Comparison

Hylo vs chilli

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

Head to head
About

Hylo

Organize and grow your community with a unified platform for management, messaging, and collaboration. Reach members globally with tools for communication, file sharing, and targeted discussions. Designed for groups of all sizes, it facilitates effective teamwork and goal achievement.

Highlights
  • Community management
  • Direct and group messaging
  • File sharing
  • Searchable Topics
  • Membership directories
  • Offers and Requests
  • Network affiliation
Features
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Hylo is the easiest way to organize & grow your community. Hylo brings together community management, messaging and collaboration all in one place. No matter what size your group is, Hylo gives you the tools to you need to be be more organized, creative, and effective. Use Hylo’s web and mobile apps to reach people wherever they are to create together and make your goals a reality. Hylo is used all over the world in more than 80 countries by community groups, companies, coworking spaces, non-profits, social movements, start-up accelerators, schools, and more. Hylo helps you: • Communicate with your group and manage your membership. • Organize conversations, share files, and collaborate using easy-to-search Topics that preserve knowledge and target the right people. • Stay connected with direct and group messaging. • Stay up to date with customized subscriptions, notifications & email digests. Compared to other team communication tools, Hylo gives you more: • Rich membership directories allow you to see who is in your groups and networks and what their skills are. • Turn conversations into collaboration with "Offers" and "Requests." • View posts from all your communities at once or focus on one community at a time. • Group affiliated communities together into a Network, and share content within and between groups, or with the entire network. • Hylo is designed to work better for large groups than other tools so you can focus on what matters most and and make things happen. About Hylo: Hylo was created to support people coming together to solve the great challenges of our time. Our mission is to empower communities to build a world that works for everyone. We never sell ads or user data, and we will always offer a free version of our software. Learn more and come say hello at www.hylo.com .

About

chilli

This app empowers users to take collective climate action by signing petitions, sending personalized emails to decision-makers, and submitting public comments. It connects creators and communities to organize movements and directly fund activists working on climate change issues.

Highlights
  • Sign petitions
  • Send personalized emails to decision-makers
  • Submit coordinated public comments
  • Launch and join climate campaigns
  • Directly fund activists
  • Organize collective action
Features
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chilli is a creator-powered climate action app. Activists launch coordinated campaigns, their communities take action together, and supporters directly fund the work. You can join instantly or start your own campaign around an issue you care about. Inside the app, actions are strategically designed to target corporations, regulators, and lawmakers. You can send personalized emails directly to named decision-makers, submit coordinated public comments during active regulatory consultations, and join collective waves of visible pressure that make it clear an issue will not be ignored. Social media spreads awareness but chilli turns audiences into organized movements. Traditional petition platforms collect signatures. chilli connects creators and communities to deliver synchronized, decision-maker-facing action. When thousands act at the same time, inboxes fill, public comment portals surge and offices respond. More than 500,000 actions have already been taken through chilli, including 8,000+ actions sent directly to bank CEOs and insurance executives pressuring them to cut financing for Arctic oil drilling, making it the most targeted anti-drilling financial pressure campaign on any platform. Campaigns are live right now, spanning global climate fights and local community wins. From stopping new fossil fuel projects and protecting forests, to pushing for composting programs, bike lanes, clean energy investment, or climate education in your city. chilli is free to join. You can also support activists through direct contributions inside the app, helping frontline organizers and independent campaigners sustain long-term work because movements don’t just run on engagement, they also need resources. Open the app, choose a campaign, and take action in minutes. No expertise required. No long commitments. Just organized climate action that scales when we act together. Download chilli. Organize. Apply pressure. Fund the future.

Screenshots

Hylo4 screens
chilli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: chilli at 630 against Hylo's 11. chilli also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Hylo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

chilli holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: chilli has 630 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Hylo's written reviews are positive against 82% of chilli's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hylo ships an update every 2 weeks, chilli monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hylo versus chilli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHylochilli
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings)4.9 (630 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews82.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11630 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB51 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHylozoic, Inc.REGROOP

Customer experience

Hylo

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

chilli

All ratings630 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative11.5%

Bugs and requests

Hylo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

chilli

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login and onboarding issues
  • Streak counter resets
  • Unresponsive contact features
  • Compatibility problems with newer OS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Improved community features
  • Better integration with other platforms
  • Expanded local action opportunities

In-app purchases

None

Hylo

No in-app purchases

None

chilli

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hylo free?
Hylo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is chilli free?
chilli is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hylo or chilli?
chilli is rated higher. Hylo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while chilli averages 4.9 from 630 ratings.
Do Hylo or chilli have ads?
Neither Hylo nor chilli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hylo or chilli?
Hylo ships an update every 2 weeks, and chilli monthly. Most recently, Hylo was updated on October 24, 2026 and chilli on October 21, 2026.

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