GroupEvent vs Pipilo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GroupEvent
Easily plan and manage group events with features like participant sign-ups, expense tracking, and a shared photo album. Coordinate event dates, delegate tasks with a checklist, and enjoy background uploads for media.
- Easy participant sign-up via invitation link
- Group expense management with currency calculator
- Photo and video sharing with GPS tagging and ZIP downloads
- Event date suggestion and polling
- Checklist for task delegation (who brings what)
- Background media uploads and downloads (iOS)
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WHAT IS GROUP EVENT? Usually you would only need a webbrowser to create an event on GroupEvent.info. But there are a few native features, e.g. uploading pictures and videos in the background. WHAT CAN YOU DO? • Participants sign up for your event in a very easy way - no need to register with password. Hint: invitation link. • Manage group expenses. The integrated foreign exchange calculator helps you during travels. • Photo-Album: Share pictures and videos with many unique features like: GPS tagging, ZIP downloads, video screenshots and many more. • Suggest event dates and make a poll. • The checklist will answer the frequent question: WHO brings WHAT? IOS FEATURES • Share photos and videos natively. No internet connection necessary. Uploads will queue in the background for up to 7 days. Automatically download favorites in the background. • Push-Notifications: the number of news will always be visible as icon badge. Messages and comments will be pushed instantly. • If you share a favorite photo, it will automatically be a favorite on GroupEvent. (additional photo authorization necessary)
Pipilo
This app offers a unique social media experience by displaying posts in a horizontally scrolling timeline, showing conversations and replies from followed users. It provides a clean interface for following threads and supports various Fediverse platforms.
- Horizontally scrolling conversational timeline
- Collapsible threads from followed users
- Notifications grouped by day
- Rich link and video previews
- Home, local, and federated timelines
- Keyword filters for content moderation
- Advanced media and video player
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Pipilo is a unique Fediverse app that lets you browse posts on a horizontally scrolling timeline. Each post is displayed within the context of its conversation with replies from people you follow. This results in an elegant, distraction-free interface, making it easy to follow various conversation threads. Pipilo works with Mastodon, Pixelfed, Pleroma, Akkoma, Friendica, Firefish, Catodon, Iceshrimp, and GoToSocial. Features: - Horizontally scrolling timeline with each post appearing in the context of its conversation - Clean, collapsible threads showing only posts from people you follow, with an option to view replies from everyone - Notifications grouped by day - Quote posts - Rich previews for mentioned links and videos - Home, local, and federated timelines - Followed hashtags and custom lists - Quick search of posts, hashtags, and users - Full iPad support, with multiple windows allowing you to display different timelines side by side - Smooth media viewer with intuitive gestures, alt-text descriptions, share functionality, live text selection, and subject lifting - Advanced video player with native system interface for play/pause, time scrubbing, volume control, and full-screen or PIP mode viewing - Keyword filters to hide posts behind a warning or remove them from your timelines completely Premium Features: - Submit posts with images, videos, media descriptions, and content warnings - Sync reading position across multiple devices - Follow new hashtags and users - Create and edit custom lists - Add multiple accounts from all supported servers - Enable push notifications - Create and edit filters - Bookmark posts - Pin timelines - Create hashtag groups and follow remote instances Unlock all premium features with: - One-time purchase - Monthly subscription - Yearly subscription Privacy Policy: https://pipilo.thanel.me/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GroupEvent at none against Pipilo's 3. GroupEvent also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). Pipilo's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price and ads 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. Pipilo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GroupEvent asks for nothing beyond the download.
GroupEvent ships an update every 2 months, Pipilo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GroupEvent | Pipilo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Michael Hoereth | Lukasz Rutkowski |
Customer experience
GroupEvent
Pipilo
In-app purchases
GroupEvent
No in-app purchases
Pipilo
- Monthly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Pipilo Premium$29.99









