SkillMates vs Bahe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
SkillMates
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SkillMates β Learn, Teach, Connect Turn your skills into learning opportunities. SkillMates is a skill-sharing and skill-exchange community where you teach what you know, learn what you want, and connect with the right people to make it happen β no classroom required. WHY SKILLMATES β’ Show what you can teach and what you want to learn, right on your profile. β’ Get matched with complementary partners β someone who wants to learn what you teach, and can teach what you want to learn. β’ Chat one-on-one with text, photos, videos, and voice messages. β’ Build a public profile with your portfolio, credentials, and student reviews. β’ Stay safe with built-in reporting and blocking tools. DISCOVER Browse and search for skill partners, mentors, curated lessons, and new members. Explore a growing library of skills across creative, technical, language, and lifestyle categories. EXCHANGE Set your "I Can Teach" and "I Want to Learn" preferences, and let SkillMates surface learning partners whose skills complement yours. Send an exchange request, get accepted, and start learning together. MESSAGES Once you're connected, keep the conversation going with real-time one-on-one messaging β share text, images, videos, and voice notes to coordinate lessons and share resources. PROFILE Showcase your teaching skills, learning goals, portfolio, and credentials. Let others know what you bring to the table and what you're hoping to learn next. MEMBERSHIP & COINS Upgrade to SkillMates Plus or Pro for more daily exchange requests and a higher number of Discover recommendations. Pro members can also publish paid teaching listings. Use Coins to refresh your exchange match batch whenever you want fresh recommendations. β’ SkillMates Plus / Pro β auto-renewing weekly or monthly subscriptions with tiered benefits. β’ Coins β a consumable in-app currency for refreshing your matches. Subscription and Coins prices are shown in the app before purchase and are charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions on your device. SAFETY FIRST SkillMates is built around real people helping each other grow. Report or block any user or content that violates our community guidelines, right from their profile or a chat. We review every report and take action to keep the community safe. PRIVACY BY DESIGN We only collect what's needed to run the app β no GPS location tracking, no contacts access. You choose what to share on your profile, and you can delete your account at any time in Settings. Whether you want to trade your coding skills for guitar lessons, practice a new language with a native speaker, or find a mentor for your next creative project β SkillMates helps you find the right person to learn with. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/skillmatesuseragreement/user-agreement Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/skillmatesprivacypolicy/SkillMates-Privacy-Policy Support: https://sites.google.com/view/skillmates-technical-suppor/SkillMates-Technical-Support
Bahe
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bahe bahe is a pet short-video moments app for pet owners who love capturing everyday clips of dogs, cats, and other companions. Record or import a pet video, add a title, caption, and tags, then keep your moments on this device. Browse Sample moments, discover clips by tags, and try a local boost preview with gift-pack credits. MAIN FEATURES β’ Moments Feed Scroll a clean feed of pet moments. Like and bookmark posts you enjoy, open a moment for details and comments, and use More to report or block content you do not want to see again. β’ Publish Pet Video Create in three simple steps: add a video with the camera or from Photos, fill in title, caption, tags, and visibility, then preview and save. Keep live audio when you record, or attach a sample pet clip if you want to try the flow first. β’ Discover Search titles and tags, filter by hashtags such as #corgi, #cat, or #beagle, and open moments that match what you are looking for. β’ Library Find your saved moments and boost preview records in one place. Open a moment anytime, or start a boost preview when you have credits. β’ Gift Packs & Boost Preview Buy gift packs with Apple In-App Purchase to unlock boost credits on this device. Spend credits to generate an illustrative reach preview for a saved moment. Estimates are for reference only and are not a live delivery guarantee. β’ Safety & Local Account Report a post to hide it from your feed, or block an author to hide their moments. Sign in with a local username and password (Quick Login available). Log out returns you to sign-in while keeping your content; Delete Account erases all local data on this device. β’ Privacy-First Design bahe runs on your device. Pet videos, moments, reactions, credits, and boost records stay local. No account backend is required for core use. bahe helps you turn everyday pet clips into moments you can revisit, organize, and previewβright on your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bahe at weekly against SkillMates's fortnightly. Bahe also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SkillMates sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Bahe sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SkillMates ships an update fortnightly, Bahe weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SkillMates | Bahe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Thanh Nam Nguyen | Tarmi Hozel |
In-app purchases
SkillMates
- SkillMates Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
- SkillMates Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- SkillMates Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
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- SkillMates Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- SkillMates 845 Coins$18.99
- SkillMates 1124 Coins$27.99
- SkillMates 1794 Coins$38.99
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- SkillMates 2842 Coins$57.99
- SkillMates 4949 Coins$89.99
- SkillMates 6042 Coins$105.99
Bahe
- Nest Pack$0.99
- Spark Chest$2.99
- Meadow Kit$9.99
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- Trail Box$14.49
- Sunset Case$19.99
- Crown Pack$49.99
- Legend Vault$99.99









