Comparison

WeAre8 vs OwnBrands

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

Head to head
About

WeAre8

This social media platform empowers users to control their feed and engage with positive content. It allows you to connect with creators, discover brands, and make a real-world impact while scrolling. Join a movement focused on positive energy and reclaiming your value.

Highlights
  • User-controlled feed
  • Positive content focus
  • Connect with creators
  • Engage with brands
  • Make real impact
  • Choose your vibe
Features
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8 isn’t just another app on your phone. It’s your space to take back control and your freedom. Freedom from the noise. Freedom from giving your time away for nothing. Freedom to show up as you are and be valued for it. We fixed what was broken and built something better: a social world that puts people first and puts you back in charge of your time, your attention, and your worth. On 8, it’s all about good energy, real impact, and you claiming what’s yours: Choose your vibe and express yourself freely. Follow creators, artists, and everyday legends who stay authentic and bring the positivity. Make impact while you scroll, engage with brands, earn, and help drive real change. This isn’t just social media. It’s social built for you. Terms of Use: https://www.weare8.com/general/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.weare8.com/privacy-policy

About

OwnBrands

Share and discover offers from friends, creators, and brands. Build custom social pages to organize and post deals, reviews, and sponsored links. Track engagement metrics and stay updated on brand announcements.

Highlights
  • Custom social pages
  • Organize offers and links
  • Scheduled and expiring posts
  • AI-powered posts
  • Track engagement metrics
  • Brand updates
  • Fan brand pages
Features
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Post and discover offers from friends, creators, and your favorite brands. * Build your own custom socials page. * Organize all of your offers, reviews and sponsored links in one place. * Share brand updates with scheduled, expiring, and AI-powered posts. * Track your views, likes and other brand metrics. OwnBrands is a social platform for managing and discovering content from brands. For individuals For all of the self-starters and savvy shoppers of the world, OwnBrands helps you build a brand page where you can announce updates, link out to your socials, and post your referrals and offers. For organizations Are you the owner of a small business? Do you manage social media marketing for your organization? Set up a brand page where you can announce scheduled promotions and deals. For someone else Looking to support your favorite podcaster, streamer or other public figure? Create a fan brand page where you can post their sponsored links and offers. More Features * Follow your favorite brands and open the app to see their latest announcements, offers and updates. * Keep track of all of your sponsored links, referrals and other deals in one place so that it's easier for your friends and followers to find your offers and support your brand. * Create richer posts than you could before with support for expiring and scheduled posts, ratings and reviews, and custom offers. * See details on how people are engaging with your brand and your posts over time with breakdowns by day, weeks and months.

Screenshots

WeAre84 screens
OwnBrands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OwnBrands at 100% against WeAre8's 32%. OwnBrands also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). WeAre8's advantage is ratings volume (773 vs 3). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OwnBrands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WeAre8 has 773 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of WeAre8's written reviews are positive against 100% of OwnBrands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeAre8 ships an update every 8 days, OwnBrands every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
WeAre8 versus OwnBrands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeAre8OwnBrands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (773 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings773 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB60 MB
Age rating12+17+
Developer8 Enterprises Inc.Pollyn Inc

Customer experience

WeAre8

All ratings773 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews382 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative62.0%

OwnBrands

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

WeAre8

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to verify phone number during sign-up
  • App freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent ad availability and payouts

Requested features

4 requests
  • More sponsorship opportunities
  • Faster payout processing
  • Improved content discovery and recommendation
  • Better communication from the app developers

OwnBrands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

WeAre8

No in-app purchases

None

OwnBrands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeAre8 free?
WeAre8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OwnBrands free?
OwnBrands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WeAre8 or OwnBrands?
OwnBrands is rated higher. WeAre8 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 773 ratings, while OwnBrands averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WeAre8 or OwnBrands have ads?
WeAre8 shows ads; OwnBrands does not.
Which is updated more often, WeAre8 or OwnBrands?
WeAre8 ships an update every 8 days, and OwnBrands every 3 days. Most recently, WeAre8 was updated on November 2, 2026 and OwnBrands on November 3, 2026.

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