Circles.World vs Leading Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circles.World
A mobile-first social platform for communities to connect, share resources, and organize discussions. It allows admins to manage members, send targeted messages, and segment information effectively. Members can receive updates via email or push notifications.
- Community member management
- Segmented information sharing
- Real-time notifications
- Multi-channel messaging
- Private one-to-one messages
- Manage multiple communities
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A social platform designed specifically for the needs of communities: Circles provides one place where you can include everyone, share resources and focus the conversation. With its mobile first design and simple interface, the platform helps you segment information and keep everyone in your community organized and involved. As an admin you can manage your community members on the move and stay connected to your leaders and team. Have confidence that you are reaching each community member in the way that works for them: by email, web or mobile app. All while allowing you to manage all of your communities in one place. You can: * Send a message once and know it will reach everyone in your group * Add members on the fly * Stay informed - get real time notifications about things happening within your community * Enable push notifications for your members * Allow your community members to send and receive messages in the way that works for them: either email or via push notifications * Send private one-to-one messages * Host a discussion within your community * Segment information into: resources, photos & announcements * Manage multiple communities in one place * Provide your community members with a simple log-in experience (no password login) So round up your people and get stuff done...
Leading Lights
Connect with global leaders and changemakers on this social networking platform. Share your initiatives, join specialized groups, and access resources like live events, podcasts, and courses. Foster collaboration and make a difference worldwide.
- Connect with global leaders
- Showcase initiatives and updates
- Join specialized interest groups
- Watch live events and join meetings
- Listen to podcasts
- Take courses for upskilling
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Leading Lights is the social networking platform to connect leaders and people making a difference around the world. . Showcase your initiatives, ministry updates, and connect with members globally. Join groups specific to your city, nation, profession, mission-focus or sphere of influence, watch live events, join Zoom meetings, listen to podcasts, and take self-paced and synchronous courses to upskill. The app includes a directory of members and information on their initiatives and ministries, allowing for support and collaboration. The whole world is crying for Leading Lights in every sphere of influence - people who are making a difference in the world. Stay connected, upskill, get inspired and collaborate to make a difference with the Leading Lights app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Circles.World at every 4 months against Leading Lights's every 10 months. Circles.World also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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 — 5.0 for Circles.World against 5.0 for Leading Lights. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circles.World has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Circles.World ships an update every 4 months, Leading Lights every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circles.World | Leading Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Laura Waters | CITYLIGHT INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
Customer experience
Circles.World
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In-app purchases
Circles.World
No in-app purchases
Leading Lights
No in-app purchases









