a notification because you added them. This is a private space for you to tend to the relationships that matter. Read access, always. After the 7-day free trial, Bond goes read-only rather than locking you out. Your data stays visible. You keep access to your people. We think that's the only fair model. --- EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE APP - Contacts tab: urgency-sorted friend list with friendship tiers and soft fuzzy dates - Inspiration tab: one curated activity suggestion per day, paired to your most-overdue friend - Network tab: force-directed social graph of your whole circle - Friendship status quiz: find the right tier for each relationship - Birthday and anniversary reminders - Two home-screen widgets: upcoming events and overdue friends at a glance - Local notifications: gentle nudges, not alarm-clock pressure - JSON import and export: your data in a readable format, always - Light and dark mode; full German language support --- PLANS Bond Forever — $8.99 one-time (recommended) Bond Premium — $3.99 per year Free trial: 7 days, full access. No credit card asked until you decide. --- Questions? hello@rooftopmoments.com Privacy: rooftopmoments.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

askBae4 screens
Bond4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bond at none against askBae's shown. askBae's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. askBae sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Bond sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

askBae ships an update every 10 days, Bond every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
askBae versus Bond: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteraskBaeBond
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (572 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings572 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB45 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDominik SeemayrRooftop Moments UG haftungsbeschrankt

Bugs and requests

askBae

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Answers not displaying or syncing between partners
  • Settings button freezes entire app
  • Data loss on user's end after app updates
  • Streak tracking broken after updates
  • App shows unanswered questions when both partners have answered

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand question database with new questions
  • User-submitted question suggestions
  • Ability to reply to answers for deeper conversations
  • Restore lifetime subscription option
  • More questions available without premium upgrade

Bond

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

askBae

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly subscription$1.997 Days
  • Month subscription$4.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription$4.991 Month
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  • One year askBae+ (Offer)$12.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription (Discount)3 Days trial$20.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • askBae+ Lifetime$34.99
2 purchases

Bond

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Plan$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$8.99

Questions

Is askBae free?
askBae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bond free?
Bond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do askBae or Bond have ads?
askBae shows ads; Bond does not.
Which is updated more often, askBae or Bond?
askBae ships an update every 10 days, and Bond every 9 months. Most recently, askBae was updated on September 25, 2026 and Bond on September 10, 2026.

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