Are.na vs Mate

Since 2011, Are.na has been the platform of choice for creative researchers, designers, artists, academics, and rabbit-hole enthusiasts. Completely independent, free from ads, algorithms, and unhealthy business practices, Are.na is a calm, thoughtful space for you to connect your ideas and build new ones. - Save any kind of content into collections. - Organize links, videos, images, and texts in a clean, distraction-free space. - Share ideas and collaborate on projects with anyone, anywhere. - Invite friends to work together privately or in public. - Tap into a thoughtful community where curiosity is valued. - Break out of your filter bubble. Are.na is powered by people, not ads.

Mate turns your Home Screen into a little shared space with the people you love. Create a mat, invite your friends, and fill it together with notes, stickers, photos, GIFs, videos and drawings. Put the mat on your Home Screen as a widget and watch it change whenever someone adds something new. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Shared mats: invite friends, a partner or your whole group and build one mat together, with changes showing up live. • Home Screen widget: your live mat is always one glance away. Pick small, medium or large. • Draw, write and decorate: handwritten notes, stickers, emojis, photos, GIFs and free drawing. • Matebot: your voice assistant for mats. Just say what you want to add and it helps you do it. • AI creativity: turn ideas into stickers and images, make a sticker from your own photo, or get help with handwriting. • Explore: discover public mats from the community, like them, save them or make your own copy. • Reactions and comments: react to what your friends add and chat right on top of it. • Streaks: keep your mat alive day after day with a friend. • Friends made easy: find friends from your contacts, by username, invite code, link or QR code. • Invite rewards: when a friend you invited signs up and creates their first mat, you get a week of Premium. • Notifications: get a gentle nudge when a friend updates your mat. TRY IT YOUR WAY Jump straight in as a guest and start creating right away. Sign in only when you want the social side, like adding friends and sharing mats. MATE PREMIUM (optional) Go Premium for unlimited mats and friends, bigger group mats, more AI generations, copying mats from Explore, publishing your best mats, GIFs and videos, exclusive stickers and backgrounds, and editing without ads. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them anytime in your App Store account settings. Mate is free to download. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at the support link in the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/