Comparison

Being vs Social Web Cloud

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

Head to head
About

Being

Experience social media from another user's perspective, seeing who they follow and discovering new content. Connect with friends, celebrities, and influencers in a unique way by browsing their curated feeds. Explore popular topics and categories to find content you trust.

Highlights
  • View social media through another user's eyes
  • See who friends and favorite accounts are following
  • Discover new content from trusted sources
  • Browse popular feeds by topic and category
  • Access public social media feeds
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BEING - IS - BACK! Experience social media through someone ELSE'S eyes with Being®. From pop stars to your closest friends, Being lets you see what social media looks like from the perspective of any other user based on who they’re following. Discover new feeds and feel closer to your favorite friends, celebrities and influencers like never before. - See who your friends & favorite accounts are following - Discover new content from people you trust - Browse popular feeds by topic and category View any feeds you can access on social media (private users stay private). Let us know what you think on Twitter via @beingtheapp. If you love it and want to see more, leave a review! (▨ ‿ ▨)

About

Social Web Cloud

Features
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Most apps are free because you are the product. Social Web is different — and so is the way it's built. We don't have ads — which means we have no reason to track what you search for, no algorithm deciding what you see, and no company building a profile on who you are. We make money because you pay us a fair price. That's it. That's the whole deal. Everything in one place. Almost nothing to pay. Built for people, not profit. Social Web combines private messaging, a news feed, and internet search in one app — built on open internet standards that no single company owns or controls. And here's what makes it different from every other app on this list: your data doesn't live on our servers. It lives on yours. WHAT YOU GET: — Private group messaging where messages live on your own server, not ours — Follow Reddit, YouTube, podcasts, local news, and more in one clean feed — Search RSS feeds and the open internet without being tracked — Host your own Social Web server and own everything — your data, your conversations, your archive — No ads. No algorithm. No data collection. Ever. — Available for less than a dollar a month — because privacy shouldn't be a luxury WHY IT'S DIFFERENT: Every other messaging app, news reader, and search tool you use is making money from your attention and your data. We don't. We built Social Web because we believe the internet was meant to belong to the people using it — not the companies profiting from it. With Social Web, you can run your own server. Your messages are stored where you decide. No company can delete your account, shut down your archive, or change the terms on you. If Social Web disappeared tomorrow, your data would still be there — readable by any RSS client in the world, because it's built on open standards, not proprietary lock-in. No ads means no reason to watch you. No algorithm means no one is engineering what you think or feel. No data profiles means you are a person, not a product. The internet, the way it was meant to be. License agreement link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Being2 screens
Social Web Cloud3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Being at none against Social Web Cloud's 4. Being also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). Social Web Cloud's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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. Social Web Cloud sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Being asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Being ships an update every 2 months, Social Web Cloud every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Being versus Social Web Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeingSocial Web Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB43 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPressto, Inc.Social Web Cloud LLC

In-app purchases

None

Being

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Social Web Cloud

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Basic Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Being free?
Being is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Social Web Cloud free?
Social Web Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Being or Social Web Cloud have ads?
Neither Being nor Social Web Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Being or Social Web Cloud?
Being ships an update every 2 months, and Social Web Cloud every 4 days. Most recently, Being was updated on September 9, 2026 and Social Web Cloud on September 30, 2026.

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