Comparison

BLADE vs inConnect Guide

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

Head to head
About

BLADE

Experience faster and more convenient travel by booking seats on helicopters, seaplanes, or jets. Access exclusive events, bypass traffic, and enjoy private charters for a premium travel experience. Includes a dedicated car service for seamless last-mile transportation.

Highlights
  • Airport transfers in 5 minutes
  • Weekend and holiday getaways
  • Access to special events
  • On-demand private charters
  • Black Car Service
  • Private BLADE Lounges
Features
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Fly in ways you never thought possible. Save time, see more, and arrive better. - Fly to or from the airport. BLADE helicopters will get you there in 5 minutes, all day long, from $195. - Get away for the weekend or holiday. BLADE transportation is a highlight—book seats in helicopters, seaplanes, or jets to your destination. - Access special events or concerts. Land directly on property at music festivals, sporting events, ski slopes, and more. - Fly private. A fleet of BLADE jets, helicopters, turboprops, and seaplanes are available on-demand for charters and crowdsourcing. - Get there with BLADE Black Car Service. Our last-mile car service provides uniformity in high-end vehicles, driver training, expedited routes (including police escorts when needed), as well as industry leading health and safety protocols. - Enjoy a network of private BLADE Lounges before and after your trip. - No membership fees, ever. Download the BLADE app and fly the future today. ------------ BLADE Urban Air Mobility, Inc. (“BLADE”) is an air charter broker and indirect air carrier, not a direct air carrier, and does not have operational authority of aircraft. All flights are operated by DOT/FAA licensed direct air carriers. For select routes, BLADE acts as an indirect air carrier in accordance with 14 CFR Part 380. Please refer to BLADE’s Operator-Participant Agreement at https://www.blade.com for details

About

inConnect Guide

Features
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inConnect is a tour radio you never have to carry, hand out or collect. You speak into your own phone. Your group hears you in theirs — through the earphones they already have. They listen in the free inConnect app: they scan your QR code, the app opens straight into your tour, and they hear you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app and tap “Go live”. 2. Show the group the QR code, or send the link into the tour chat. 3. Guests scan it with the free inConnect app and hear you within a couple of seconds. You can put the phone in your pocket — the broadcast keeps running. WHAT THE GUIDE SEES • How many people can hear you right now — the counter updates live. • An indicator that answers “can they actually hear me?”, not “is there internet?”. • A warning when the sound stops reaching the group — before the group notices. • A map of the group: who is next to you and who fell behind. • A history of the tours you have run. WHY THIS INSTEAD OF RECEIVERS A set of radio receivers has to be booked ahead, picked up, handed out, collected and not lost. Every lost receiver is a separate bill. inConnect needs no booking the night before: it works with the equipment you and your group are already carrying. WHO IT IS FOR City guides, tour desks, museums, corporate and school groups — anywhere one person needs to be heard by a few dozen. HONEST ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS You need the internet, and so do your listeners. In underpasses and deep cellars there will be no signal — neither for us nor for a radio guide on the same frequency.

Screenshots

BLADE4 screens
inConnect Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: inConnect Guide at every 2 days against BLADE's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLADE ships an update every 4 weeks, inConnect Guide every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BLADE versus inConnect Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLADEinConnect Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFly Blade LLCIhor Kolosov

Bugs and requests

BLADE

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App is buggy
  • Booked wrong dates
  • App not compatible with newer phones
  • App forces login every time
  • App is not native
Show 2 more
  • App UI is pathetic
  • App crashes device

Requested features

5 requests
  • Fewer clicks on the app
  • Auto-apply credits/returns
  • More upfront marketing about costs
  • Improve app UI/UX
  • Remember login details

inConnect Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BLADE

No in-app purchases

None

inConnect Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLADE free?
BLADE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is inConnect Guide free?
inConnect Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BLADE or inConnect Guide have ads?
Neither BLADE nor inConnect Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLADE or inConnect Guide?
BLADE ships an update every 4 weeks, and inConnect Guide every 2 days. Most recently, BLADE was updated on November 11, 2026 and inConnect Guide on November 10, 2026.

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