Patreon vs Soapbox
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/
Soapbox
Experience holographic performances from popular artists like T-Pain and Yelawolf in your own space. Watch interviews and listen to their hit songs brought to life in augmented reality. You can even record yourself interacting with the holograms.
- Holographic artist performances
- Augmented reality integration
- Watch interviews and songs
- Record yourself with holograms
- Interactive AR experience
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Bring Amanda Nicole, T-Pain and Yelawolf to life in your space. Watch and listen to their interviews and songs. Yelawolf's hit songs "You and Me" and "Barnfire", and Amanda Nicole's songs "Move" and "Put It In My" are now available in augmented reality. Record yourself in augmented reality as they play!
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Verdict
Patreon and Soapbox both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Soapbox's written reviews are positive against 41% of Patreon's. Soapbox also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Patreon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (579K vs 7). On price, rating, 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. Soapbox sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Patreon asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Patreon against 5.0 for Soapbox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patreon has 579K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Patreon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Soapbox's.
Patreon ships an update weekly, Soapbox monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patreon | Soapbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (579K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 579K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 2.4 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patreon | SoapboxLLC |
Customer experience
Patreon
Soapbox
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
Soapbox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Patreon
No in-app purchases
Soapbox
- Yelawolf - Barnfire$1.99
- Yelawolf - You And Me$1.99
- Amanda Nicole - Main Event$1.99
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- Amanda Nicole - Put it in My$1.99
