phpFox vs Farcaster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
phpFox
This social networking app allows users to easily update activities and share content within their community. It provides tools to manage various modules like events, photos, blogs, and member profiles.
- Activity updates
- Content sharing
- Event management
- Photo sharing
- Blog posting
- Member management
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phpFox is the application that allows easy updating activities in the phpFox community as well as sharing their items. It also allows you to manage many modules such as events, photos, blogs, music, polls, quizzes, member, and email. It's free and always will be. Enter the Server Address "v4-ultimate.phpfox.com" to access the demo site. Demo Account: phpfoxtest1@phpfox.com / 123456
Farcaster
A decentralized social network where users control their identity and data. Connect with a global community by creating a profile, posting public messages, and engaging in private conversations. Experience a new way to socialize online.
- Decentralized social network
- User-controlled identity
- Create public profile
- Post public messages
- Send private messages
- Discover users and profiles
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Sign up requires an in-app purchase. Farcaster is a new type of social network. It's decentralized, like email, which means you control your account and identity. It's an ever-growing community of interesting, curious people from all over the world. Connect with others by creating a profile and posting public messages. What can you do with Farcaster: - Create a Farcaster account and public profile - Post and reply to public messages - Send private messages to friends - Find other users and visit public profiles You can keep updated by following us on (@farcaster) or on X (@farcaster_xyz). If you need to contact support, please send an email to support+ios@neynar.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Farcaster at 51% against phpFox's 0%. Farcaster also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). phpFox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Farcaster sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. phpFox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Farcaster holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Farcaster has 1.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of phpFox's written reviews are positive against 51% of Farcaster's.
phpFox ships an update every 2 months, Farcaster every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | phpFox | Farcaster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PHPFOX LLC | Merkle Manufactory |
Customer experience
phpFox
Farcaster
Bugs and requests
phpFox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Farcaster
Reported bugs
5 issues- Registration issues
- Inability to upload photos
- Crashes and app instability
- Problems with in-app purchases
- Sync issues between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Multi-language support
- Improved notifications
- Expanded content sharing options
- Better integration with web3 tools
- Enhanced analytics and metrics
In-app purchases
phpFox
No in-app purchases
Farcaster
- Warpcast Gas Fee$1.00
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- Onchain Gas Fee$5.00
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