GitBuddy vs Towns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GitBuddy
Follow GitHub developers and view their recent activities and contribution graphs in a unified feed. Explore individual developer profiles for more detailed information. More features are planned for future updates.
- Follow GitHub developers
- View latest activities
- See contribution graphs
- Unified activity feed
- Developer profile details
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With GitBuddy you can follow developers on GitHub and see their latest activities and contributions graph in one feed. You can also navigate into a specific developer’s profile to see more details. *** Stay tuned for more features to come! ***
Towns
This app merges group chat functionality with a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet. Users can discuss financial markets, share investment ideas, and securely manage their digital assets directly within the application.
- Group chat for friends
- Self-custodied wallet
- Secure USDC purchase
- Send and receive assets
- Manage assets on your terms
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Towns combines group chat with a self-custody wallet — so you can gather your community, talk markets, share ideas, and hold your assets directly. - Group chat built for communities - Self-custodied wallet — you control your keys - Send, receive, and manage assets on your terms - Your wallet. Your keys. Your conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Towns at 94 against GitBuddy's 1. GitBuddy's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
GitBuddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Towns has 94 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GitBuddy ships an update every 3 weeks, Towns every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GitBuddy | Towns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (94 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 94 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Applitom | Here Not There, Inc. |
Customer experience
GitBuddy
Towns
In-app purchases
GitBuddy
No in-app purchases
Towns
No in-app purchases
