Vanilla App vs Apperah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vanilla App
This app provides a native mobile experience for Vanillaforums, allowing communities to engage and discuss future development. It aims to keep users on your platform by offering a dedicated space for discussions.
- Native Vanillaforums experience
- Community discussion
- Advanced Editor (BBCode)
- Hashtags and Mentions
- Facebook Login
- Improved Notifications
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Vanilla App is the native app for all your Vanillaforums of the Open Source branch. Give your community an app that is developed by a team of Vanillaforums fans since the early days of Vanilla. It also allows you to discuss the future development of this native app with the developer team. What is needed, what should be included, let us know what you think about our road map and we will continue to integrate more powerful features into this app. Do not watch any longer how your valuable communities are decreasing and jumping off to popular Social Networks and messenger services. Give them the opportunity to stay and continue their valuable and deep discussions on your platform. Vanilla APP supports: • Advanced Editor (Partially, BBCode) • Vanillicon • YAGA (part.) • Post Count • #Hashtags • @Mentions • Facebook Login • Flagging • Quotes • Better Notifications and more... Vanilla APP integrates: Facebook Login Kit Google Firebase Google Fabric It would be great to get forum managers like you on board and improve your communities with a high level native app for your users.
Apperah
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Apperah is made to be social. * Discover events and places on the map and post open invitations to let people join you! * Connect with friends and followers and stay up to date with what your friends have been up to. * If you don't want a feed - turn it off! EXPLORE THE MAP Find events, places and things happening near you. OPEN INVITATIONS Going for a hike, grabbing coffee or heading to a concert? Let people know they're welcome to join. FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS Keep up with the people you know and choose who sees what. GROUPS Organize your circles in a way that works for you and your friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Apperah at every 2 days against Vanilla App's every 4 months. Vanilla App's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.4). On price, 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.
Vanilla App ships an update every 4 months, Apperah every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vanilla App | Apperah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Stefan Eipeltauer | Apperah AS |
In-app purchases
Vanilla App
No in-app purchases
Apperah
No in-app purchases
