EchoLink vs Hearthen

Please note: This app is for licensed Amateur Radio operators only. See www.echolink.org for more information. EchoLink for iOS provides access to the EchoLink network for validated EchoLink users. You can use this app to connect to the EchoLink system from almost anywhere, using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. If you are not already a validated EchoLink user, you will be required to register (using your Amateur Radio callsign and a password of your choice) the first time you run the app. Please see the iPhone FAQ at www.echolink.org. Please direct any bug reports or feature suggestions to the Web site at http://www.echolink.org/support.htm, since developers do not read app reviews. If you are interested in becoming a licensed Amateur Radio operator, see www.arrl.org for more information. EchoLink is a registered U.S. trademark of Synergenics, LLC.

What is Hearthen? Hearthen is an app created to get people talking to each other again. It encourages communication to strengthen personal relationships — a tool on your screen designed to get you out into the world and away from the screen. How does it work? It makes reaching out easy and fast. Every contact gets a profile detailed enough to be meaningful. A coach suggests a rhythm for each relationship, drawing on research into how closeness is kept (roughly — a compass, not a formula), and when the time comes, messages that sound like you are ready — send one as it is, or make it your own. When a message isn't enough, a card is a few taps away: send it by text or email, or have us print and mail it for you. Remembering to reach out stops being on you, and busy stops being the reason. You can go from reminder to message, or even to a custom card, in seconds. What makes Hearthen unique? You can call, text, WhatsApp or send a card to your people, and each one adds a piece to a canvas that shows how the relationship grows — something you can see, and share with that person and with your family. Each piece can carry a note and a picture (the movie, the dinner, the coffee), so the canvas becomes a scrapbook of the relationship, kept on your device. Put that canvas on the front of a custom greeting card, with your pictures and moments inside, and you have a gift only you could give — meaningful and special. Is it practical? Parents use it to keep the week organized (the game, the recital); professionals and sales reps use it to stay on top of key relationships — the calendar, the events, the next steps. And there's more in it for having fun with your friends, or with that special someone. Is your information safe? We couldn't access it if we wanted to. Everything you enter stays on your own device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. Hearthen has no account and no sign-up, and no ads — ever. What does it cost? Everything is free for the first month. After that, keep the free version for as long as you like — five people, with the coach, the messages, the cards and the canvas — or go Premium for unlimited people, every message voice, every card cover, every canvas style, the calendar and Follow-ups. A Family plan is one subscription for the whole family: five people, all Premium, each on their own phone. The free month doesn't turn into a subscription on its own — you're only billed if you choose Premium. English and Spanish throughout. Hearthen Premium: $19.99/year or $2.49/month. Premium Family: $49.99/year, up to 5 people. Billed through your Apple account only if you subscribe; renews automatically unless cancelled 24+ hours before the period ends. Privacy Policy: https://hearthenapp.com/Privacy.dc.html Terms of Use: https://hearthenapp.com/terms.html