Comparison

Plurk vs CaHk

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

Head to head
About

Plurk

Connect with friends, family, and others to share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks. Express yourself freely while ensuring your privacy is protected. Enjoy custom emoticons and private messaging options.

Highlights
  • Share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks
  • Custom emoticons with any image type
  • Private messaging for limited visibility
  • Connect with friends and family
  • Privacy protection for messages
Features
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Discover, connect, and share interesting stuffs with your friends, family, and like-minded folks at Plurk! Grant yourself unlimited ways to express yourself like sharing your thoughts, moments, videos, artworks or simply everyday life tidbits, be they bizarre or serious. And we take it seriously at protecting your privacy -- Never will you worry about your emotional secrets being read by the annoying colleague around the corner, or the nagging aunt in the neighboring state. Highlights of Plurk: - Custom Emoticons: Use emoticons created with any types of images to paint thousand words in your messages -- animated or still, cheerful or sorrow! - Private messages: Limit who can see and reply each of your messages, and turn them into private discussions!

About

CaHk

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CaHk is a community forum for life in Canada. Ask questions, share what you know, and stay connected — in Chinese and English. From your first winter to your first home, someone here has been through it. What's inside: • Boards for work, housing, money, food, family, and life in every province • Hot and picked rankings so the discussions worth reading are easy to find • Photos in posts, quoting, voting, and translation between Chinese and English • Notifications for replies and quotes A real community: Browsing is open to everyone. Posting requires a verified account, so members are real people. Content is moderated, and anything can be reported in the app. Bilingual by design: The entire app works in Traditional Chinese and English — switch anytime. CaHk also works in your browser at cahk.ca.

Screenshots

Plurk4 screens
CaHk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CaHk at none against Plurk's 4. CaHk also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Plurk sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CaHk asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plurk ships an update every 9 days, CaHk every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Plurk versus CaHk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlurkCaHk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (542 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings542 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB20 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPlurk Inc.SEEM SOCIAL INC.

Bugs and requests

Plurk

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to edit personal profile
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between accounts
  • Scrolling issues and UI layout problems on tablets
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Difficulty posting new content after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add video upload capability
  • Improve photo/image layout and display
  • Provide option to delete account permanently
  • Implement app lock feature for privacy
  • Add ability to filter/mute content by keywords

CaHk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Plurk

One-time4
  • 1 Plurk Coin (30 Days)$2.99
  • 6 Plurk Coins (180 Days)$12.99
  • 12 Plurk Coins (360 Days)$24.99
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  • 24 Plurk Coins (720 Days)$49.99
None

CaHk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plurk free?
Plurk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CaHk free?
CaHk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plurk or CaHk have ads?
Plurk shows ads; CaHk does not.
Which is updated more often, Plurk or CaHk?
Plurk ships an update every 9 days, and CaHk every 5 days. Most recently, Plurk was updated on October 17, 2026 and CaHk on September 28, 2026.

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