# A "chat app" got renamed and climbed the grossing charts: Tolky is the back road by which paid video chat in Turkey returned to the iPhone

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> The business was already running on Android. It got through review by disguising itself as a chat app, then switched back to the Tolky name so old users could search for it. Turkey's lifestyle Top Grossing chart has a low barrier, and paying users spend a lot on paid video, so a few dozen ratings are enough to chart.

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Tolky: Görüntülü Sohbet · Berkut Turkal

# A "chat app" got renamed and climbed the grossing charts: Tolky is the back road by which paid video chat in Turkey returned to the iPhone

**What it is** The iPhone version of 1 vs 1, a Turkish paid video-chat app where male users buy gems to video call and send gifts to hosts. It was re-listed under a new shell after Apple removed the original.

**Why it took off** The business was already running on Android; it passed review under a chat-app disguise, then switched back to the Tolky name so old users could find it. The Turkish Lifestyle Top Grossing bar is low, and paying users in these apps spend a lot, so dozens of ratings were enough to chart.

**D** **How you could follow it** Indie developers starting from scratch shouldn't try; teams that already have a host pool and Android users and only lack an iOS channel can follow this timeline. What is worth taking away is the observation that the entry bar for Top Grossing in smaller-language storefronts is low.

Grade D: it depends on an existing host pool, older Android users and brand search, none of which followers can get. The same chart already has a batch of Chinese-run shells and Turkish local copies, the approach violates Apple's rules, and takedowns happen periodically. Very few people know about it

Data (updated daily) · Launched 2026-08-27 · Turkey rating 65 · 11-08 charted in 1 stores

iOS · best category chart rank · by store

Data 2026-10-28 → 2026-11-08 (12 days, 12 observations). Lower rank is higher; gaps mean it wasn't charted that day

iOS · Rating count · Turkey

Data 2026-10-28 → 2026-11-08 (12 days, 12 observations). Apple doesn't publish download counts; rating growth is a proxy for downloads.

No. 34 in the Turkish App Store Lifestyle Top Grossing chart, an app with only 62 ratings whose description calls it a "modern messenger." It is actually Tolky, a Turkish paid video-chat app: the old iOS build was pulled by Apple last December, the team switched to a personal account, passed review first as "Şipşak Messenger," then six weeks later renamed itself and turned on in-app purchases, and within half a month was on the grossing chart. It didn't break out on product; it broke out on a business already running on Android, plus a process for re-shelling back onto iOS. This piece explains how that worked, and why ordinary developers can't follow it.

### "The people aren't real"

On Nov 1, a Turkish user named Gg Halil gave Tolky one star on the App Store, with the one-word title "Kötü" (bad) and a body line reading: "Boş uygulama, para yatırmanız için her şeyi yapıyor, kişiler gerçek değil", meaning an empty app that does everything to get you to top up, and the people aren't real.

Two other reviews on the same page are five stars: "Mükemmel" (perfect) and "Şu anlık sorun yok" (no problems for now). The store's average is based on 4.2,62 ratings (App Store Turkey store, 11-06).

At the same time, the app ranked #34 on the Turkey store's Lifestyle Top Grossing chart, and from Oct 28 onward stayed between #21 and #41, never reaching the overall chart.

### What it actually is

On the store page, Tolky describes itself as "a modern messenger for easily staying in touch with friends, family and communities," followed by paragraphs on instant messaging and a clean interface, and only at the end a line saying "you can also video chat." Hosts are not mentioned, nor paid calls. The store page language field lists only English.

But its in-app purchase list tells the truth: 500 Gems ₺299.99,1k ₺399.99,2k ₺649.99,5k ₺1,549.99,13k ₺3,049.99,25k ₺5,099.99 (App Store Turkey store, 11-06). The top tier is about $120 (estimated). A chat app selling gems, where gems are used to call hosts on video and send gifts. Age rating 17+, and the latest update note reads "age verification added, bugs fixed."

Tolky has been running on Android: package com.goruntulusohbet.tolky, developer Pink Mobile LLC, 674k installs, +7,074,4.58 points in the last 7 days, and 11-06 ranked #10 on the Turkey Google Play Dating Top Grossing chart (Google Play, 11-06). The official site tolky.app has a "Join our team" page recruiting hosts, and the help page says "I bought gems but they didn't arrive, what do I do" and "hosts are not allowed multiple accounts." The company is registered to a mailbox address in Houston, Texas, and the country codes on the recruiting page put Turkey first, so the team is probably Turkish (inferred).

### How it got back onto the iPhone

The old iOS package "Tolky - Video Chat" (Pink Mobile LLC) was pulled from the App Store in 2025 Dec 12, and the Pink Mobile developer page on Apple is now empty. The old package's reviews split in two: one side is stuffed five-star reviews full of keywords ("Görüntülü Sohbet, Eğlenceli Sohbet, Güvenilir Sohbet, Kameralı Sohbet……"), the other side is angry users: "bought 2040 diamonds for 280 lira, never got matched with anyone, the diamonds just vanished" and "keriz silkeleme" (a Turkish phrase for ripping people off).

The new package's release timeline, which you can piece together from the version history on the store page:

| Date | Version | Release notes (paraphrased from Turkish) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | — | The same individual account first put up a study planner app, "StudyFlow" |
| 08-27 | 1.0 | "Şipşak Messenger" went live, an ordinary chat app |
| 09-03 to 10-08 | 2.0–2.4 | Bug fixes |
| 10-10 | 2.5 | "Corporate identity and metadata update", which is a rename |
| 10-16 | 2.6 | "Store screenshot update" |
| 10-20 | 2.7 | "Improved page design, added purchase feature" |

The account belongs to individual developer Berkut Turkal, and the bundle id is still com.rekyo.sipsak. The terms of service sit on a Google Sites page, retitled "Tolky Terms of Use," dated Oct 8, but Article 3 of the body still carries the old name "Şipşak Messenger." Online, the same name belongs to a co-founder of a social media and SEO agency in İzmir. Whether that account is really his, whether someone is publishing on his behalf, or whether the account was sold, is unverified.

Warm up the account, get a harmless shell approved, then six weeks later rename it, swap the screenshots, and finally turn on in-app purchases, with release notes that stay bland at every step. Ten days after the rename it hit the top grossing chart.

### Why 60 ratings is enough to reach the top grossing chart

Two reasons stack on top of each other.

First, the bar for Turkey's lifestyle top grossing chart is low. From 10-28 to 11-06, Tolky's rating count went from 30 to 54, adding 1 to 5 a day, yet it held steady at #21–41. The same chart has a batch of stranger new packages: a stargazing community, a ski log, a paddleboard app, an "interest and skill social" app, a nightlife app. All were released in 2026 8, September, with only 18 to 75 ratings, charting at #9 to #54 on top grossing, and most developers are Indonesian or Hong Kong entities, or UK-registered companies. The stargazing app reached #15 on lifestyle top grossing. The most likely explanation is that it switched to different content after approval (an inference; I did not download it to verify).

Second, each 1-to-1 paying user spends a lot on paid video. A single paying user tops up a few hundred to a few thousand lira at a time, so a handful of people can hold up a ranking in a low-barrier category.

On top of that, the new package is simply called Tolky, and searching "tolky" on the Turkish store ranks it first. Old users on Android, and old users on iPhone who were left stranded for ten months after the removal, can find it again by searching the brand name. The batch of disguised packages mentioned earlier can't do this, since they have to hide their names.

### Where the users and money come from

| Channel | What we see |
|---|---|
| Old users and brand search | 670k installs on Android; "tolky" ranks first on iOS search. How many users migrated over can't be verified. |
| Store keywords | The title includes "Görüntülü Sohbet" (video chat); the old package's reviews are full of keyword-stuffed five-star ratings |
| Web downloads | The TikTok bio tells people to "click the link, tap the three dots in the top right, and choose open in browser to download"; the official site has long SEO articles |
| Owned social media | TikTok @tolkyapp has 1,800 followers and 9 videos, one of which from November 2023 got 1.27M views; YouTube, Facebook and Instagram have official accounts but very small reach |
| Forums | On ekşi sözlük, Turkey's largest forum, someone wrote: "When you think of video dating, you think Azar, then Tolky, and it burns a lot of money" |
| Paid acquisition | Unknown. Not finding ad records doesn't mean there were no ads. |

The money path is straightforward: male users buy gems, which are deducted per minute or per message to pay the host, plus gifts. Repeated one-star reviews say "they're not real people" and "the diamonds disappeared somehow," which suggests fake hosts or bots start a conversation and then steer people toward topping up (an inference based on the reviews). This kind of monetization earns a lot per user but has a bad reputation, so it gets pulled, then the developer switches to a new shell and repeats the cycle.

### Who it's competing with

Turkey's 1-to-1 video chat market is crowded:

| Who | Scale | How it differs from Tolky |
|---|---|---|
| Azar (owned by Match Group) | 293M installs on Android; 7 days +237k | A major player in global random video matching |
| Connected2.me, Pembe Panjur, Siberalem, BlindID | Thousands to 67k ratings on iOS Turkey store, top grossing #2–26 | A local dating product that has been around for a decade, run by a legitimate company |
| Nana, Renna, Cool Match, Kiss, HIYAK, Mitu | Ratings from a dozen to over a thousand, top grossing #14–29 | Video packs from Chinese or overseas companies 1 for 1, with hosts mostly speaking Arabic or English |
| The stargazing, skiing and paddleboard batch | Ratings 18–75, top grossing #9–54 | Uses an interest community as a shell, with a name unrelated to video chat |
| Packages from individual Turkish developers such as Vubs and Omi | Rating 19–115 | Same playbook, but without Android scale or brand recognition |

On the product side there is nothing new: random matching, filtering by gender and region, live tipping, and per-minute gem deductions are the standard setup for this category. It holds its ground better than others only because it has Turkish-speaking hosts, a local brand, and 670k users already on Android.

### If it were you

**Verdict:** This is not a product to copy. It is a business that needs a pool of hosts, existing users, and a constant back-and-forth with Apple's review team. The only takeaway to carry away: in small-language markets, the bar for a category top grossing chart can be a few ratings a day.

**Who it suits:** Teams already running a 1-to-1 video or voice room app on Android, with hosts and paying users in hand, who only lack an iOS channel. For them, this timeline is a reference sheet.

**Who it doesn't suit:** Indie developers trying to build a product from scratch. You don't have hosts, you don't have old users to migrate, and nobody is searching for your brand name. Getting a shell through review is doable, but that alone doesn't make a business.

**How to do it (if you belong to the first group):** Use an unrelated app to age a personal account, then get a neutral chat app through review. Do the renaming, screenshot swap and in-app purchase setup as separate releases. Put "video chat" in the title in the local language. Leave a web download entry on both the official site and TikTok, so you have somewhere to send people the next time the app is pulled.

**How to acquire users:** Brand-name search and migrating old users are the main channels, with store keywords and social media as support. Acquiring new users requires paid spend, and this path alone won't bring them in.

**Window:** There is no fixed window. This approach violates Apple's rules on disguised packages and misleading descriptions (4.3, 2.3). The old package was already pulled for exactly this, so the new one could go at any time.

**What would show you got this wrong:** If the new package is still up months from now and its rating growth clearly accelerates (say, dozens a day), that suggests Apple is turning a blind eye to renamed packages like this, and demand for this kind of app on Turkey's iOS store is bigger than it looks. If the disguised stargazing and ski apps turn out to really be just stargazing and skiing when downloaded, then the "low bar" conclusion needs to be discounted.

[iOS store page ↗](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6801164401)

**Research notes: competitor table, acquisition evidence, full research report**

Competitors

| Name | Where | Launched | Scale | How it differs from this one |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azar(Hyperconnect/Match) | Android | 2014 | Android 293M installs, 7 days +237k, best rank #2 in the Dating category; not on the iOS Turkey chart | Global random video matching leader; Tolky is paid calls with Turkish-speaking hosts, smaller scale but more local |
| Connected2.me | iOS | 2014 | iOS tr 67k ratings, Social top grossing #2, overall top grossing #51 | A long-running local anonymous chat and dating service with a legitimate product; Tolky sells video call minutes directly |
| Pembe Panjur | iOS | 2013 | iOS tr 33k ratings, Lifestyle top grossing #10; Android 2.7M installs | A legitimate local dating company; Tolky monetizes host video |
| Siberalem / BlindID / Sociable | iOS | 2013–2016 | 9.6K / 788 / 21k ratings, top grossing #8–26 | Turkey's local veteran in chat and live streaming; Tolky updates and sells paid video more openly |
| Nana, Renna, Cool Match, Kiss, HIYAK, Mitu | iOS | 2021–2026 | Rating 13–1,669, Lifestyle/Social Top Grossing #14–29 | Chinese or overseas companies' 1-to-1 video packs, with host pools mostly Arabic/English; Tolky uses Turkish hosts and a local brand |
| Ceno Stargazing / Berk Skiing / Olen Paddling / Candra / Bello | iOS | 2026-08 to 09 | Rating 18–75, Lifestyle Top Grossing #9–54 | Shells disguised as interest communities (inferred to switch content after review); the names have nothing to do with video chat. Tolky publicly uses its brand name, so it's searchable |
| Vubs - Görüntülü Sohbet / Omi: Video Chat | iOS | 2024-03 / 2026-08 | 115 / 19 ratings, Top Free #40–45 | Turkish solo developers' similar packs use the same playbook (personal accounts, neutral descriptions), but without Android scale or a brand |

Where users come from

- **Confirmed** **Old-user migration and brand search** : the old iOS pack 2025-12-12 was delisted, while Android has 670k installs. The new pack's title uses Tolky directly, and searching "tolky" in the Turkish store ranks it first

- **Confirmed** **Re-release under a shell name, then renaming (pack swap and comeback)** : bundle com.rekyo.sipsak, with the terms still mentioning "Şipşak Messenger". v2.5(10-10) updated the brand identity and metadata; v2.7(10-20) added purchases. The same account first published StudyFlow to warm up

- **Confirmed** **Store keywords and review keyword stuffing** : the title includes "Görüntülü Sohbet"; the old pack's review section is full of five-star reviews stuffed with keywords

- **Confirmed** **Website and web download** : the TikTok bio sends people to open it in a browser to download; tolky.app has long SEO articles

- **Confirmed** **Owned social media** : TikTok @tolkyapp has 1,800 followers, and one 2023-11 post got 1.27M views; there are official YouTube, FB, and IG accounts

- Inferred **Forum word of mouth** : an ekşi sözlük thread says "video dating makes you think of Azar and Tolky, and it burns a lot of money"

- Inferred **Paid acquisition** : the metaads and googleads libraries don't track Tolky, so it's unknown whether it runs ads

## Tolky: Görüntülü Sohbet (iOS id6801164401) research report

> Storefront checked: in the appstore library this app has only charted in Turkey (tr), so iOS is checked only for tr. The same-brand Android pack was checked across all storefronts in the googleplay library. Date: 2026-11-06.

### One line

A Turkish paid video-chat/live dating app for 1 1 (men buy "gems" to video-call and tip female hosts): an iOS re-release of Tolky. After the old iOS build 2025-12 was pulled by Apple, the team got a plain chat app called "Şipşak Messenger" approved through an individual developer account, then six weeks after launch renamed it Tolky and added in-app purchases. Within two weeks it was in the Turkey Lifestyle top-grossing chart's top 40.

### Verdict

It isn't a new product breaking out; it's an existing business taking back the iOS channel. The Android side has 670k installs and ranks #9–10 in Turkey's Android Dating Top Grossing chart, so the brand, hosts, and paying users already exist. The new iOS pack is returning to the store via the path of "pass review as a shell → rename → enable purchases." The Turkish Lifestyle Top Grossing bar is low and iOS users have strong paying power, so even three or four new ratings a day can keep it at #20–40 on the chart. The thing worth remembering is the playbook (after delisting, switch accounts, rename, relaunch), not anything new in the product. This playbook is already crowded on the Turkish Lifestyle Top Grossing chart: many new packs named "stargazing communities," "ski tracking," "paddleboarding," and "interest socials" launched two or three months ago with dozens of ratings, yet rank #9–33 in Top Grossing.

### 1. Data

#### New iOS pack (appstore library, tr)

| Date | Lifestyle Top Grossing rank | Cumulative ratings | New today |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-28 | 21 | 30 | – |
| 10-30 | 36 | 36 | 4 |
| 11-01 | 37 | 40 | 2 |
| 11-02 | 24 | 43 | 3 |
| 11-03 | 29 | 48 | 5 |
| 11-06 | 34 | 54 | 1 |

- Never made the overall chart; 10 days with ratings +24,7 days growth 18 (appstore library app_profile). The Apple lookup 11-06 returned 62 ratings at 4.23 stars; on the store page it ranks #74 in Lifestyle Top Free.

- Only one in-app purchase tier is shown: **500 Gems ₺299,99** (about $8–$9, App Store page). Age rating 18+.

- The only language listed on the store page is English. The description says "modern messenger, instant messaging, also video chat," with no mention of hosts or paid calls (App Store page).

#### Evidence of the shell (App Store page + developer page + terms page)

- Bundle id is `com.rekyo.sipsak` (appstore library app table). The EULA and privacy policy are hosted at `sites.google.com/view/sipsakk`. The terms title has been changed to "Tolky Kullanım Koşulları" with "last updated 2026-10-08," but Section 3 of the body still contains the old name "**Şipşak Messenger** " (read via Jina).

- Version history: 1.0(8-27) → 2.0(9-3) → 2.1–2.4(10-2 to 10-8, bug fixes) → **2.5(10-10) "Kurumsal Kimlik ve Meta Güncellenmesi" (brand identity and metadata update, i.e., the rename)** → 2.6(10-16) "store screenshots updated" → **2.7(10-20) "page design improvements, purchases added"** . The timeline is clear: pass review first, rename, then enable purchases.

- Developer Berkut Turkal (developer id 1896778735) is a personal account that also holds **StudyFlow - Study Planner** (`com.rekyo.studyflow`, listed 2026-07-07, per iTunes lookup). It looks like a study-planning app was used first to warm up the account. Online, a person named Berkut Türkal is a co-founder of an Izmir social media/SEO agency (Proji Dijital) (ZoomInfo/RocketReach). Whether this account is that person, or whether he publishes on someone else's behalf, is **unverified** .

#### Old iOS pack and Android pack

- The old iOS pack **Tolky - Video Chat (id6469151028, Pink Mobile LLC) was 2025-12-12 delisted** (AppBrain search summary), and Pink Mobile's iOS developer page is now empty. The old pack's reviews are a mix of keyword-stuffed five-star reviews ("Görüntülü Sohbet, Eğlenceli Sohbet, Güvenilir Sohbet, Rastgele Görüntülü Sohbet, Kameralı Sohbet…", "arkadaşımın tavsiyesi üzerine indirdim") and complaints like "bought 2040 gems for 280 lira, nobody answered, the gems were deducted for no reason", "keriz silkeleme (ripping off suckers)", and "Para tuzağı (money trap)" (appsrankings.com mirror).

- Android **com.goruntulusohbet.tolky (Pink Mobile LLC)** : **673,662 installs, +7,074 over the last 7 days** ; 4,339 ratings at 4.58 stars; one in-app purchase tier at $1.00–$419.99; 11-06 ranks #10 in Turkey's Dating Top Grossing and #35 in Top Free, and it also sits at #42–101 in Dating Top Grossing across 17 other storefronts including Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia (googleplay library 11-06). Small countries' category charts are often the same aggregated chart, so these overseas ranks should not be read as real overseas revenue. In a Sensor Tower 2026-06-22 snapshot it ranked #17 in Turkey's Android Dating Top Grossing (search summary). An earlier package name, `com.arteon.tolky` (APKPure), shows the Android side was also re-packaged.

- Pink Mobile LLC's registered address is a mailbox in Houston, Texas (10685-B Hazelhurst Dr #32989), categorized under Dating Services on the BBB (website, BBB). The tolky.app site has a "Join our team" page recruiting "Publishers" (hosts), and its phone country code ranks Turkey first. The help page says "What to do if gems didn't arrive after purchase" and "hosts may not have multiple accounts" (tolky.app). The team is actually Turkish and the company is a US shell; this is **inferred** .

### II. Competitors

Turkey's 1-to-1 video chat/voice room space is crowded and roughly falls into three groups:

1. **Local veteran dating chat** : Connected2.me (2014, iOS tr 67k ratings, Social Top Grossing #2, overall Top Grossing #51), Pembe Panjur (2013, iOS 33k ratings, Lifestyle Top Grossing #10; Android 2.7M installs), Siberalem (2013,9,621 ratings, Lifestyle Top Grossing #22), BlindID (2016, Social Top Grossing #8), Sociable (201M ratings). These are openly labeled dating/anonymous chat products run by legitimate companies. Tolky is more like "paying to video-call a host," with a more direct positioning.

2. **Chinese/Southeast Asian company shell 1-to-1 video packs** : Nana - Live Video (listed 2026-10-05, +101 ratings in 7 days, Lifestyle Top Grossing #16), Renna, Cool Match, Kiss, HIYAK, Mitu, plus a batch of new packs that use interest communities as cover: **Ceno: Stargazing Community (stargazing, Top Grossing #13), Berk: Ski Tracker (skiing, Top Grossing #9), Olen-Paddling (paddleboarding), Candra - Hobby & Skill Social, Bello: Nightlife** . This batch launched between 2026-08 and 09 with only 18–75 ratings, yet their Top Grossing ranks are about the same as Tolky's or even higher. Their developers are Indonesian PT companies or Hong Kong/UK limited companies (appstore library, tr, 11-06). That "stargazing/skiing apps reached the top 15 in Turkey's Lifestyle Top Grossing" itself suggests they switch to different content after review. This is **inferred** ; they haven't been downloaded and tested.

3. **Turkish solo developers' video chat packs** : Vubs - Görüntülü Sohbet (Faruk Peker, 2024-03, description written as a "social media platform," 115 ratings), Omi: Video Chat (onur kaplan, 2026-08-30, bundle live.omega.app, 19 ratings). Their approach matches Tolky's: a personal account plus a neutral description.

4. **Big players** : Azar (Hyperconnect/Match Group) has 293M installs on Android, +237k over 7 days, and its best Android Dating category rank is #2 (googleplay library). Azar's iOS version doesn't appear on the Turkish charts (not found in the appstore library; reason unverified). Hyperconnect's other app, Vividi, ranks #31 in Turkey's Social Top Grossing.

How Tolky differs from them: first, it is a **Turkish local brand with Turkish-speaking hosts** , while the Chinese shell packs mostly use Arabic/English host pools. Second, the Android side already has 670k installs, and the brand has organic search traffic. Third, the iOS comeback pack publicly uses the Tolky name, so searching the brand finds it directly, while the Chinese shell packs use names like stargazing and skiing that have nothing to do with video chat.

### 3. Where users come from

| Channel | Evidence | Confirmed |
|---|---|---|
| Old users and brand search | 670k Android installs and iOS users have nowhere to go after the old iOS pack was delisted. The new pack's title is "Tolky: Görüntülü Sohbet" and it ranks first when searching "tolky" in the Turkish store (iTunes search). | Yes (brand term is searchable); migration scale not verified |
| Store keywords / review keyword stuffing | Title includes "Görüntülü Sohbet (video chat)"; the old pack's review section is full of five-star reviews stuffed with keywords | Yes |
| Website / web download | TikTok bio says "tap the link, top-right three dots, open in browser to download", routing people to the web. tolky.app has SEO long-form ("What Is a Video Chat App?") | Yes |
| Owned social media | TikTok @tolkyapp 1,800 粉、9 个视频,2023-11 的一条有 127 万播放(TikHub);YouTube @Tolkyapp 有 shorts,几百播放;Facebook、Instagram 有官方号 | Yes, but very small |
| Forum buzz | In the ekşi sözlük thread "en iyi dating uygulaması", someone wrote: "When it comes to video dating, I first think of Azar, then Tolky, and it burns a lot of money" | Yes; unverified whether this is seeding |
| Paid acquisition (Meta/Google/TikTok) | Our metaads and googleads libraries don't track Tolky. It's not on our tracking list, so not finding it doesn't mean it isn't advertised. | No (unknown) |
| Host recruitment | The official site's "Join our team" recruits hosts, with area codes including Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia, Argentina, etc. | Yes (this is the supply side, not the user side) |

Where the money comes from: male users buy gems (iOS ₺299.99 tier; Android up to $419.99), and gems are deducted per minute for video calls with hosts or per message for gifts. Bad reviews say "the people aren't real", "they try every way to make you pay", "the diamonds somehow disappeared", suggesting fake accounts or bots start the chat, then steer you to top up. This point is an **inference** from the reviews. iOS users pay well, and three or four new ratings a day can hold the Turkey Lifestyle top-grossing spot at #20–40, a very low bar for that chart.

### 4. Why it broke out

1. The business already exists: on Android 670K installs, Turkey Dating top-grossing #9–10 (googleplay library 11-06). The host pool and paying users are already in place.

2. The iOS channel sat empty for 9 months after removal, and they got it back by using a disguise app to pass review, renaming, and enabling in-app purchases. Version history and leftover "Şipşak Messenger" traces are direct evidence (App Store page, terms page).

3. The Turkey Lifestyle top-grossing bar is low, and 1 vs 1 video ARPU is high, so few ratings are enough to chart (appstore library: 54 ratings, Lifestyle top-grossing #21–41).

4. The brand name is directly searchable. The new package publicly uses the Tolky name, so old users can find it; Chinese-owned disguise apps can't do this.

5. Monetization is paid calls and gifts, plus bots or fake hosts steering top-ups (bad reviews, old-package reviews). This model earns a lot per user, but reputation is poor, so Apple removes it, and then they swap the shell.

### 5. Differentiation

The product itself has no differentiation: random matching, gender/region filters, live-stream tipping, and per-minute gem deductions are standard for Azar and the Chinese-owned 1 vs 1 video packages. What's different is only two things: **a Turkish home-grown brand and Turkish-speaking hosts** , and **the scale and brand-search volume it already has on Android** . So it's working because of an existing business plus a shell to return to iOS, not because of product differentiation.

### 6. Visibility and copycats

- **Almost nobody knows about it yet** : x-radar shows no posts mentioning Tolky in the last 30 days; no media coverage, no public revenue; online there are only APK download sites, store pages, and scattered ekşi sözlük threads.

- Copycats: "Tolky - Chat & Companion" with the same name (Jashan Malhotra, 2026-02-03,2 ratings, Indian individual account) and "Tolky Live" (Halil Ertekin, 2026-09-05, actually a real-time translation app). The former may be name squatting or another shell from the same group, **unverified** . Model-level copycats are already saturated (see competitor categories #2, #3).

### 7. What others can learn

- Return method after removal: first age a personal account with an unrelated app (StudyFlow), then submit a neutral messenger package to pass review, six weeks later rename and swap screenshots, and finally enable in-app purchases. Each step's version notes are written to look "harmless".

- Small-language markets have a low bar on category top-grossing charts: Turkey Lifestyle top-grossing top 40, and a few new ratings a day gets you there. iOS users pay well, which can cover the cost of Android paid acquisition.

- Risk: this playbook violates Apple's metadata and review rules (4.3 disguise, 2.3 description mismatch). Removal is recurring; the old package is the precedent. Bad reviews cluster on "fake people" and "diamond deduction", with consumer complaint risk too.

### VIII. Unknowns

- Real revenue and downloads of the new iOS package: only chart rank and rating growth are visible.

- The relationship between Berkut Turkal and Pink Mobile LLC (the person themselves, proxy listing, or account sale).

- Whether they buy ads on Meta, Google, TikTok: our ad libraries don't track Tolky.

- Why the old iOS package was removed (guessed violation or complaints, unverified).

- Are the stargazing and skiing apps that charted alongside each other really 1 vs 1 videos? (Haven't downloaded to verify.)

### Sources

- appstore library (agent-im, app_profile / app_day / v_chart / review / app, 2026-10-28 to 11-06)

- googleplay library (app / app_profile / app_day / chart_rank / app_snap, 2026-10-29 to 11-06)

- metaads and googleads libraries (no Tolky found)

- App Store page [apps.apple.com/tr/app/id6801164401](https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/id6801164401); developer page [apps.apple.com/tr/developer/berkut-turkal/id1896778735](https://apps.apple.com/tr/developer/berkut-turkal/id1896778735); iTunes lookup

- Terms page [sites.google.com/view/sipsakk/kullan%C4%B1m-ko%C5%9Fullar%C4…](https://sites.google.com/view/sipsakk/kullan%C4%B1m-ko%C5%9Fullar%C4%B1)

- Official site [tolky.app/](https://tolky.app/), /en/help/, /en/join-our-team/

- Old-package review mirror [appsrankings.com/tr/app/6469151028/tolky-goruntulu-sohbet](https://appsrankings.com/tr/app/6469151028/tolky-goruntulu-sohbet); AppBrain search snippet (removal date)

- Sensor Tower search snippet (2026-06-22 TR Android Dating top-grossing #17)

- Pink Mobile LLC website / BBB

- TikHub (@tolkyapp homepage and search); x-radar (0 results); ekşi sözlük "en iyi dating uygulaması" page 2

This article was written by AI from public data and the data we collect daily. Numbers are sourced, and inferences are labeled.