Circle Communities vs Flourish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circle Communities
Stay connected with your online communities on the go. This app lets you participate in discussions, join live streams, and track events for any Circle.so community you're a part of. Never miss an update from your creators or fellow members.
- Community discussions
- Event tracking
- Live stream hosting
- On-the-go access
- Message notifications
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The official companion app for your Circle community is here! If you’re a member or creator of a Circle.so community, our app allows you to keep up with your discussions, events, and messages on the go. Join and host live streams, keep track of upcoming events, and never miss a beat on any of your Circle communities.
Flourish
Connect with others who understand the breast cancer journey. This app offers a secure space to share experiences, access trusted information, and find support from a community of patients, survivors, and caregivers. Learn to advocate for yourself and discover relevant events.
- Connect with a supportive community
- Safe and judgment-free sharing
- Access expert-reviewed medical information
- Practical coping and management tips
- Develop self-advocacy skills
- Discover live and recorded events
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Flourish is your safe space to learn, share, and find strength in a community that gets what it's like to live with a breast cancer diagnosis or risk. Whether you’re in-treatment or post-active treatment, living with early-stage or metastatic disease, or a caregiver, everything is better when we’re in it together — especially coping, managing, and living with breast cancer. Brought to you by the team at Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Use Flourish for: A community of support: Connect with other people who ‘get it’. Safe sharing: Share and process your feelings in a secure and judgement-free zone. Trusted information: Access expert-reviewed medical information and practical tips for coping, managing, and living with breast cancer. Self-advocacy: Learn the skills and get the resources to share your breast cancer experience to help others. Events: Discover live and recorded webinars and special events. You can’t undo a diagnosis, but Flourish can help you live better with breast cancer. Download Flourish today and for access to information and support. How to Flourish Be supportive. Encourage and support your fellow participants. No one here is looking for criticism, cynicism, advice, or judgement. (We can get those things on the rest of the Internet). Share generously. Your stories and experiences may be exactly what another participant needs to hear today to solve a problem or seize an opportunity. Be constructive. We’re here to push each other forward and lift each other up. Find ways to help each other think bigger, reframe challenges, and stay curious. Don’t spam, promote, or troll. Flourish exists to help you learn. It’s not a place to spam, promote, or bully anyone else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Circle Communities at 84K against Flourish's 15. Circle Communities also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). Flourish's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Circle Communities holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circle Communities has 84K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Circle Communities ships an update fortnightly, Flourish weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circle Communities | Flourish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (84K ratings) — better | 4.7 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 84K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | CircleCo Inc | Living Beyond Breast Cancer |
Customer experience
Circle Communities
Flourish
Bugs and requests
Circle Communities
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Disappearing messages and notifications
- Inability to access certain communities
- Malformed data errors and login issues
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save draft posts and comments
- Improved text editing and cursor control
- Better video playback controls and functionality
- Syncing notifications and activity across devices
- More customization and personalization options
Flourish
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Circle Communities
No in-app purchases
Flourish
No in-app purchases
Questions
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