Patreon vs MemberMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patreon
Gain exclusive access to content from your favorite creators, including podcasts, videos, art, and more. Engage with creators and fellow fans in community chats and enjoy offline listening for audio content.
- Exclusive creator content access
- Community group chats
- Offline audio listening
- Personalized fan profiles
- Creator work collections
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Discover hundreds of thousands of podcasters, video makers, artists, musicians, marsupial mediators, fast food historians, and a kaleidoscopic cornucopia of creative people making what they love, not what they think will "perform." Get their best, most authentic, most exclusive work alongside millions of other people who know creativity is worth it. FIND creative people from every corner of the internet making what excites them. JOIN the communities of creators you love for free and keep up with everything they’re doing. UNLOCK exclusive posts and benefits through paid membership and one-time purchases. GATHER with creators and other fans in community chats and live streams. EXPLORE more creators, communities, and corners of creative subculture you’ll love. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MemberMe
Connect with your favorite creators and influencers. Become a member to access exclusive content and engage directly with them. Discover new personalities and build communities around shared interests.
- Connect with creators
- Join fan communities
- Exclusive content access
- Direct interaction with influencers
- Discover new personalities
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Become a member on MemberMe and connect with your favorite creators and influencers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Patreon at 4.9 against MemberMe's 1.0. Patreon also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (582K vs 1). MemberMe's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. MemberMe sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Patreon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Patreon holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patreon has 582K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Patreon's written reviews are positive against 25% of MemberMe's.
Patreon ships an update weekly, MemberMe every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patreon | MemberMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (582K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 582K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Patreon | MeSquad |
Customer experience
Patreon
MemberMe
Bugs and requests
Patreon
Reported bugs
5 issues- Search function crashes the app
- Inability to access subscriptions on mobile
- Inconsistent episode tracking and playback
- Disappearing downloaded content
- Inability to log in with email
Requested features
8 requests- Face ID feature
- Ability to filter posts by year
- Playlist/queue functionality for audio/video
- Apple TV app
- Ability to search through subscribed creators' posts
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- Option to sort content chronologically
- Timestamp for comments
- Preview of creator's content before subscribing
MemberMe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Patreon
No in-app purchases
MemberMe
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 1$7.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 2$15.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 3$28.99
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- 1 Month Membership - Tier 5$42.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 7$59.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 8$74.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 11$149.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 14$599.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 15$699.99
- 1 Month Membership - Tier 16$799.99
