GroupSpot vs My UA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GroupSpot
This platform streamlines group communication by offering a unified space for families, communities, book clubs, teams, and faith groups. It provides tools for sharing moments, organizing events, managing schedules, and facilitating discussions, all while prioritizing privacy and efficiency.
- Mass Communications (Email, Pushes, Alerts)
- Personal and Group Chat
- Shared Photo Albums
- Signups, Polls, Forms, RSVPs
- Schedules, Rosters, Player Availability
- Member Management
- Subgroups and Sister Group Management
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Everyone knows email is messy, chat is noisy, social media is spyware, and single-purpose apps are exhausting. It doesn’t have to be this way. At GroupSpot, we’ve built the ultimate group communications platform optimized for community, utility, and privacy. Groups have all the tools they need to succeed in a single solution, whether it’s a small circle of friends or a town sports league. When it comes to group communications, you won’t find a platform with more flexibility and efficiency than GroupSpot. Here’s a few groups using GroupSpot today: Families Share meaningful moments and big wins with the wider family. You now have a home for all those moments only your cousins would care about: curtain call at the grade school play, mom crossing the finish line in the local 5k, and dad’s epic fail on the trampoline. In between, GroupSpot ensures you’re on top of Family Birthdays, Graduations, and Anniversaries. Community Groups Be a hometown hero and bring your local community into the 21st century with GroupSpot. Replace the color-coded weekly email blasts and clunky web signups with a single platform solution. Watch as engagement skyrockets simply because it’s easier to access and participate. This includes HSAs/PTAs, Newcomers, Non-Profits, Rotary Clubs, and other Community Groups. Book Clubs Unlike other book club apps looking to sell you books or collect your data, GroupSpot’s only interest is your Book Club. We make your monthly meetings great by sharing important details like discussion topics, RSVP, and host messages. We’ve also created a home for your past books where you can access, rate, and review any book ever read by your Book Club. Teams We provide all the bells and whistles you’ve come to expect with team apps like schedules, games, rosters, directions, and player availability. But GroupSpot is also great for casual groups like pickup soccer when all you care about is having enough players to field a game. Or teams that compete outside the playing field like academic teams and marching bands. Faith Groups Make your engagement with your House of Worship more than a once-a-week event by staying better connected through GroupSpot. Share inspirational scripture, preview the upcoming sermon, organize potluck dinners, plan the perfect retreat, support those in need, and more. GroupSpot also has advanced features for the engineer in all of us: • Mass Communications: Email, Pushes, In-App Alerts • Personal and Group Chat • Shared Photo Albums • Signups, Polls, Forms, RSVPs, Links, Attachments • Games, Schedules, Rosters, and Player Availability for Teams • Meetings, Books, Discussions Topics, Ratings, and Reviews for Book Clubs • Advanced Member Management • Subgroups and Sister Group Management And much more… About GroupSpot GroupSpot is working hard to become a leader in the group communications space. But behind those lofty ambitions, you’ll find real purpose. At its core, GroupSpot was designed with a single, guiding principle in mind, protecting your privacy. When you have a subscription model, there’s no incentive to mine someone’s personal data or keep them glued to their screen. We will never, ever, invade your privacy. We’ve built a privacy-first, group communications platform because we believe there is a growing number of groups who share our passion. We believe in smarter communications, ones shaped by ethical tech and social responsibility. When it comes to group communications, there are plenty of choices, but none that rival GroupSpot in purpose and design. Please view the Terms of Service (EULA) here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ GroupSpot
My UA
A private social media platform for verified residents of Upper Arlington. Connect with neighbors, join interest groups, and access local announcements and business offers. Enjoy a spam-free, algorithm-free experience focused on community.
- Verified resident communication
- Private social media platform
- Message boards and chats
- City and school board announcements
- Interest groups
- Local business listings and offers
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My Upper Arlington is your private social media platform designed and administered for the sole benefit of Upper Arlington residents. Join the My Upper Arlington app today to begin communicating with verified local residents. Unlike the "big" social media platforms, My Upper Arlington does not allow spammers, scammers, bots or other nefarious actors. All participants are vetted for residency, so you know you are always communicating with a true neighbor. There are a variety of different modules within the My Upper Arlington app, including message boards, chats, announcements from city, school board and other officials. Use the My Upper Arlington App to create interest groups, find lost items and post articles for sale. Rest easy knowing you are always communicating with other Upper Arlington residents or community officials. In addition to the exciting social features of the My Upper Arlington App, you will find business listings and exclusive offers from verified Upper Arlington local businesses. We encourage Arlington residents to "shop local" and support your local Upper Arlington businesses and establishments. Unlike other social media platforms, My Upper Arlington contains no "algorithms." Our app will not track you, spam you, and we will never divulge or share your personal information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My UA at none against GroupSpot's 8. My UA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). GroupSpot's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. GroupSpot sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per month. My UA asks for nothing beyond the download.
My UA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GroupSpot has 4.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GroupSpot ships an update every 2 days, My UA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GroupSpot | My UA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kohort Technologies, Inc. | Common-Area LLC dba BusyBloc |
Customer experience
GroupSpot
My UA
Bugs and requests
GroupSpot
Reported bugs
2 issues- Difficulty seeing older posts
- Occasional app crashes
Requested features
2 requests- Increase video upload duration
- Enhance blocking system functionality
My UA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GroupSpot
- Monthly: 1 Group$39.991 Month
- Monthly: 2 Groups$79.991 Month
- Monthly: 3 Groups$119.991 Month
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- Monthly: Up to 5 Groups$119.991 Month
- Annual: 1 Group$384.991 Year
- Annual: 2 Groups$699.991 Year
- Annual: 3 Groups$999.991 Year
- Annual: Up to 5 Groups$999.991 Year
My UA
No in-app purchases









