Town vs Pubrule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Town
Connect with friends and discover what's happening globally or locally through a live social feed. Share updates, engage in text chats, and follow interests to stay informed and entertained.
- Live social feed
- Spontaneous text chat
- Location-based connections
- Personalized content feeds
- Direct messaging
- Follow interests and people
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Join the LIVE social feed of your Town! Town is a place to see and share what's happening everywhere in the world! It’s a place for spontaneous, drop-in text chat-with friends and other interesting people around the world. It instantly connects you with people around you-using your location- and allows you also to discover what's happening anywhere in the world. Whether getting the latest news, socialize with members of your local community, ask questions, look for new events or even getting entertained. Town is your place to go! Town is the new way of getting and creating content- it is just clicks away. Join the fun! Connect with people and share the moment. Create your Town account for Free Today! VIEW - View public timeline and also content that is tailored just (For You) - View timelines of only the people you are (Following) CHAT - Express yourself, share your thoughts and join the conversation whether to anyone in your public feed or to JUST your followers! - Direct message anyone privately. FOLLOW Follow your interests by following friends. DISCOVER - Get the latest news in your Town AND everywhere in the world. Town enables you to find interesting people and brings you closer to your local community or Town and also everywhere in the world like never been done before. It allows you to build followers of like-minded Townies! Any feedback? We are happy to receive them anytime at the app ( go to Settings then contact us).
Pubrule
Easily create polls with up to four options to settle debates. Share timed surveys with friends or the public and track incoming results in real-time. A simple way to make group decisions.
- Create polls
- Up to 4 options per poll
- Timed surveys
- Share with friends
- Public polls
- View results
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How the App works is simple: · Users create a poll · Choose up to 4 options that you are debating on · Send the timed survey to your friends or with the public · Watch as the results come in
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Town at every 3 weeks against Pubrule's every 2 months. Town also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1). Pubrule's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Town against 5.0 for Pubrule. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Town has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Town ships an update every 3 weeks, Pubrule every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Town | Pubrule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Town Limited Company | KIRWM LLC |
Customer experience
Town
Pubrule
In-app purchases
Town
No in-app purchases
Pubrule
No in-app purchases
