Comparison

Positive Singles® vs Lysten

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

Head to head
About

Positive Singles®

This app connects individuals living with STDs, including herpes and HIV, to find friendship, love, and understanding. It offers a private and supportive community where members can build connections confidently with others who share similar experiences. The platform prioritizes user privacy and uses reliable technology to ensure a safe and positive user experience.

Highlights
  • Connect with singles with STDs
  • Find friendship and love
  • Private and anonymous profiles
  • Supportive community
  • Global member base
  • Focus on user privacy
Features
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PositiveSingles® has been catering to singles with STDs for over 24 years. Over 2.6 million members choose our app to save time, build connections confidently, and join a community of people who understand exactly what you're going through. We strongly believe in protecting your privacy. We've never shared databases or disclosed personal info to any other app or company. To provide the best user experience, we skip unproven or mediocre technology. We choose to work with only the best tech partners in the app industry. PositiveSingles builds a positive and warm community here to help you find friendship, love, and understanding in a safe space. Whether you are looking for love or support after living with herpes or other STDs, you have come to the right place. We are a private STD community and have been helping people with STDs find love and relationship since 2001! Download the app and interact with 2.6 Million+ members who know exactly what it feels like to be in the situation that you are going through. Here you can meet and chat with other HSV singles for friendship, partner, romance, relationships and more! It is free to download the PositiveSingles app and connect with positive singles near you—across major cities in the U.S., Canada, UK, and Australia. We care about your privacy and are sensitive to your privacy needs, so you are not required to submit any information you are not comfortable with. All your personal information can be private and anonymous until you want to take things further. Anyone with an STD can join us regardless of race, religion or gender. Never feel lonely again! In-app purchase subscription required. We provide multiple subscription options to choose from: 1 month subscription: $33.99 USD 3 months subscription: $69.99 USD 6 months subscription: $109.99 USD * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase * Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period * Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal * Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase * Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable * Our Privacy and Terms View our Privacy Policy at https://www.positivesingles.com/privacyPolicy View our Terms at https://www.positivesingles.com/serviceAgreement

About

Lysten

Explore a vast array of audio conversations on diverse topics, from meditation and business to relationships and news. Host your own rooms to share your voice and connect with others, or engage in Q&A forums to learn from like-minded peers.

Highlights
  • Discover audio conversations
  • Host your own audio rooms
  • Connect with like-minded people
  • Engage in Q&A forums
  • Topic-based conversation search
Features
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• Discover hundreds of conversations via our audio rooms. These rooms are filled with exciting conversations and gems that will blow your mind. Search any topic from meditation, business, finances, breaking news, relationships, social justice and so much more. You can listen to audio rooms while you exercise, commute to work or even clean the house. • If you’re feeling good you can even host a room, create and express yourself and connect with like-minded people. You can use your voice to up lift and up rise situations and circumstances that need to be paid attention to or use your voice to just to chat, your choice. • Make a call! If you find someone that you would love to learn more from, set up a call and ask to connect with them. • Do you have questions- we have answers. Chat with like minded peers with our questions and answer forum.

Screenshots

Positive Singles®4 screens
Lysten4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lysten at 100% against Positive Singles®'s 15%. Lysten also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). Positive Singles®'s advantage is ratings volume (7.7K vs 5) and chart position (#55 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Positive Singles® sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $33.99 per month. Lysten asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lysten holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Positive Singles® has 7.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Positive Singles®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Lysten's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Positive Singles® ships an update every 11 days, Lysten every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Positive Singles® versus Lysten: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPositive Singles®Lysten
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7.7K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.7K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#55 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB80 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPS Support, IncLysten Interactive Inc

Customer experience

Positive Singles®

All ratings7,594 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.2%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews298 reviews
Positive15.1%
Neutral9.7%
Negative75.2%

Lysten

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Positive Singles®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Profiles disappearing or not loading properly
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Subscription purchases not registering correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow free messaging between matched users
  • Improve search filters and distance settings
  • Add more security and anti-scam measures
  • Enhance app stability and user experience

Lysten

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Positive Singles®

Subscriptions5
  • 1 month3 variants$33.991 Month
  • 3 month$69.993 Months
  • 3 months$69.993 Months
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  • 6 month$109.996 Months
  • 6 months$109.996 Months
None

Lysten

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Positive Singles® free?
Positive Singles® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lysten free?
Lysten is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Positive Singles® or Lysten?
Lysten is rated higher. Positive Singles® averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7.7K ratings, while Lysten averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Positive Singles® or Lysten have ads?
Neither Positive Singles® nor Lysten shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Positive Singles® or Lysten?
Positive Singles® ships an update every 11 days, and Lysten every 2 weeks. Most recently, Positive Singles® was updated on October 29, 2026 and Lysten on October 4, 2026.

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