Comparison

Empower vs Social Ring

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Empower

Facilitates friend-to-friend outreach for volunteers and organizers to drive social change. It helps users leverage personal relationships for effective communication and movement building.

Highlights
  • Friend-to-friend outreach
  • Actionable tasks for volunteers
  • Organizer-volunteer communication
  • Relationship-based organizing
  • Personalized outreach guidance
Features
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Empower is the place for volunteers to stay connected with organizations and get the latest actions they can take to make change. Volunteers will receive actions they can take, such as reaching out to friends and family, canvassing, or actions they can take on their own. Organizers can also use this app to keep in touch with volunteers. If you are volunteer or organizer and you were directed here by an organization or campaign, you are in the right place! Empower puts relationships at the heart of organizing. Research says talking to people you know is the most effective way to create change. Empower will guide you to make a list of people you know and reach out to them about the issues that matter to you. Empower helps you leverage the power of your personal relationships to use a trusted messenger for your message (you!), reach people who are often left out of traditional outreach tactics, and build real power and a movement that is sustainable beyond the next election.

About

Social Ring

Easily create custom profile picture borders for social media. Choose from over 100 designs across various categories like NBA, colleges, and culture. Save your enhanced image directly to your device.

Highlights
  • Custom profile picture borders
  • Over 100 border designs
  • Multiple categories (NBA, Colleges, Culture)
  • Image resizing with pinch-to-zoom
  • Save to photo library
  • Monthly border updates
Features
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Social Ring lets you create custom rings for your profile pictures on Clubhouse, Instagram, or your favorite social media platform. Create profile pictures with a variety of custom-made borders with over 100 borders to choose from. Add your image and resize by pinching the screen in or out. Change your border from our list of categories. When you are finished click the save button below the picture. That's it, now you have a custom profile image waiting in your photos library. Take a look at our selection: - NBA - Custom - Clubhouse - Colleges & Universities - Greek Letter Organizations - Divine 9 - Colors - Culture - Social Media - Profession We add new borders every month. You may even get a chance to become the face of our app. Purchases: When you purchase the application it is only a one-time purchase. Periodically, there will be chances to purchase exclusive collections that you will have permanent access to from a one-time purchase. This application is not affiliated with any social media platform. Need support? You can reach us at patton.university@gmail.com and we will do our best to solve any issues or questions you have related to this app. Feedback is welcome, please let us know if you have suggestions, questions, or concerns.

Screenshots

Empower4 screens
Social Ring3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Empower at Free against Social Ring's $0.99. Empower also leads on ratings volume (557 vs 37). Social Ring's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Empower is free to download; Social Ring costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Social Ring holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Empower has 557 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Empower's written reviews are positive against 100% of Social Ring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Empower ships an update every 2 weeks, Social Ring every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Empower versus Social Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmpowerSocial Ring
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (557 ratings)4.9 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings557 — better37
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#42 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmpower Innovations Group, Inc.Dominique Hosea

Customer experience

Empower

All ratings408 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral4.9%
Negative37.0%

Social Ring

All ratings37 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Empower

No in-app purchases

None

Social Ring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Empower free?
Empower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Social Ring free?
Social Ring costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Empower or Social Ring?
Social Ring is rated higher. Empower averages 4.6 out of 5 from 557 ratings, while Social Ring averages 4.9 from 37 ratings.
Do Empower or Social Ring have ads?
Neither Empower nor Social Ring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Empower or Social Ring?
Empower ships an update every 2 weeks, and Social Ring every 11 days. Most recently, Empower was updated on November 6, 2026 and Social Ring on November 3, 2026.

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