ARknet vs Social By Apsy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARknet
This platform offers a secure and intelligent social media experience, prioritizing user ownership of content and private data. It also enables contactless mobile ordering and payment, with tools for creating digital menus and shopping.
- Privacy-first social networking
- Contactless mobile order and pay
- Digital menu creation
- Secure social media experience
- User content ownership
- Invisible watermarking
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Contactless Mobile Order and pay. Buy or Sell on MainSt Shopping. Now also menus are made easy using the ARknet App Platform. Thank you for joining us as a retail business, food-food service company, shopper or 3D Augmented Reality enthusiast on ARknet App, the NEXT GENERATION SOCIAL PLATFORM. Enjoy ARknet as a more intelligent, secure social media experience. ARknet facilitates your ability to keep ownership of your own content, private data and media. KlickZie™ enabled steganographic (invisible) watermarking since 2019. (Works with iOS 6s and up).
Social By Apsy
Connect with friends and family, share your moments, and explore your passions on this social platform. Create a personalized profile, discover new connections, and express yourself through various content formats like stories, photos, videos, and live streams.
- Personalized profile creation
- Connect with friends and family
- Discover new connections and interests
- Share stories, photos, and videos
- Live streaming capabilities
- Curated, personalized feeds
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Welcome to Social By Apsy, the ultimate social platform designed to connect you with friends and family, share moments, and explore interests like never before! Social By Apsy offers a seamless user experience, allowing you to create a personalized profile and connect with members effortlessly. Stay updated with our latest posts, photos, and videos, and engage with them through likes, comments, and shares. Discover new connections and interests with our search tool. Whether you’re passionate about travel, photography, or cooking, Social by Apsy helps you find like-minded individuals and vibrant communities to join. Express yourself creatively with our diverse range of contents. Share glimpse of your world and thoughts through stories, posts, capture memories with photos and videos, or go live to connect with your followers in real-time. Stay informed and entertained with our curated feed, tailored to your interests and preferences. Social by Apsy ensures you will never miss out on trending topics and conversation areas that matters most to you. Join our vibrant community today and start connecting, sharing, and exploring! Features: Create a personalized profile and connect with friends Discover new connections and interests with our search tools Express yourself creatively with stories, photos, videos, and live streaming Stay informed and entertained with curated feeds personalized for you Download Social by Apsy now and join to create your social community!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Social By Apsy at none against ARknet's 1. Social By Apsy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). ARknet's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (315 vs 2). On price 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. ARknet sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Social By Apsy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Social By Apsy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARknet has 315 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of ARknet's written reviews are positive against 100% of Social By Apsy's.
ARknet ships an update fortnightly, Social By Apsy every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARknet | Social By Apsy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (315 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 315 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HONEYCOMB ARCHIVE, LLC | Apsy Inc |
Customer experience
ARknet
Social By Apsy
Bugs and requests
ARknet
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on iOS 13
- Scavenger hunt functionality not working
- Login and sign-up process issues
Requested features
3 requests- Improved stability and bug fixes
- Better user onboarding and guidance
- More detailed feature explanations
Social By Apsy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ARknet
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
Social By Apsy
No in-app purchases
