Locals.com vs Our Diocese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Our Diocese
Connect with churches and members within the Orthodox Church in America. Organize groups, coordinate ministries, and receive notifications about parish events. Stay informed and engaged with your faith community.
- Connect with churches and faithful
- Join church groups and ministries
- Coordinate activities
- Get notified about parish events
- Stay updated on diocesan news
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Stay in touch with other churches and faithful throughout dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America, join your favorite church groups and ministries to coordinate, get notified about events in your parish, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Our Diocese at 100% against Locals.com's 53%. Our Diocese also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Locals.com's advantage is ratings volume (42K vs 5) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). 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
Both are free to download. Locals.com sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Our Diocese asks for nothing beyond the download.
Our Diocese holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locals.com has 42K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Locals.com's written reviews are positive against 100% of Our Diocese's.
Locals.com ships an update every 4 weeks, Our Diocese every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locals.com | Our Diocese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (42K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #126 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Locals Technology Inc | Rolla Creative |
Customer experience
Locals.com
Our Diocese
Bugs and 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
Our Diocese
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Locals.com
- Monthly: 50 coins + 20 bonus$7.991 Month
- 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
Our Diocese
No in-app purchases
