Comparison

SwipeRed vs Locals.com

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

Head to head
About

SwipeRed

Empower yourself to support causes and candidates you care about. Connect with friends to share information and advocate for your chosen campaigns through personalized messages and social media.

Highlights
  • Advocate for causes and candidates
  • Connect with friends for outreach
  • Share campaign information
  • Send personalized texts and emails
  • Engage with candidates
Features
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SwipeRed puts the power to make positive change in our community and country in your hands. Have you ever thought you want to help a cause or a candidate but don’t have much time, or you don’t know what to do and what to say? SwipeRed is your answer. If gives you the tools to advocate for the campaign, issue or cause that you and your friends care the most about. With SwipeRed’s relational outreach you connect with your friends to share exciting information and shape the world. Say you are supporting a candidate for House, you can engage with the candidate, you can share the candidate's point of view with your friends through social media or sending them a personalized text or email right from your phone.

About

Locals.com

Connect directly with creators and communities you admire. This platform prioritizes user control and creator ownership, offering features like live streaming, community feeds, and content libraries. Support creators independently without algorithmic interference.

Highlights
  • Direct creator support
  • Algorithm-free content feeds
  • Creator data ownership
  • Live streaming with chat
  • Community feeds and posts
  • Content libraries (video/audio)
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Directly support the creators you love. Control your content and avoid the algorithms. Built from the ground up to champion the needs of creators, Locals does not sell your data and creators have unprecedented ownership over theirs. With features like live-streaming with chat, community feeds and posts, and content libraries for video and audio, the Locals app is an all-in-one solution to interact with the content you love, while directly supporting the independence of the communities and creators you care about. Power to the people. Not the platform. On Locals. https://locals.com/terms

Screenshots

SwipeRed4 screens
Locals.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Locals.com at 4.7 against SwipeRed's 4.0. Locals.com also leads on ratings volume (42K vs 9) and chart position (#113 vs unranked). SwipeRed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12). On price, ads 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. Locals.com sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. SwipeRed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Locals.com holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locals.com has 42K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwipeRed ships an update every 2 months, Locals.com every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
SwipeRed versus Locals.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipeRedLocals.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (9 ratings)4.7 (42K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—53.0% of reviews
Number of ratings942K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#113 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB53 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperBuzz360 LLCLocals Technology Inc

Customer experience

SwipeRed

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Locals.com

All ratings41,588 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews364 reviews
Positive53.0%
Neutral14.6%
Negative32.4%

Bugs and requests

SwipeRed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Locals.com

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Disappearing notifications
  • Orientation issues on iPad
  • Inconsistent audio/video sync
  • Unreliable live stream playback

Requested features

5 requests
  • Download option for offline viewing
  • Better nested comments and community management
  • Improved integration with Rumble platform
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Picture-in-picture mode for video playback

In-app purchases

None

SwipeRed

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Locals.com

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly: 50 coins + 20 bonus$7.991 Month
One-time11
  • 20 Coins$1.99
  • 50 Coins$4.99
  • 50$7.99
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  • 100 Coins$9.99
  • 100$14.99
  • 150 Coins$14.99
  • 200$19.99
  • 210 Coins$20.99
  • 300 Coins$29.99
  • 360 Coins$35.99
  • 500 Coins$49.99

Questions

Is SwipeRed free?
SwipeRed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Locals.com free?
Locals.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SwipeRed or Locals.com?
Locals.com is rated higher. SwipeRed averages 4.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Locals.com averages 4.7 from 42K ratings.
Do SwipeRed or Locals.com have ads?
Neither SwipeRed nor Locals.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwipeRed or Locals.com?
SwipeRed ships an update every 2 months, and Locals.com every 4 weeks. Most recently, SwipeRed was updated on October 10, 2026 and Locals.com on October 15, 2026.

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