Comparison

Desire vs askBae

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

Head to head
About

Desire

This app offers couples playful challenges, romantic ideas, and personalized AI-generated activities to strengthen connection and spark romance. It encourages communication and creativity, helping partners rediscover closeness and surprise each other in a safe and intimate way.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized dares
  • Thousands of curated couple challenges
  • Earn points and level up
  • Send eLoves anytime
  • Couple's private chat
  • Private couple's journal
  • Badges & achievements
Features
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Desire is the couples app that strengthens connection, sparks romance, and helps you create meaningful moments together — now powered by AI. Whether you’ve just started dating or have been together for years, Desire brings fresh inspiration to your relationship with playful challenges, romantic ideas, and personalized AI-generated activities designed just for the two of you. Designed to bring couples closer Desire encourages communication, connection, and creativity. No matter your relationship stage, the app helps you keep the spark alive while having fun together — always in a respectful, intimate, and safe way. Designed for real connection Desire helps couples rediscover closeness, spark curiosity, and surprise each other again. Powered by AI, the experience learns from how you play together, allowing recommendations and challenges to become increasingly relevant and personalized over time. Features • AI-powered personalized dares Our new AI engine creates unique, tailored dares and prompts based on your preferences, mood, and relationship style. The more you play, the better the suggestions become. • Thousands of curated couple challenges Choose from a large catalog of categories that cover romance, connection, playfulness, communication and more. New content is added regularly. • Earn points and level up Complete dares to earn points, unlock new categories, and celebrate milestones in your relationship. • Send eLoves anytime Shake your phone to discover thoughtful messages you can send instantly to brighten your partner’s day. • Couple’s private chat Enjoy a safe and private place to share messages, photos (with optional pixelation), and stickers — only between the two of you. • Private couple’s journal Capture your best moments in a shared diary where you can save memories, photos, and everyday highlights. • Badges & achievements Have fun collecting badges together as you complete dares and milestones. Platinum Account (Optional Subscription) Unlock the full Desire experience: • Unlimited access to all dare categories • Unlimited AI-generated dares • Chili level • No ads Subscription details: • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription period is allowed. Privacy Policy: https://www.desire.games/terms.html Terms of Use: https://www.desire.games/terms

About

askBae

Deepen your connection with your partner by answering a daily relationship question. Discover new insights about each other and your bond through curated prompts that encourage creative and honest responses. Build your shared love story by getting to know them better, one question at a time.

Highlights
  • Daily relationship questions
  • 300+ curated prompts
  • Partner-only reveals
  • Creative answering
  • Build love stories
Features
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Learn more about your relationship by answering a single couple-related question every day. How it works: AskBae is a couple quiz with 300+ curated question to get closer with your partner and (re-)discover your relationship. You and your partner get ONE random question per day - it might be about yourself, the partner or just the relationship. Answer it with your own words and without limitations - you can be creative! But: Your partner is only able to see what you have written once they answered too on the same day - so you better not miss it! Get to know each other with a romantic, funny or unusual question a day. Love is a partnership. Play & build your love-story with your partner by get to knowing them better. ______________________________________________ APP USAGE INFO & askBae+ SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Should you choose to upgrade to our a askBae+ subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Ask bae! Auto-renewal may be turned off in your Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. You can also manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. askBae Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ askBae Privacy Policy: https://askbae.app/privacy askBae Platform-specific Terms of Use: https://askbae.app/terms

Screenshots

Desire4 screens
askBae4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: askBae at 4.8 against Desire's 4.3. askBae also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 77%). Desire's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Desire sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and askBae sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

askBae holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 783 and 578 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Desire's written reviews are positive against 91% of askBae's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Desire ships an update every 2 weeks, askBae every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Desire versus askBae: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesireaskBae
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (783 ratings)4.8 (578 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings783 — better578
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB58 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDesire Technologies, Ltd.Dominik Seemayr

Customer experience

Desire

All ratings774 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews524 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative15.6%

askBae

All ratings572 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%

User reviews

Desire

From 783 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative app for couples
  • 🤩 Helps rekindle relationships
  • 🤗 Brings couples closer together
  • 🎉 Adds excitement and spontaneity
  • 💕 Facilitates romance and intimacy

Room to improve

  • 💰 Premium features are too expensive
  • 🔒 Limited access without premium subscription
  • 🤔 Lack of variety in default dares
  • 🙄 Frequent push notifications can be annoying
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and connectivity issues

askBae

From 578 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💬 Facilitates meaningful couple conversations
  • 👍 Easy navigation and user-friendly interface
  • 🌙 Dark mode and reminder features
  • 💡 Innovative conversation starter concept
  • 📈 Strengthens relationship communication over time

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app glitches and freezing
  • 🔄 Repetitive and stale questions
  • ⏰ Limited free version (one question per day)
  • 💰 Paywall frustration for full experience
  • 📊 Question pool exhausted quickly by regular users

Bugs and requests

Desire

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login/password recovery issues
  • Disappearing conversation history
  • Inability to send/receive dares at times
  • Incompatibility between app versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save and reuse custom dares
  • More diverse and spicier dare categories
  • Improved organization and aesthetics
  • Ability to search and browse community dares
  • Option to disable push notifications

askBae

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Answers not displaying or syncing between partners
  • Settings button freezes entire app
  • Data loss on user's end after app updates
  • Streak tracking broken after updates
  • App shows unanswered questions when both partners have answered

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand question database with new questions
  • User-submitted question suggestions
  • Ability to reply to answers for deeper conversations
  • Restore lifetime subscription option
  • More questions available without premium upgrade

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Desire

Subscriptions2
  • Platinum Account$9.991 Month
  • Platinum Account$15.491 Month
One-time8
  • 20 magic coins$0.99
  • BlackFriday Promotion$1.99
  • Remove ads$2.99
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  • 115 magic coins$4.99
  • 250 magic coins$9.99
  • Give 250 magic coins$9.99
  • Get Chili level now$12.99
  • 675 magic coins$24.99
7 purchases

askBae

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly subscription$1.997 Days
  • Month subscription$4.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription$4.991 Month
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  • One year askBae+ (Offer)$12.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription (Discount)3 Days trial$20.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • askBae+ Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Desire free?
Desire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is askBae free?
askBae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Desire or askBae?
askBae is rated higher. Desire averages 4.3 out of 5 from 783 ratings, while askBae averages 4.8 from 578 ratings.
Do Desire or askBae have ads?
Both Desire and askBae show ads.
Which is updated more often, Desire or askBae?
Desire ships an update every 2 weeks, and askBae every 10 days. Most recently, Desire was updated on November 1, 2026 and askBae on October 30, 2026.

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