OnAire vs Loops by Pixelfed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnAire
This social app offers a unique video recording experience with a pause/play button, prioritizing user privacy and control. Content automatically deletes after a set period, and the feed is not driven by algorithms, allowing users to see moments from around the world.
- Pause/play video recording
- Algorithm-free feed
- Automatic content deletion (24 hours)
- Data-free and private
- Content flagging and blocking
- Global content discovery
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Social media wasn’t built for you. OnAire was. We are done with algorithms designed to divide, distract, and profit off your attention. OnAire is the digital village, a free, global trade school where your knowledge is your currency and your content creates generational wealth. This is Expert Culture. Not Influencer Culture. Stop watching people show off their lives. Start learning how to build yours. OnAire, the most valuable person in the room is the one who can teach something real. Why OnAire is Different: Real-Time Utility, Zero Data Harvesting: We don’t save it, we don’t track it, and we don’t sell it. What happens on the app stays in the moment. No Algorithms: See the world as it actually is, not through a curated, polarizing bubble. Skill Sharing Over Self-Promotion: We value actual capability over artificial clout. Community-First: Your tribe, your terms. Build real connections rooted exactly where you stand. The 7-Day Script Flip Your moments don't belong to a corporation; they belong to your community. OnAire, the collective decides what matters: 1. Trending content earns 7 days of global visibility. 2. Everything else completely disappears in 24 hours. Just the way human interaction used to be. Our Core Belief When someone teaches you how to keep your family warm during a blackout, their race, gender, or politics become entirely irrelevant. Real problems solved by real people, that is true identity power. OnAire flips the script from engagement through conflict to engagement through empowerment. Built in Omaha, NE. Trusted Globally.
Loops by Pixelfed
Create and discover short videos on a decentralized network. Enjoy authentic content without ads, tracking, or algorithmic manipulation. Take control of your social media experience.
- Create short videos
- Discover videos
- Federated network
- No ads
- No tracking
- Authentic content
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Create and discover short videos in a federated network that puts you in control. No ads, no tracking, no manipulative algorithms — just authentic content from real people.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OnAire at 5.0 against Loops by Pixelfed's 4.6. OnAire also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (97% vs 88%). Loops by Pixelfed's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
OnAire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loops by Pixelfed has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of OnAire's written reviews are positive against 88% of Loops by Pixelfed's.
OnAire ships an update every 3 weeks, Loops by Pixelfed every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OnAire | Loops by Pixelfed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.6 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.1% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Partum Simplex, Inc | Daniel Supernault |
Customer experience
OnAire
Loops by Pixelfed
In-app purchases
OnAire
No in-app purchases
Loops by Pixelfed
No in-app purchases
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