Comparison

Blink vs Converra

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

Head to head
About

Blink

This app helps you stay connected with friends and family by showing their real-time locations on an interactive map. You can also see their phone's battery level and movement speed, fostering a deeper sense of connection.

Highlights
  • Interactive location map
  • Real-time friend locations
  • Phone charge status
  • Movement speed indicator
  • Enhanced friendship features
Features
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Blink — your universe of friends and a private space away from the noise. Real-time location, a handy messenger, group chats and video calls for up to 100 people, step counter and more. Track where your besties are in real time and chat your way: send audio stickers, share photos and videos, record video or voice messages, change message style and size however you feel. Map, messages, chats and calls — all in one communication app. Create your universe of friends in Blink!

About

Converra

Features
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Converra helps you discover which of your contacts are also in the same room as you — and gives you useful tools for your address book even before you join one. What you can do: • Analyze your address book locally — find duplicate numbers, contacts missing a name, invalid numbers, and see a breakdown by country. Fully offline, nothing leaves your device. • Create or join a temporary room, public or password-protected. • Invite people with a short code, a QR code, or a link — or scan someone else's QR code to join instantly. • See exactly how many contacts you share with each participant, not just a combined list. • Keep a private history of the rooms you've been in. How matching works: Converra never uploads your raw contact list. Each phone number is turned into a one-way cryptographic hash on your device, using a random value unique to each room, before it's sent anywhere. Only matching hashes — never phone numbers — are compared between participants. Everything about a room, including these hashes, is deleted automatically when the room expires. No account or sign-in is required — just pick a nickname and go.

Screenshots

Blink4 screens
Converra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Converra at none against Blink's 7. Converra also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Blink's advantage is chart position (#168 vs unranked). On price 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. Blink sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Converra asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Blink versus Converra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlinkConverra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings18K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#168 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size402 MB36 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBlinkmap LimitedGrisha Papian

Bugs and requests

Blink

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on launch
  • Incorrect friend locations shown
  • Verification code not being sent
  • Outdated map data

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to clear chat history
  • Improve map accuracy and update frequency
  • Integrate Google Maps instead of Apple Maps
  • Add more sticker options

Converra

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Blink

One-time7
  • 10$0.99
  • 30$2.99
  • 50$4.99
Show 4 more
  • 100$9.99
  • 300$29.99
  • 500$39.99
  • 1000$79.99
None

Converra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blink free?
Blink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Converra free?
Converra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blink or Converra have ads?
Blink shows ads; Converra does not.

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