Divine Video vs TappyBBS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Divine Video
Create and share short, six-second video loops with a focus on human creativity. Discover unique content, build communities, and control your feed and identity.
- Six-second video creation
- In-app camera and editor
- Stop motion and text tools
- Creator discovery and following
- Customizable content feed
- AI-free content verification
- Nostr protocol integration
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All human. No AI slop. Divine is a home for six-second videos made by real people. Funny, strange, handmade things worth watching twice. Make your own with our camera and editor, find your people, and choose what fills your feed. Own what you make. Choose what you see. MAKE SOMETHING WEIRD Record with Divine’s camera and build your loop with clips, text, sound, and stop motion. Six seconds. Make it count. FIND YOUR PEOPLE Discover creators, follow your favorites, and build public lists around the people and things you love. Your feed, your call. ALL HUMAN Human creativity is why Divine exists. We use capture verification and moderation to help keep AI-generated video out of your feed. YOUR LOOPS. YOUR AUDIENCE. YOURS. Divine is built on Nostr, an open protocol that gives you control of your identity and content beyond a single app. Our code is public: inspect it, build on it, hold us to it. REDISCOVER THE CLASSICS Watch restored Vine classics alongside new six-second creations. Divine is an independent project with no affiliation with Vine, Twitter, or X. Come make something weird. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
TappyBBS
Experience a retro, terminal-based chat community inspired by 1980s and '90s bulletin board systems. Engage in public or private rooms, send direct messages, and navigate conversations with a command-driven interface.
- Terminal-based interface
- Public and private chat rooms
- Direct messaging
- Command-driven navigation
- Retro aesthetic
- Content reporting
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TappyBBS is a chat application modeled after old-school terminal based BBS systems! Step into an authentic, terminal-first community inspired by the dial-up bulletin board systems of the 1980s and ’90s. Enter the Lobby, see who’s online and explore conversations through a command-driven interface built entirely around glowing text, prompts and a custom terminal keyboard. DISCOVER THE BOARD Browse public Rooms, join ongoing conversations and connect with people across the board. Create private Rooms when you want a more focused place to talk. SEND eXPRESS MESSAGES Send private eXpress messages directly to other users. If they’re away, your message will be waiting when they return. KEEP UP WITH THE CONVERSATION Scan for unread messages, receive replies and return directly to the Rooms where the conversation is happening. REACH THE SYSOPS Report content or open a private Yell Room when you need help from the moderation team. A DIFFERENT KIND OF SOCIAL EXPERIENCE TappyBBS trades polished social-media chrome for phosphor-green text, command prompts and the feeling of dialing into a hidden community. It’s nostalgic for BBS veterans, but built as a fully functional social experience for anyone ready to try something different. Log on. Explore the board. See who answers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TappyBBS at 5.0 against Divine Video's 4.2. TappyBBS also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Divine Video's advantage is ratings volume (177 vs 1) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Divine Video sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. TappyBBS asks for nothing beyond the download.
TappyBBS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Divine Video has 177 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Divine Video's written reviews are positive against 100% of TappyBBS's.
Divine Video ships an update every 8 days, TappyBBS every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Divine Video | TappyBBS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (177 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Verse Communications Inc | Waldron Interactive LLC |
Customer experience
Divine Video
TappyBBS
In-app purchases
Divine Video
- Divine Supporter$6.991 Month
- Divine Founding Supporter$59.991 Year
- Divine Supporter (Annual)$69.991 Year
TappyBBS
No in-app purchases









