Interpals vs Nnabo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interpals
Connect with a global community for cultural and language exchange. Find pen pals, practice languages with native speakers, and meet travelers visiting your area. Discover new friends and expand your horizons.
- Culture and language exchange
- Find pen pals
- Language practice with native speakers
- Meet travelers
- Global community
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Meet people with Interpals, the original culture and language exchange community with 8.5 million users since 1998. Chat with new friends, pen pals and language partners from all over the world. Match with tandem language partners for language exchange or meet up with travelers from other countries who are visiting your area. Practice languages with native speakers to learn English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Turkish and hundreds more, all for FREE!
Nnabo
Connect with verified neighbors in your local Lagos community. Get real-time updates on local news, estate announcements, and safety alerts. Your privacy is protected, with your exact address kept confidential.
- Verified resident accounts
- Local neighborhood feed
- Safety alerts from neighbors
- Privacy-protected location
- Estate announcements
- Anonymous reporting
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nnabo is a private network for residents of Lagos neighbourhoods. It connects you only with verified people who live near you. VERIFIED RESIDENTS Every nnabo account is verified with a phone number and a one-time location check. This keeps out fake accounts, strangers and forwarded spam, so everyone on your feed lives in your neighbourhood. A FEED FOCUSED ON YOUR AREA Stay informed about what is happening around you, including power updates, estate announcements and local news. Every post comes from a verified resident of your area. SAFETY ALERTS YOU CAN TRUST Alerts are confirmed by neighbours close to the incident, so you receive reliable information instead of rumours. PRIVACY BY DESIGN nnabo does not collect your home address. Your location is used only to place you in the right neighbourhood, and other residents see your general area, never your exact position. Sensitive reports can be submitted anonymously, and your account stays verified behind the scenes. nnabo is now live in Akoka, UNILAG, YabaTech and Lekki Phase 1, with new neighbourhoods opening across Lagos every month. nnabo is free for residents and will stay that way. Built in Lagos, for Lagos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nnabo at 100% against Interpals's 39%. Nnabo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). Interpals's advantage is ratings volume (765 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nnabo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interpals has 765 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Interpals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nnabo's.
Interpals ships an update every 2 weeks, Nnabo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interpals | Nnabo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (765 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 765 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | InterPals LLC | Agora Labs Limited |
Customer experience
Interpals
Nnabo
Bugs and requests
Interpals
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to upload profile photos
- Messages not loading or disappearing
- Accounts being suspended for no reason
- Incompatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Improved moderation and fake account detection
- Dark mode option
- Better notification and messaging reliability
- Video/voice call functionality
- Ability to filter by age, location, interests, etc.
Nnabo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Interpals
No in-app purchases
Nnabo
No in-app purchases
