Pi Network vs Farcaster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pi Network
Access and grow your digital currency holdings with this app. It functions as a wallet for your digital assets, offering an eco-friendly and battery-efficient way to manage your currency.
- Access Pi holdings
- Grow Pi holdings
- Digital asset wallet
- Eco-friendly mining
- Minimal battery consumption
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Pi is a new digital currency. This app allows you to access and grow your Pi holdings and serves as wallet to host your digital assets. Pi is fairly distributed, eco-friendly and consumes minimal battery power.
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 in-app purchases: Pi Network at none against Farcaster's 16. Pi Network also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 51%) and ratings volume (13K vs 1.1K). Farcaster's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pi Network asks for nothing beyond the download.
Farcaster holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pi Network has 13K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Pi Network's written reviews are positive against 51% of Farcaster's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pi Network ships an update every 3 months, Farcaster every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pi Network | Farcaster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13K ratings) | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.9% of reviews — better | 50.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 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, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SocialChain | Merkle Manufactory |
Customer experience
Pi Network
Farcaster
User reviews
Pi Network
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Innovative crypto mining concept
- 🚀 Minimal battery/data usage
- 👍 Great community
- 👍 Promising future potential
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and technical issues
- 🔒 Privacy and security concerns
- 👎 Lack of transparency from developers
- 👎 Overly aggressive monetization through ads
- 👎 Feels like a pyramid scheme
Farcaster
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth experience
- 🌟 Great community
- 💡 Innovative features
- 🌐 Decentralized social network
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 💰 Paid subscription required
- 🤖 Issues with bots/spam
- 🌐 Onboarding challenges
- 🤔 Confusing payment process
Bugs and requests
Pi Network
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unexpected errors when trying to add users
- Inability to change registered phone numbers
- Crashes and login issues for some users
Requested features
3 requests- Allow changing user profiles and security circles
- Improve in-app communication and support channels
- Provide more updates on project roadmap and timeline
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
Pi Network
No in-app purchases
Farcaster
- Warpcast Gas Fee$1.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$2.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$3.00
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- Onchain Gas Fee$5.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$9.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$12.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$18.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$24.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$27.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$36.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$45.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$48.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$54.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$60.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$72.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$80.00
