Comparison

Planetary Social vs Flotilla Chat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Planetary Social

A peer-to-peer social media platform focused on personal connections and censorship resistance. It prioritizes user ownership of content and relationships, operating without algorithms or advertisements. Compatible with other Secure Scuttlebutt protocol apps, it works both online and offline.

Highlights
  • Peer-to-peer data sharing
  • Censorship resistant network
  • User ownership of content
  • No advertisements or algorithms
  • Offline and off-grid functionality
  • Open source
  • Compatible with Secure Scuttlebutt apps
Features
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Peer to peer social media for humans, not algorithms. Planetary passes data from friend to friend, creating a network that is personal, censorship resistant, and minimizes abuse and spam. Planetary gives you ownership over your relationships and content, and is compatible with any app using the Secure Scuttlebutt protocol. In Planetary there are no advertisements or artificial intelligence algorithms trying to make you feel a certain way. Your content lives on your device and the devices of those around you, it isn't owned or controlled by a corporation. Experience social networking where you're the customer, not the product. Unlike most social media, Planetary: - Does not sell your data. - Is naturally spam-resistant. - Compatible with other apps including Manyverse, Patchwork, Patchfox, feedless, and more. - Works off-grid and offline. - Allows you to take your friends with you if you decide to move to another client. - Is open source! No one company should own the Internet’s public spaces, which is why we’re building on —and contributing back to— the open source Secure Scuttlebutt ecosystem. Their core technologies let us recreate a social network experience, but in a decentralized way that no one organization can dominate.

About

Flotilla Chat

Features
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Engage with your community online, without giving up control. - Protect your community from censorship and surveillance by self-hosting. - Switch between forum-style threads, chat, and encrypted direct messages. - Communities are fully configurable, down to what software your server is running. - Engage with the wider nostr network by cross-posting between public and community spaces. - Compatible third-party apps allow users to control their own experience.

Screenshots

Planetary Social4 screens
Flotilla Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Planetary Social at every 9 days against Flotilla Chat's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planetary Social ships an update every 9 days, Flotilla Chat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Planetary Social versus Flotilla Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetary SocialFlotilla Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB37 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperVerse Communications IncCoracle Social LLC

In-app purchases

None

Planetary Social

No in-app purchases

None

Flotilla Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planetary Social free?
Planetary Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flotilla Chat free?
Flotilla Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Planetary Social or Flotilla Chat have ads?
Neither Planetary Social nor Flotilla Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planetary Social or Flotilla Chat?
Planetary Social ships an update every 9 days, and Flotilla Chat every 3 weeks. Most recently, Planetary Social was updated on October 26, 2026 and Flotilla Chat on October 30, 2026.

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