Comparison

Pyfl vs PlaceSpace App

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

Head to head
About

Pyfl

Create a personalized map of your favorite spots and discover new places recommended by your friends. Get trusted suggestions based on your social network's tastes, not anonymous reviews. Perfect for finding restaurants, cafes, shops, and more.

Highlights
  • Create personalized maps of favorite places
  • Get recommendations from friends
  • Organize places into lists
  • Discover nearby recommendations from your network
  • Find people by name
Features
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Create the map of your favorite places (restaurants, bars, cafés, brunch places, shops, parks…) and get recommendations from your friend's map. Pyfl (Places Your Friends Like) gives you personal recommendations from people you trust, not random anonymous 5-star reviews. Why we built Pyfl? We like to go to places our friends suggested much more than to go to a place pushed by anonymous (and questionably trustworthy) sources. First, you know your friends and it's much easier to know why they suggest a place. You know their taste and you know if you trust their "best burger of the town" rating. It's a much more personal way of discovering new places. There is no "smart" algorithm in Pyfl that decides a restaurant is good for you. How you can use Pyfl: - Remember your favorite places - Organize your places into lists - List the places you go to lunch to with colleagues - Get suggestions from your friends for a nicer dinner - When traveling, get recommendations from friends who have already been there - Get recommendations from the magazines and brands you trust - Discover the most popular places in your group of friends. How to use Pyfl? - Sign up to create an account. - Your map displays both your favorite places and your friends favorite places - Use the Add button to add places you like to your map - Use the Discover tab to find nearby recommendations from your network. - Use the Find People link in the Discover tab to find people by name. Feedback more than welcome at ios@pyflapp.com!

About

PlaceSpace App

Connect with people and communities in real-time based on your physical location. Discover events, chat with others, and become part of any place you visit. Control your visibility and privacy while exploring new spaces.

Highlights
  • Location-based connections
  • Real-time event discovery
  • In-space chat functionality
  • User-controlled visibility
  • Community exploration
  • Privacy controls
Features
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Share your socials in a place. You meet someone at a coffee shop, a show, a class. Then comes the part where you spell your handle out over the noise and hope they typed it right. PlaceSpace skips that. Walk into a place, tap Enter, and your photo and handles join the room. Everyone actually there can see them. One tap and they've followed you. How it works • Pick your space — the venue you just walked into, or the neighborhood or city you're in. • Add a photo and your handles — Instagram, TikTok, X, Snapchat, LinkedIn, YouTube. Add the ones you actually check. • Enter — you have to really be there. Your photo and handles join the room. • Tap anyone's handle — it opens their profile. Follow them there. Nobody spells anything out loud. Why it works • Really there. You have to be in a place to show up in it. No check-ins from last week, no profiles from three towns over. • Right now. The room is whoever is in it at this moment. • A real face. Every profile has a photo — no blank avatars, no empty accounts. • Your call. Show the handles you want. Walk out and you drop off the list. The follows you picked up are already yours. Add your handles once. They travel with you to every place you enter. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://placespace.co/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Pyfl4 screens
PlaceSpace App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlaceSpace App at none against Pyfl's 3. PlaceSpace App also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pyfl's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pyfl sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PlaceSpace App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlaceSpace App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pyfl has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pyfl ships an update every 6 weeks, PlaceSpace App every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pyfl versus PlaceSpace App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPyflPlaceSpace App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (33 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB48 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperThe Grizzly LabsDeangelo Donnay Kirkland

Customer experience

Pyfl

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.9%

PlaceSpace App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pyfl

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$2.99
  • Super Large Tip$9.99
None

PlaceSpace App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pyfl free?
Pyfl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlaceSpace App free?
PlaceSpace App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pyfl or PlaceSpace App?
PlaceSpace App is rated higher. Pyfl averages 4.8 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while PlaceSpace App averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pyfl or PlaceSpace App have ads?
Neither Pyfl nor PlaceSpace App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pyfl or PlaceSpace App?
Pyfl ships an update every 6 weeks, and PlaceSpace App every 10 days. Most recently, Pyfl was updated on November 2, 2026 and PlaceSpace App on October 30, 2026.

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