Akonnect vs BKMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Akonnect
Connect with spiritual guidance and community events. Access live spiritual discourses, submit questions to spiritual leaders, and register for events. Manage personal spiritual records and share inspiring content.
- Live Satsang broadcasts
- Submit questions to spiritual leaders
- Event registration
- Spiritual record management
- Content sharing
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About This App: Connecting with Gnan and the Gnani is now just a tap away! Dada Bhagwan Foundation brings you the Akonnect (Akram Connect) App. Stay up to date on Pujyashree Deepakbhai's satsang schedule, activities going on at your local center and receive many resources to help you progress in Gnan. But that's just the beginning… · Watch Pujyashree Deepakbhai's Live Satsangs directly in Akonnect. · Submit a question to Pujyashree Deepakbhai. · Register yourself and your family members for satsang shibirs. · Update your Mahatma I-Card details. · Like what you see? Share it on multiple platforms. What are you waiting for? Make your connection and install the Akonnect App today!
BKMS
This app helps BAPS volunteers and members manage their youth activity involvement. It simplifies weekly and monthly reporting, user profile management, and event access for faster data handling.
- Weekly and monthly reporting
- User profile management
- Event registration and payment
- Dashboard access
- Alerts
- Powerful report filters
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The BKMS app enables BAPS volunteers and members to manage their involvement in youth activities using smartphones and tablets. The app is designed to provide ease with weekly and monthly reporting, managing users’ profiles and accessing events. The app is designed to provide easy and faster access to routine data and reports. With BKMS app you can access (based on your permission level) - Dashboard - Reports - User records - Personal Profile - Alerts Dashboard offers - Easy event registration and payment - Faster survey fill outs - Checkout upcoming birthdays Reports to manage - Weekly Sabhas - Monthly Karyakar Gosthis - Networking - BST / KST - Niyam Assessment - Campus Hangouts User Records allow - Quicker search for user profiles - Update user profile Reports and User records are equipped with powerful filters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Akonnect at 4.9 against BKMS's 4.5. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Akonnect holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of Akonnect's written reviews are positive against 100% of BKMS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Akonnect ships an update monthly, BKMS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Akonnect | BKMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (77 ratings) — better | 4.5 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dada Bhagwan Foundation | Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc |
Customer experience
Akonnect
BKMS
In-app purchases
Akonnect
No in-app purchases
BKMS
No in-app purchases
