Live Chat vs Smallwrld
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Chat
Connect with people nearby for dating, friendship, and real-time chat. Discover new users, share photos, and build your social circle. Find love and fun easily.
- Meet people nearby
- Real-time chat and flirting
- Share photos and status updates
- View profile visitors
- Fast sign-up
- Connect via Facebook or Gmail
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Chat, Flirt & Meet People Nearby Live Chat is a simple and fast way to meet new people, make friends, and connect with singles near you. Discover local users, start conversations instantly, and build real connections anytime, anywhere. Whether you’re looking for dating, friendship, or just fun chats, Live Chat helps you meet people around you easily. WHAT YOU CAN DO: • Meet people nearby • Chat instantly in real time • Flirt and make new connections • Share photos and updates • Discover local singles • Grow your social network • See who is online and active FEATURES: • Fast and lightweight app • Easy sign-up with email or social login • Profile creation and customization • Notifications for new messages and interactions • View posts and activity from other users Join Live Chat and start meeting new people near you today.
Smallwrld
Connect with friends of friends in real time based on location and mutual contacts. Maintain anonymity until a mutual match is made, then unlock chat to expand your social network.
- Discover friends of friends
- Real-time location-based connections
- Mutual contact discovery
- Anonymous matching
- In-app chat feature
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SmallWrld is a social media and networking application designed to facilitate connections between friends of friends. Discover connections in real time, based off of location and mutual contacts. Remain anonymous until both users ‘match’ and then enable the chat feature to expand your network!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smallwrld at 100% against Live Chat's 40%. Smallwrld also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and ads (none vs shown). Live Chat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (129 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Smallwrld holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Live Chat has 129 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Live Chat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smallwrld's.
Live Chat ships an update every 2 weeks, Smallwrld every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Chat | Smallwrld |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (129 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SOFTMEX EOOD | Will Samuels |
Customer experience
Live Chat
Smallwrld
In-app purchases
Live Chat
No in-app purchases
Smallwrld
No in-app purchases
