SwipeRed vs Blast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Advocate for causes and candidates
- Connect with friends for outreach
- Share campaign information
- Send personalized texts and emails
- Engage with candidates
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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.
Blast
This app connects college students by helping them discover campus events and meet new people. It aims to reduce feelings of disconnection and overwhelm by facilitating real-life interactions. Turn plans into connections with less scrolling and more participation.
- Discover campus events
- See what's happening around campus
- Meet new people
- Facilitates real-life connections
- Reduces awkward group chats
- Less scrolling, more participation
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College is supposed to be social, but too often students feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure where to go or who to go with. Blast is a campus social app built to make student life feel more connected. It helps students discover events, see what’s happening around campus, and meet people who actually want to show up, without awkward group chats or endless scrolling. Whether you’re new to campus, looking to expand your circle, or just want to do more than sit in your dorm, Blast makes it easier to turn plans into real-life connections. Less scrolling. More showing up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SwipeRed at 4.0 against Blast's 3.0. Blast's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
SwipeRed holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively.
SwipeRed ships an update every 2 months, Blast weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwipeRed | Blast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Buzz360 LLC | Blast: On Campus LLC |
Customer experience
SwipeRed
Blast
In-app purchases
SwipeRed
No in-app purchases
Blast
No in-app purchases









