Bailiwik vs Roughtake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bailiwik
Connect with people who share your physical spaces, like neighborhoods or workplaces. Create or join communities to foster a sense of belonging and facilitate real-world interactions. Discover local events and deals, and get to know your neighbors.
- Create and curate place-based communities
- Connect online and offline
- Member directory
- Discover and promote local events
- Access local merchant deals
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Bailiwiks are communities that share a place: a neighborhood, a co-working office, a dog park -- anywhere people come together on a regular basis. Create a community that makes the people who share a place feel welcome and connected -- or join one created by someone else. Get to know the people you see every day, and turn your shared place into a real community that connects online and off! Put yourself at the center of the community. Create and curate a community for a place you care about. • Turn a place into a real community that connects online and off. • Make people feel welcome. Bailiwiks are hosted and curated by real people. That could be you! • Chat with the people around you. Get to know the people you see every day. • Put names to those familiar faces with our member directory. • Find nearby events -- or promote your own, for free. • Get deals from local merchants -- or offer your own, for free.
Roughtake
Discover TV shows and movies with video reviews or by swiping through content. Share your opinions on streaming content through video posts and build a following as a critic.
- Discover movies and TV shows
- Video reviews
- Swipe interface for content discovery
- Post video reviews
- Build a following
- Become a critic
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Find TV shows and movies through video reviews OR swiping left and right through content to find things to save for later. Post videos of what you think about streaming content. Get a following from your opinions alone, and be the critic you're meant to be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Roughtake at none against Bailiwik's shown. Roughtake also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (101 vs 15). Bailiwik's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 5.0 for Bailiwik against 4.9 for Roughtake. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roughtake has 101 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Bailiwik's written reviews are positive against 84% of Roughtake's.
Bailiwik ships an update every 3 weeks, Roughtake every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bailiwik | Roughtake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better | 4.9 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 84.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bailiwik Inc. | Roughtake LLC |
Customer experience
Bailiwik
Roughtake
In-app purchases
Bailiwik
No in-app purchases
Roughtake
No in-app purchases
