Comparison

HelloFlow vs Covalent

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

Head to head
About

HelloFlow

This app connects you with people for various activities, from dating to finding a study buddy. Simply state what you're looking for, and it finds compatible matches with conversation starters. You can chat before committing and find new connections if the first doesn't click.

Highlights
  • Finds people based on stated interests
  • No profile swiping or resume-like profiles
  • Automatic conversation starters
  • Chat before committing to a connection
  • Customizable search filters (distance, age, gender)
  • Supports dating, friendship, and activity partners
Features
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Flow finds you people worth talking to. Tell Flow what you're looking for — a coffee date, a running buddy, someone who gets your major, a co-founder — and it goes looking. No swiping through hundreds of faces. No writing a profile that reads like a resume. Just say what you want in plain words and let it match you. HOW IT WORKS Say it in your own words. "find me a running buddy." "anyone in Philly tonight?" "someone who can hold a conversation." Flow reads what you actually mean. Get matched with a real person. Flow introduces you both and gets the conversation started, so you're never staring at an empty chat box wondering what to open with. Talk. Then decide. Every match is a real conversation with a real person. If it clicks, keep going. If it doesn't, say the word and Flow finds someone new. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most apps hand you a grid and make you do the work. Flow does the looking for you. It learns what you like from how you actually talk — not from a checklist you filled out once and forgot. Matches come with an opener, so the first message is never the hard part. You can chat before you commit to anything. Look around first. WHAT YOU CAN USE IT FOR Dating, if that's what you're after. Friendship, if it isn't. Study partners, gym partners, pickup basketball, someone who misses home as much as you do, someone to explore a new city with. Set how far you're willing to go, who you'd like to meet, and the age range that makes sense for you. Flow is for people 18 and over. Questions? contact@helloflow.app

About

Covalent

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Some things are easier with people who get it. Covalent matches you, by hand, with a small private circle of 4–6 people facing the same challenge you are. For 90 days, your circle is where you show up, say how it's really going and keep each other going. Covalent is not therapy, and we don't give advice. No diagnoses, no experts telling you what to do: just people going through the same thing, who listen and share what has helped them. Your circle forms around what you're going through: • Overcoming loneliness • Recovering from a breakup • Beating procrastination • Building discipline and habits • Getting back on track • Starting a business • Or simply making new friends who get you HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell us what you're going through, in your own words. No labels, no tests. 2. We read it and match you with people in a similar place who speak your language. 3. Talk as often as you like in a chat only your circle can see. YOUR CIRCLE • A private group chat with just 4–6 people, never a public feed • Kai, our guide, opens the conversation so nobody has to break the ice alone. Kai is written by the Covalent team: real people, not AI • Daily conversation prompts and quick polls to get everyone talking • Know when someone answers you, without the message showing on your lock screen • Circle streaks that grow when members show up for each other • Not clicking with your group? Ask within 10 days and we'll move you YOUR DIARY • A private page for what you're not ready to say out loud • Mark how the day felt and look back at how you've changed • Lock it with Face ID, so whoever holds your phone can't open it • A daily reminder at the time you choose YOUR PROGRESS • Earn avatars, frames and badges over your 90 days • Your badges are private unless you choose to show one SAFE BY DESIGN • Members are 18+ and use a username; your real name is never shown • Report any message or block any member in a couple of taps; our team reviews every report • Messages that share contact details or harass someone are held for review before the circle sees them • Crisis lines for your country, one tap away • No ads, no tracking, your data is never sold • Download your data or delete your account anytime, right in the app Covalent is peer support. It is not therapy or medical care, and it is not an emergency service. If you are in crisis, call your local emergency number or a crisis line in your country.

Screenshots

HelloFlow4 screens
Covalent4 screens

Verdict

The call

HelloFlow and Covalent are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HelloFlow versus Covalent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelloFlowCovalent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB3 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAlexander KornhauserFACUNDO SANSALONE GRASSO

In-app purchases

None

HelloFlow

No in-app purchases

None

Covalent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HelloFlow free?
HelloFlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Covalent free?
Covalent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HelloFlow or Covalent have ads?
Neither HelloFlow nor Covalent shows ads.

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