The Conversation Starter vs Holsom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Conversation Starter
This app provides prompts and ideas to help users initiate conversations with strangers, overcoming shyness and awkwardness. It aims to make social interactions easier by offering a variety of icebreakers.
- Conversation prompts
- Icebreaker ideas
- Overcome shyness
- Initiate social interactions
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Ever had a hard time starting a conversation? Ever feel afraid to say something to a stranger? We'll give you some ideas for something to say!
Holsom
This app provides a variety of conversation starters and prompts designed to foster deeper connections and meaningful dialogue. Explore curated decks for different social settings and relationship stages, or create your own custom collections.
- Meaningful conversation starters
- Curated prompt decks
- Custom collection creation
- Relationship building tools
- Prompts for various occasions
- Dating and couples decks
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The app designed to unlock meaningful conversation. Holsom is perfect for every occasion, from hangouts, first dates, road trips, parties, friendsgivings, girls nights, date nights with your partner, hangouts with the boys, and more! Whatever the setting, you will find great conversation questions and prompts for every event. On the Holsom app, you will find different decks to help you build deeper relationships. Some of our conversation starter decks include - - Deep Stuff - 50 prompts to cut through the fluff and get to know one another on a whole 'nother level. - Funny Bone - 50 fun and light-hearted prompts to get the ball rolling. - 36 Questions to Fall in Love - Based on the NY Times article and the Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness study by psychologist Arthur Aron. - Dating - 50 prompts that are best played for first dates and relatively new relationships. - Couples - 50 prompts to embrace vulnerability with your significant other. - Introspection - 50 prompts to share life experiences and wisdom. - Hypotheticals - 50 fun and hypothetical scenarios that'll have you thinking way outside the box. More and more unique decks will be added as Holsom grows. Each deck has a collection of prompts and two of our decks are available for free. No subscriptions here folks, each deck is $1.99 and you get to keep them forever. CREATE YOUR OWN COLLECTIONS Turn your favorite prompts into your own custom decks with collections. Once you own a deck, every question will be able to be added to your library of collections. BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS Great conversations are the key to any great relationship. Get to know your loved ones on a whole ‘nother level with Holsom. Build deeper relationships with epic conversations using the Holsom app! SUPPORT US Do you have any feedback for our app? Please feel free to send us an email at feedback@holsom.app with your suggestions. If you like our app, please rate us on the app store and share it with your friends. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Conversation Starter at none against Holsom's 10. The Conversation Starter also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Holsom's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (215 vs 6). 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. Holsom sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. The Conversation Starter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Holsom holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Holsom has 215 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of The Conversation Starter's written reviews are positive against 77% of Holsom's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | The Conversation Starter | Holsom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (215 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 215 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Taveras | MILLIONHARI LLC |
Customer experience
The Conversation Starter
Holsom
Bugs and requests
The Conversation Starter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Holsom
Reported bugs
2 issues- Packs not accessible after purchase
- Purchase tab not functional
Requested features
2 requests- More categories for different social settings (family, friends, interviews)
- Argument questions / 'what would you do if' scenarios
In-app purchases
The Conversation Starter
No in-app purchases
Holsom
- Holsom Premium$9.991 Year
- Deep Stuff$1.99
- Date Night: Couples$1.99
- Date Night: New Love$1.99
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- Introspection2 variants$1.99
- Long Term Couples$1.99
- Bundle - Date Night: New Love$7.99
- Bundle - Deep Stuff$7.99
- Bundle - Hypotheticals$7.99
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