Name.am vs Thunderbolt by Spaceship
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Name.am
Discover and secure your online presence with AI-driven domain name suggestions. This app allows you to search, purchase, and manage all your domain names efficiently from your mobile device, ensuring you never lose control of your digital identity.
- AI-powered domain suggestions
- Fast domain availability search
- Domain registration
- Domain portfolio management
- Nameserver management
- Account and billing overview
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Name.am is a global domain app with AI-powered domain suggestions. Search, buy and manage your domain names from your iPhone and keep control of your online identity wherever you are. Type your brand, idea or keyword and let AI propose clean, memorable domain names that are actually available. Use fast domain search to check availability across popular extensions and register the best names in just a few taps. Keep all your domains in one place. See which domains you own, check expiry dates and renew important names before they expire so you never lose a valuable domain. Manage nameservers directly from the app. Point your domains to your website, email or other services by changing nameservers without opening a laptop. Stay on top of your account and billing. View domains linked to your profile, track renewals and keep your domain portfolio organised in a simple, native iOS interface. Name.am is designed for people who live online – founders, makers, agencies and businesses – and want a fast, mobile way to find and manage domains on the go.
Thunderbolt by Spaceship
This platform enables secure and private communication using unique domain names as identifiers. Engage in voice and video calls with enhanced privacy features, moving beyond traditional phone numbers or email addresses.
- Domain-based communication IDs
- Secure voice calls
- Private video calls
- Enhanced privacy
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Thunderbolt gives your website a chat widget that learns your business and gets better with every conversation. It answers your customers, books appointments, and puts it all in your pocket so you can step in anytime.
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Verdict
Name.am and Thunderbolt by Spaceship both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Name.am's written reviews are positive against 50% of Thunderbolt by Spaceship's. Name.am also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Thunderbolt by Spaceship's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). 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 — 4.0 for Name.am against 4.1 for Thunderbolt by Spaceship. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thunderbolt by Spaceship has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Name.am's written reviews are positive against 50% of Thunderbolt by Spaceship's.
Name.am ships an update every 5 weeks, Thunderbolt by Spaceship fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Name.am | Thunderbolt by Spaceship |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.1 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NAME.AM, Inc. | Namecheap, Inc |
Customer experience
Name.am
Thunderbolt by Spaceship
In-app purchases
Name.am
No in-app purchases
Thunderbolt by Spaceship
No in-app purchases
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