Shuggr vs CHALLENG
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shuggr
Connect with gay men in your area through a social networking platform. Browse profiles, see who's viewed your profile, and communicate with built-in translation. Enhance your experience with premium features.
- Browse unlimited profiles
- See profile visitors
- Auto-translate chat messages
- Automatic location updates
- Premium features available
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Shuggr is your social network to meet people nearby. • Browse through unlimited profiles • See profile visitors • Auto-translate chat messages • Update your location automatically Have fun! The Shuggr Team Privacy Policy and Terms of Service at https://app.shuggr.com/tos.
CHALLENG
Engage in exciting challenges and competitions designed for the Arab community. Connect with like-minded individuals, showcase your talents, and participate in interactive virtual sports, particularly football, with fans of different clubs. This app fosters creativity and builds relationships across borders.
- Interactive challenges and competitions
- Virtual football with fan interaction
- Talent development and showcase
- Connect with Arab community
- Cross-border relationship building
- Arabic and English interface
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Here is the passion. Here is the challenge. Here is the real competition.. Here we meet the challenge, the biggest Arab challenge ever.. In a competition whose goal is noble, you will face new and interesting challenges and every challenge you will pass will be different through breathtaking challenges in a challenging atmosphere. If you have a specific talent and want to develop it in a constructive way Now with you is the Challenge application with the Arabic interface, which is intended for Arabs Each of us has a special recreational way in which he relieves himself from the pressures of life, it may be playing sports or owning a talent, and he often practices it with one of his friends or relatives, but we are now in the era of development and the Internet, which made the world like a small village and close to everything, so everyone can Make friends and relationships with people who agree with him in interests and ideas from different countries with ease thanks to the Internet and its transcendence of borders, and this is what Challenge is trying to achieve. Challenge application to explode all your creativity in every place and time. Challenge app Whereas, Challenge is an Arabic sports application and an interactive virtual football application between the fans of different clubs, allowing each participant to choose his favorite club and join it and communicate and interact with a large segment of his club’s fans away from the hustle and bustle of the traditional fans, in addition to sharing challenges and competing with subscribers of different clubs And Challenge is an easy-to-use application, and the application supports both Arabic and English, which enables it to spread around the world. It is the best football application. What are you waiting for download now. Privacy policy : https://www.challenge2021.com/terms-and-eg Terms and Conditions : https://www.challenge2021.com/terms-and-eg
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CHALLENG at 5.0 against Shuggr's 4.3. CHALLENG also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Shuggr's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Shuggr sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. CHALLENG asks for nothing beyond the download.
CHALLENG holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shuggr has 3.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shuggr ships an update every 5 weeks, CHALLENG every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shuggr | CHALLENG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shuggr Ltd. | Mubarak Alshehri |
Customer experience
Shuggr
CHALLENG
Bugs and requests
Shuggr
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Issues with account creation and login
- Reported photos being wrongly flagged and deleted
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to delete sent messages
- More robust search and filtering options
- Improved moderation to remove underage users
CHALLENG
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shuggr
- Shuggr Plus - 1 Month$19.991 Month
- Shuggr Plus - Trial + 1 Month7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Shuggr Plus - 6 Months$59.996 Months
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- Shuggr Plus - 1 Year$89.991 Year
CHALLENG
No in-app purchases









