Comparison

HelloBlink vs Tin Can

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

Head to head
About

HelloBlink

Easily print your favorite photos, drawings, and images directly from your device to a sticker maker. Select your desired pictures and send them to the printer for instant sticker creation.

Highlights
  • Print photographs
  • Print drawings
  • Print images
  • Image library access
  • Select images for printing
  • Send images to sticker printer
Features
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This app is for use with the Hello Blink sticker maker and can be used to assist in printing photographs, drawings and images from the apps image library. It will allow the user to choose which images they want to print and then send that image to the sticker printer and have it printed on a sticker.

About

Tin Can

This app allows parents to manage a screen-free phone designed for children. It enables control over approved contacts, call hours, and call history, ensuring a safe communication experience for kids.

Highlights
  • Approve contacts
  • Set call hours
  • View call history
  • Manage multiple devices
  • Share device access
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Tin Can: The Kid Phone That’s All Talk. Remember when phones just made calls? When your best friend’s number lived in your head and your social network was whoever answered the landline? Tin Can brings that freedom back — but for your kid. It’s a screen-free phone that runs on Wi-Fi and only calls approved contacts. No apps. No strangers. No doom scrolling. Just grandparent chats, playdate plans, and “Can I stay five more minutes?” calls. The Tin Can companion app gives parents (and only parents) the behind-the-scenes magic that controls their Tin Can phone: • Approve who they can call (and who can call them) • Set call hours (like bedtime is not party line time) • See call history • Share your Tin Can with friends to grow the crew • Control multiple cans from one place (power move) Tin Can: Built for kids. Approved by the same generation that made prank calls on rotary phones.

Screenshots

HelloBlink4 screens
Tin Can4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HelloBlink at 4.7 against Tin Can's 3.0. HelloBlink also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 105) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Tin Can's advantage is chart position (#10 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HelloBlink holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HelloBlink has 11K ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of HelloBlink's written reviews are positive against 71% of Tin Can's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HelloBlink ships an update fortnightly, Tin Can every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
HelloBlink versus Tin Can: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelloBlinkTin Can
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings) — better3.0 (105 ratings)
Positive reviews64.5% of reviews70.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better105
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#10 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB79 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperShenzhen Yihengke Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd.Tin Can

Customer experience

HelloBlink

All ratings10,270 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews988 reviews
Positive64.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative26.2%

Tin Can

All ratings105 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative48.6%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative22.8%

Bugs and requests

HelloBlink

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Printer not connecting
  • App freezing on print screen
  • Gallery not loading
  • Unresponsive buttons

Requested features

3 requests
  • More design options
  • Improved app stability
  • Better troubleshooting steps

Tin Can

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HelloBlink

No in-app purchases

None

Tin Can

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HelloBlink free?
HelloBlink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tin Can free?
Tin Can is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HelloBlink or Tin Can?
HelloBlink is rated higher. HelloBlink averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Tin Can averages 3.0 from 105 ratings.
Do HelloBlink or Tin Can have ads?
Neither HelloBlink nor Tin Can shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HelloBlink or Tin Can?
HelloBlink ships an update fortnightly, and Tin Can every 2 weeks. Most recently, HelloBlink was updated on September 24, 2026 and Tin Can on September 21, 2026.

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