Micro.blog vs Hvr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Micro.blog
A social network designed for independent bloggers to share short posts, links, and replies. It connects users to a timeline powered by the open web, supporting various content types and external blog integrations.
- Short microblog posts
- Full-length posts
- Markdown styling
- Custom themes
- Post photos, podcasts, video
- Integrates with external blogs
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Micro.blog is the fastest way to blog and a safe community for microbloggers. Micro.blog is the blog you will actually use. Micro.blog shows recent posts from sites and people you are following. Microblog posts are short — quick thoughts, links to web sites, and replies to friends. It's a fast timeline that's powered by the open web. Blogs hosted on Micro.blog include: * Short microblog posts or full-length posts. * Markdown for styling. * Custom themes. * Categories, photos, podcasts, video, and more. Already have a blog? Use Micro.blog to follow friends and post to external blogs compatible with WordPress and the Micropub API. Instead of trying to be a full social network, Micro.blog is a thin layer that glues the open web together, making it more useful. Micro.blog adds discovery and conversations on top of previously unconnected blog posts.
Hvr
Create and publish your own website as easily as posting to social media. Engage in conversations on any webpage, discover communities, and curate your online experience by following people and sites. Earn revenue as a Sitepartner.
- Publish to your own website
- Comment on any webpage
- Discover communities
- Curated feeds
- Sitepartner program
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Create and post to your own website: - Publish to your site as quickly as you post to social media. - Be followed and discovered at the online space you control. Start and join conversations on any webpage: - Comment on any website with text, images, videos, and more. - Share your comments with followers and anyone on Hvr. Discover communities at sites you love: - Chat about a site’s content with people who share your interests. - Keep up with any new comments across your favorite sites. Less searching, more finding: - Follow people and websites to get the best of the web curated for you. - Explore your Personalized For You feed and chronological Following Feed. Partner with Hvr: - Earn commissions and recurring revenue as a Sitepartner. - Gain followers and increase engagement on your site.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hvr at 4.8 against Micro.blog's 4.4. Hvr also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Micro.blog's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 12). 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.
Hvr holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Micro.blog's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hvr's.
Micro.blog ships an update fortnightly, Hvr every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Micro.blog | Hvr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (56 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Micro.blog, LLC | HVR Technologies |
Customer experience
Micro.blog
Hvr
In-app purchases
Micro.blog
No in-app purchases
Hvr
No in-app purchases
