Hive vs DinkLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hive
This social platform focuses on genuine connections by helping you discover local events and find communities based on shared interests. Create or join groups to foster authentic conversations and build spaces that matter.
- Discover local events
- Find people with shared interests
- Create and manage communities
- In-app ticket purchasing
- QR code check-ins for events
- Authentic, non-algorithm-driven feeds
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Hive is the social app where things actually happen. Exclusively on iOS. Find events near you, grab tickets, and check in at the door with a QR code, all without leaving the app. Discover what's going on tonight or plan something for next week. Public events, private events, free or ticketed, it's all here. Join communities called Hives -around music, food, nightlife, sports, art, or whatever you're into. Some are open to everyone. Some are private, invite-only. Post, talk, link up, and actually meet the people behind the profiles. Start your own Hive and build something around it. Host events with Swarm: set your own pricing, create promo codes, invite co-hosts, and manage everything from your phone. Your tickets even show the weather forecast, so your people know what to wear. Add events straight to your calendar or Apple Wallet. Set your profile music. Hive isn't trying to keep you on your phone. It's trying to get you off it.
DinkLink
Connect with people nearby in real life without digital clutter. This app uses Bluetooth to show who is around and open to meeting, focusing on local presence over online noise. It's designed for real-world venues and prioritizes privacy with no accounts or tracking.
- No account required
- No messaging
- No GPS/location tracking
- No social feed
- Local presence via Bluetooth
- Ephemeral micro-profiles
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Human Connection, Not Digital Clutter DinkLink is a local social presence app designed to help people connect in real life without accounts, inboxes, followers, or endless scrolling. Open the app, create a simple micro-profile, and choose whether you are “Open to meet.” Nearby DinkLink users can appear on your screen using Bluetooth LE, giving you a gentle way to notice who is around and open to a real-world hello. DinkLink is intentionally simple: • No account required • No messaging • No GPS/location tracking • No contacts upload • No social feed • No follower counts • No server-based profile storage It is designed for real places: cafés, pubs, events, campuses, clubs, conferences, meetups, festivals, community gatherings, and anywhere people may want a low-pressure way to notice one another nearby. DinkLink is about local presence, not online noise. Local, Ephemeral, Respectful. At its core, DinkLink is powered by Bluetooth and runs on your device. It creates a temporary local view of nearby users who have chosen to be visible. Your micro-profile is not uploaded to a server, stored in the cloud, sold, or used for advertising. DinkLink does not use personal data for ads or tracking. Any analytics are limited to aggregated, non-identifying insights. Free to use. Privacy Policy: https://dinklink.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Hive and DinkLink are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 Hive against 5.0 for DinkLink. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Hive ships an update every 3 weeks, DinkLink every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hive | DinkLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Blankwall Software Inc | John Manson |
Customer experience
Hive
DinkLink
In-app purchases
Hive
No in-app purchases
DinkLink
No in-app purchases
