Curate.LA vs BoonMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Curate.LA
Discover Los Angeles' vibrant art scene with a comprehensive guide to upcoming exhibitions and alternative art shows. Receive weekly notifications for unique weekend activities and hidden cultural gems.
- Guide to LA art openings
- Alternative art shows
- Cultural events listings
- Hidden gem discoveries
- Weekly notification for weekend activities
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The Curate LA app is your free definitive guide to the blossoming art scene in Los Angeles. Our list of upcoming art openings and exhibitions is always kept fresh by your omnipresent curator Shelley Holcomb and her team. This is the only app you'll find that includes alternative art shows, cultural events and hidden gems around LA. Get weekly notifications with interesting and weird ideas for things to do on the weekend. You'll impress your friends with how cultured you are!
BoonMe
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A lift. A ladder. A little time. Good things happen when your people help each other. Ask a few people for a hand and let one person take the spot. Keep the details together, send a personal text, and add the plan to your calendar. ONE ASK. ONE YES. Ask several people for one available spot. The first person to accept takes it, and the others can see it’s covered. No chasing separate replies. ALL THE DETAILS, TOGETHER. Add the time, place, useful links and anything else they need to know. It all stays with the boon, ready to find when they need it. STRAIGHT TO YOUR CALENDAR. Built-in calendar links let you add the time, place, links and details to your calendar. Less copying and pasting, more knowing what’s planned. YOUR PEOPLE. YOUR MESSAGE. Your Boonmates are the people you ask and give with. Send the boon in your own text conversation, add your own words, and tap Send. Your messages come from you. BoonMe never sends one in your name.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BoonMe at 5.0 against Curate.LA's 4.3. BoonMe also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). Curate.LA's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
BoonMe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Curate.LA has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Curate.LA ships an update every 4 months, BoonMe every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Curate.LA | BoonMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Curate LA, LLC | Matt Weg |
Customer experience
Curate.LA
BoonMe
In-app purchases
Curate.LA
No in-app purchases
BoonMe
No in-app purchases
