Hvr vs Nostur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hvr
Create and publish your own website as easily as posting to social media. Engage in conversations on any webpage, discover communities, and curate your online experience by following people and sites. Earn revenue as a Sitepartner.
- Publish to your own website
- Comment on any webpage
- Discover communities
- Curated feeds
- Sitepartner program
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Create and post to your own website: - Publish to your site as quickly as you post to social media. - Be followed and discovered at the online space you control. Start and join conversations on any webpage: - Comment on any website with text, images, videos, and more. - Share your comments with followers and anyone on Hvr. Discover communities at sites you love: - Chat about a site’s content with people who share your interests. - Keep up with any new comments across your favorite sites. Less searching, more finding: - Follow people and websites to get the best of the web curated for you. - Explore your Personalized For You feed and chronological Following Feed. Partner with Hvr: - Earn commissions and recurring revenue as a Sitepartner. - Gain followers and increase engagement on your site.
Nostur
A social media client for the decentralized nostr network. Connect to an open, public network not controlled by any single entity. Explore a new way to interact online.
- Nostr network client
- Open and public network
- Decentralized social media
- User-friendly interface
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Nostur is a social media client for the nostr network. The nostr network is an open, public, shared network, not owned by any single company.
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Verdict
Hvr and Nostur both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Hvr's written reviews are positive against 88% of Nostur's. Nostur's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 4.8 for Hvr against 4.7 for Nostur. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 27 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Hvr's written reviews are positive against 88% of Nostur's.
Hvr ships an update every 9 days, Nostur every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hvr | Nostur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | 4.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HVR Technologies | Fabian Lachman |
Customer experience
Hvr
Nostur
In-app purchases
Hvr
No in-app purchases
Nostur
No in-app purchases
