try! vs Thread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
try!
Connect with a global community focused on Swift Development. Share advanced knowledge and techniques to enhance Swift craftsmanship. This event fosters collaboration among talented developers worldwide.
- Global developer community
- Swift Development advancements
- Knowledge sharing
- Advanced techniques
- Collaboration opportunities
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try! Conference is an international community gathering about the latest advancements in Swift Development. The event is about bringing together talent from all around the world to collaborate and share advanced knowledge and techniques to improve Swift craftsmanship.
Thread
This app connects students with volunteers and collaborators to build a supportive community. It aims to improve educational and economic outcomes by fostering service and social well-being.
- Connects students with volunteers
- Facilitates collaboration
- Supports educational attainment
- Promotes social well-being
- Reconfigures social support structures
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Thread weaves a new social fabric by connecting students, university and community-based volunteers, and collaborators. By radically and permanently reconfiguring the social support structure of all involved, Thread breaks the cycle of crime, poor educational and economic outcomes and replaces it with a new cycle of educational attainment, service and social well-being.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: try! at 5.0 against Thread's 4.5. try! also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and device support (4 vs 2). Thread's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
try! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thread has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
try! ships an update every 4 days, Thread fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | try! | Thread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Natalya Murashev | Thrive Software, Inc |
Customer experience
try!
Thread
In-app purchases
try!
No in-app purchases
Thread
No in-app purchases
