Comparison

Friendcasts vs Bacchanal Live

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

Head to head
About

Friendcasts

This app simplifies social event planning by allowing users to propose ideas, gauge interest, and organize confirmed events with dedicated chat and photo sharing. It focuses on bringing people together without the complexities of traditional social media.

Highlights
  • Propose event ideas and gauge interest
  • Organize confirmed events with dedicated chat
  • Create custom groups for faster event planning
  • Utilize polls for group decisions
  • Share photos of event memories
  • Form communities for shared events
Features
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Friendcasts is an event planning tool that makes it easy to bring you and your friends together for fun times and meaningful connections. Unlike other apps that function like or require a social media account, Friendcasts is NOT a social media app. Friendcasts focuses only on the social aspect of bringing people together. WHY FRIENDCASTS? If you’ve ever tried to plan something then you know it can be difficult to organize people. There is pressure on the planner to message each person individually (which is inconvenient and time-consuming) or create a group chat (which is often difficult to leave). With Friendcasts, you can gauge interest in potential events in a pressure free way by creating an “Idea”. If anyone you include is interested all they have to do is press a button. When your Idea has enough interest, it can be easily transitioned to an official Event that includes a dedicated group chat, polls, and a place to upload photos of the memories you've made. After the Event has ended, you can find it in your profile page along with your other past Events. Photos can still be uploaded but the group chat and polls are locked to prevent unnecessary noise and help you focus on future Events. FEATURES - Events - For planned occasions that are definitely happening. - Ideas - Gauge interest in a potential event. When enough people indicate interest, you can get a notification and/or you can configure the Idea to automatically transition into an official Event. - Communities - Communities allow you to share events and ideas with specific people. Whether it's for a local club, sports group, board game group, or even a travel group, you can set up a community for it. - Chat - Each Event has a dedicated group chat to help make your plans a reality and includes GIF support for a little extra fun. - Polls - Perfect for gauging feedback, making group decisions, or creating sign-up sheets - Groups - Organize friends into custom groups for faster selection when creating an Idea or Event. - Location selection - Everyone in an Event can quickly pull up directions to the fun

About

Bacchanal Live

Experience a unique blend of music and culture from the West Indies. This platform connects artists, musicians, writers, producers, and fans, celebrating Indo-Caribbean heritage with genres like Chutney, Soca, and Bollywood Remixes.

Highlights
  • Chutney music
  • Soca music
  • Bollywood Remixes
  • Dancehall
  • Reggae
  • Hip Hop
  • Trance
Features
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Bacchanal Radio came to life on Saturday November 29th 2008. Bacchanal radio is based in Trinidad & Tobago. It is comprised of disc jockeys that revolutionized Indo Caribbean culture almost a decade ago. In all, these disc jockeys have more than 50 years experience combined playing the very best in Chutney, Soca, Bollywood Remixes, Bhangra, Dancehall, Reggae, Hip Hop & Trance just to name a few. Bacchanal Radio is in existence today due to a void in the industry where a certain grouping of persons were neglected, alienated, abandoned & rejected. This grouping endured entertainment at it’s lowest ebb. Recognition has finally come. Bacchanal Radio is the medium through which all artistes, musicians, writers, producers & fans find their rightful place within the entertainment industry. Bacchanal Radio is the expression of West Indian people, the young and the young at heart, from every corner of the World. A unique blend of music making up one voice, one sound, one Caribbean. Tell the world… D Bacchanal Now Start

Screenshots

Friendcasts4 screens
Bacchanal Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Friendcasts at 100% against Bacchanal Live's 0%. Friendcasts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). Bacchanal Live's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Friendcasts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Friendcasts's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bacchanal Live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friendcasts ships an update every 9 days, Bacchanal Live every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Friendcasts versus Bacchanal Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendcastsBacchanal Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB19 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperZachary KeetonDinesh Samtani

Customer experience

Friendcasts

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bacchanal Live

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Friendcasts

No in-app purchases

None

Bacchanal Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Friendcasts free?
Friendcasts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bacchanal Live free?
Bacchanal Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Friendcasts or Bacchanal Live?
Friendcasts is rated higher. Friendcasts averages 5.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Bacchanal Live averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Friendcasts or Bacchanal Live have ads?
Neither Friendcasts nor Bacchanal Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friendcasts or Bacchanal Live?
Friendcasts ships an update every 9 days, and Bacchanal Live every 4 months. Most recently, Friendcasts was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bacchanal Live on October 24, 2026.

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