Comparison

Friendcasts vs Socialight

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

Socialight

Discover live events and activities happening in your city through real-time video streams. See who is attending events and connect with friends. Broadcast your location or important updates to your followers.

Highlights
  • Live video streams of city events
  • View event guest lists
  • Send city-wide push notifications
  • Check-in notifications for friends
  • Promote appearances or request assistance
Features
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Socialight is a social network for events and activities. · Live stream video shows you what's happening at every bar, restaurant, and street address in the city. · Check the guest list of an event to see who's coming... and who's already there. Socialight is your radar for a good time. It's also the only app that allows you to send push notifications to every person in the city. · Checking into a different city for the weekend? Socialight will tell your friends that you're in town. · Promoting your next appearance? Need emergency assistance? Send a notification to every follower in the city and let them know where to find you. Don't let life pass you by. If it's Friday night, check Socialight.

Screenshots

Friendcasts4 screens
Socialight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Socialight at every 3 days against Friendcasts's every 9 days. Friendcasts's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Friendcasts against 5.0 for Socialight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Friendcasts has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friendcasts ships an update every 9 days, Socialight every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Friendcasts versus Socialight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendcastsSocialight
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB91 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperZachary KeetonSocialight, LLC

Customer experience

Friendcasts

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

Socialight

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Friendcasts

No in-app purchases

None

Socialight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Friendcasts free?
Friendcasts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Socialight free?
Socialight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Friendcasts or Socialight?
Friendcasts and Socialight are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Friendcasts or Socialight have ads?
Neither Friendcasts nor Socialight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friendcasts or Socialight?
Friendcasts ships an update every 9 days, and Socialight every 3 days. Most recently, Friendcasts was updated on October 24, 2026 and Socialight on October 17, 2026.

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