ibble vs Friendly SMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ibble
Discover communities and engage in real conversations using threaded videos. Share your thoughts through video, audio, text, or photos, and explore new topics and trends with like-minded individuals.
- Find and join communities
- Engage in threaded video conversations
- Create content with video, audio, text, photos
- Explore new topics and trends
- Connect with like-minded individuals
- User-friendly interface
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ibble is the place to find your communities and have real conversations about anything! Communities: Join communities of people who are passionate about the same things as you Learn and explore new topics, trends, and events Make new friends or invite old ones to join the conversation Conversations: Have real conversations about what matters with threaded videos that allow you to talk back and forth with everyone around the world Respond when you want, how you want, where you want Create with video, audio, text, or photos Threads: Swipe up and down to find new topics Swipe left and right to dive deeper into content that interests you Reply to threads to share your perspective and knowledge.
Friendly SMS
This app helps you stay in touch with important contacts by setting personalized reminders. It allows you to send pre-written text messages with a single tap, ensuring you never miss a special occasion or a chance to connect.
- Recurring contact reminders
- Birthday reminders
- Pre-filled SMS messages
- Customizable messages
- Manual one-off reminders
- Local notifications
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Friendly helps you stay connected with the people who matter most — without letting life get in the way. Simply import your contacts, set a reminder frequency, and Friendly will nudge you when it's time to reach out. When the reminder fires, just tap to open a pre-filled text message and send it in seconds. Features: - Recurring reminders — daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly - Birthday reminders so you never miss a special day - Pre-filled SMS messages so sending is effortless - Customize your message for each contact - One-off manual reminders whenever you need them - Local notifications — no account or login required Your data stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Friendly SMS at none against ibble's 6. Friendly SMS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). ibble's advantage is ratings volume (248 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. ibble sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Friendly SMS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Friendly SMS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ibble has 248 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ibble | Friendly SMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (248 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 248 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Violet AI, Inc. | Gabriel Beer |
Customer experience
ibble
Friendly SMS
Bugs and requests
ibble
Reported bugs
6 issues- App runs slowly and drains device performance
- Comment notifications trigger but comments don't load
- Error messages when trying to view comments
- Post creation options not fully scrollable
- Stock voting feature not functional
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- Portfolio value calculations inaccurate
Requested features
6 requests- Live streaming capability
- Help or contact support icon
- Dark mode option
- Improved notification system
- Better account management and deletion options
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- Expanded post creation options with scrollable menus
Friendly SMS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ibble
- $0.99 In-App Purchase$0.99
- $4.99 In-App Purchase$4.99
- $9.99 In-App Purchase$9.99
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- $24.99 In-App Purchase$24.99
- $49.99 In-App Purchase$49.99
- $99.99 In-App Purchase$99.99
Friendly SMS
No in-app purchases









