Comparison

Planetary Social vs Knotra

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

Knotra

Connect with like-minded individuals in focused community spaces. Discover and join discussions around shared interests, from hobbies to technology, and build more meaningful social connections.

Highlights
  • Discover communities
  • Join topic-based conversations
  • Create posts and reply
  • Follow conversations
  • Connect with people
  • Personal social experience
Features
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Knotra is a community platform for people who care about gaming, technology, AI, and the conversations happening around them. Discover communities, follow topics you care about, create posts, share images and videos, and join discussions with people who have similar interests. Knotra is built around community-driven discovery. Recommend posts you think deserve more attention, bury content that adds little value, and help shape what rises across the platform. Discover what matters Explore communities focused on gaming, technology, AI, and other shared interests. Join the conversation Create posts, reply to discussions, react to comments, and connect with people around the topics you care about. Recommend the best content Recommend great posts and help useful conversations reach more people. Bury the noise Community feedback helps reduce low-value content and keeps discussions more useful. Community and editorial stories together Discover posts from the community alongside Knotra editorial coverage, giving you news, discussion, and different perspectives in one place. Personalized discovery Find communities and conversations based on the topics and content you interact with. Whether you're following the latest game release, discussing new technology, keeping up with AI, or just looking for a better place to talk about the things you're interested in, Knotra gives you a community built around conversation rather than endless noise. Join Knotra and help shape what gets discovered.

Screenshots

Planetary Social4 screens
Knotra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Knotra at 5.0 against Planetary Social's 4.1. Planetary Social's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Knotra sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Planetary Social asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Knotra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planetary Social has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planetary Social ships an update every 9 days, Knotra every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Planetary Social versus Knotra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetary SocialKnotra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (37 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB125 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperVerse Communications IncKnotra LLC

Customer experience

Planetary Social

All ratings37 ratings
Positive73.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

Knotra

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Planetary Social

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Knotra

Subscriptions2
  • Knotra Pro$6.991 Month
  • Knotra Pro Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Planetary Social free?
Planetary Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knotra free?
Knotra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planetary Social or Knotra?
Knotra is rated higher. Planetary Social averages 4.1 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Knotra averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Planetary Social or Knotra have ads?
Knotra shows ads; Planetary Social does not.
Which is updated more often, Planetary Social or Knotra?
Planetary Social ships an update every 9 days, and Knotra every 2 weeks. Most recently, Planetary Social was updated on November 7, 2026 and Knotra on November 5, 2026.

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