Raftr vs Flaresat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Raftr
This platform enables users to connect with others, discover groups, resources, and events within private communities. It facilitates collaboration, direct communication with administrators, and easy access to important information like news and alerts.
- Discover people and groups
- Find resources and events
- Collaborate with peers
- Chat with community admins
- Access news and alerts
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Discover Raftr: a private community platform that allows members to discover people, groups, resources & events. Collaborate with your peers, chat with community admins and easily find information like upcoming events, news, alerts and more – all from one easy-to-use app. At Raftr, we believe everyone should have access to a safe & supportive network for personal growth and community development. Download the app today and find your community so you can start building meaningful, long term connections.
Flaresat
This app provides a shared live map for groups to coordinate activities. It allows real-time location tracking, map-based chat, and the ability to drop pins and trace routes, with both online and off-grid functionality.
- Shared live map
- Real-time location tracking
- Map-based chat
- Smart pins with notes
- Draw on map
- Breadcrumb recording
- Off-grid communication (with hardware)
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Coordinate the Chaos. Flaresat is the shared live map for your group, online over cellular/WiFi, or completely off-grid with a Meshtastic or MeshCore LoRa radio. Drop pins, trace routes, track locations, and chat in real-time, with or without a signal. It works everywhere: Online: Cloud-synced instantly over 4G/5G/WiFi. Off-Grid: Pair with a Meshtastic or MeshCore radio to chat and track users over LoRa mesh without cell service or internet. STOP ASKING "WHERE ARE YOU?" Live Presence: See everyone's location moving in real-time. Map-Based Chat: Talk while you navigate. Your messages overlay the map so you never lose context. Smart Pins: Mark the meetup spot, the tent, or the hidden trail. Every pin includes notes and navigation. POWERFUL PLANNING TOOLS Draw on the Map: Circle danger zones or draw the path for the group to follow. Breadcrumbs: Record your path so others can retrace your steps. Quick Navigation: One tap on any friend or pin to get walking directions. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Festivals: Find your friends in the crowd. Off-Roading & Hiking: Stay connected in the backcountry (requires Meshtastic or MeshCore hardware). Family Trips: Keep the convoy together on the highway. Search & Rescue: Coordinate grids and track team coverage. Trusted by hikers, hunters, search and rescue teams, and festival crews who need a shared map that works anywhere, signal or no signal. PRIVACY FIRST Your location is only shared with the groups you create. You are in control. Download Flaresat and start mapping together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flaresat at 100% against Raftr's 55%. Flaresat also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Raftr's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Flaresat holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raftr has 53 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Raftr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flaresat's.
Raftr ships an update every 10 days, Flaresat every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Raftr | Flaresat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (53 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raftr, Inc | Fares Saleh |
Customer experience
Raftr
Flaresat
In-app purchases
Raftr
No in-app purchases
Flaresat
No in-app purchases
