Know by KARE vs BV Link By BVSL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Know by KARE
Connect with fellow post-acute care professionals, manage your career, and discover new opportunities. Access real-time wage data and find local events within a dedicated digital community.
- Career management
- Job opportunities
- Professional networking
- Real-time wage information
- Event discovery
- Caregiver and nurse connections
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Join Know by KARE, the first and only digital community dedicated to the post-acute careforce! Be a part of a community of like-minded professionals where you can manage your career, find new opportunities, connect with other front-line caregivers and nurses, find events, get real-time wage information in your area from Know Your Worth, and more!
BV Link By BVSL
Stay connected with the latest news, updates, and resources from Brightview Senior Living. Discover associate spotlights and express appreciation within the community.
- Community news and updates
- Associate spotlights
- Appreciation features
- Resource access
- Senior living information
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BV Link is your connection to important Brightview Senior Living news, updates, and resources, plus associate spotlights, appreciation, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Know by KARE at fortnightly against BV Link By BVSL's every 6 weeks. Know by KARE also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 4.9 for Know by KARE against 5.0 for BV Link By BVSL. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Know by KARE has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Know by KARE ships an update fortnightly, BV Link By BVSL every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Know by KARE | BV Link By BVSL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kare Technologies LLC | Brightview Senior Living, LLC |
Customer experience
Know by KARE
BV Link By BVSL
In-app purchases
Know by KARE
No in-app purchases
BV Link By BVSL
No in-app purchases
