Comparison

No Bars Given vs koi

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

Head to head
About

No Bars Given

Features
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The towers go down at every festival. Your crew doesn't have to. No Bars Given connects phones directly to each other over Bluetooth - no cell service, no Wi-Fi, no accounts, no servers. Chat with people nearby, watch your crew move on a live map, and raise your phone to see their totems floating in AR over the crowd. WORKS WITH ZERO BARS Every phone running the app relays for every other one, so your messages hop across the crowd even when nobody has signal. SEE YOUR CREW, NOT STRANGERS Location is shared only with the crew you invite, encrypted end to end. Nobody else can read it - including us. There is no server to read it. BUILD YOUR TOTEM Pick a topper, a pole, and a flair. It travels as two bytes over the mesh and rises above the crowd in AR so your friends can find you. PARTY UP IN A SECOND Scan a friend's code or knock your phones together. No usernames to exchange, no requests to accept later. NO ACCOUNT, EVER Open the app and you're in. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log into, nothing about you stored on anyone's server. Bluetooth mesh needs at least two devices nearby to shine - grab a friend and go.

About

koi

Connect with your closest friends in a private, ad-free space. Share unfiltered thoughts and funny pictures without algorithmic interference. Customize your profile to express your unique personality.

Highlights
  • Private by design
  • End-to-end encrypted DMs
  • Top 5 friends feature
  • Customizable profile and 'koi'
  • No ads or influencers
  • No algorithmic feed
Features
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funny pics. 2am ramblings. unfiltered thoughts. no ads. no influencers. no algorithm deciding what you see. welcome back to the real, human internet. - private by design. no screenshots. end-to-end encrypted dms. - top 5 friends. find out who your real friends are… - design your koi, pond & profile. your customizations say a lot about you as a person xoxo, koi

Screenshots

No Bars Given3 screens
koi4 screens

Verdict

The call

No Bars Given and koi 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
No Bars Given versus koi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNo Bars Givenkoi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB101 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJames HurlbutHuman Internet Project, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

No Bars Given

No in-app purchases

None

koi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is No Bars Given free?
No Bars Given is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is koi free?
koi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do No Bars Given or koi have ads?
Neither No Bars Given nor koi shows ads.

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