Comparison

Locals.com vs deskpop

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

Head to head
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

About

deskpop

This app serves as a daily challenge and community platform for fingerboard enthusiasts. Users can post video clips of their tricks, vote on submissions, and engage with a community of skaters. It offers a space to share content, build profiles, and stay inspired within the fingerboarding world.

Highlights
  • Daily fingerboard challenges
  • Post and vote on trick clips
  • Community feed for sharing
  • Follow other skaters
  • Build user profile and streaks
  • View winners and top placements
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deskpop is where fingerboarding lives. one trick a day, a feed full of clips, and now a marketplace to buy, sell, and trade gear. every day there's a new challenge. film your make, post it, and the community decides who takes the top spots. the best clip gets printed on the front page. come back tomorrow and run it again. in deskpop you can: post your clip for the daily challenge vote on tricks and help pick tomorrow's challenge see who got printed and browse past top placements buy, sell, and trade decks, tuning, ramps, and gear in the marketplace dm other skaters to talk shop or lock in a trade share clips, photos, polls, and text posts in the community feed comment, reply, like, and follow other skaters build your stash — streaks, badges, and every clip you've filed whether you're learning the basics, filming bangers at your desk, or just lurking for inspiration, deskpop makes fingerboarding feel like a scene instead of a solo thing.

Screenshots

Locals.com4 screens
deskpop4 screens

Verdict

The call

Locals.com and deskpop both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of deskpop's written reviews are positive against 53% of Locals.com's. deskpop also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks). Locals.com's advantage is ratings volume (42K vs 31) and chart position (#145 vs unranked). On price, rating and ads 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. deskpop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Locals.com against 4.8 for deskpop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locals.com has 42K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Locals.com's written reviews are positive against 96% of deskpop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locals.com ships an update every 4 weeks, deskpop every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Locals.com versus deskpop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocals.comdeskpop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (42K ratings)4.8 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews96.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42K — better31
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#145 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB35 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperLocals Technology IncAdam Delaney

Customer experience

Locals.com

All ratings41,588 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews367 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral14.4%
Negative32.7%

deskpop

All ratings28 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%

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

deskpop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

deskpop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Locals.com free?
Locals.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is deskpop free?
deskpop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Locals.com or deskpop?
deskpop is rated higher. Locals.com averages 4.7 out of 5 from 42K ratings, while deskpop averages 4.8 from 31 ratings.
Do Locals.com or deskpop have ads?
Neither Locals.com nor deskpop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locals.com or deskpop?
Locals.com ships an update every 4 weeks, and deskpop every 11 days. Most recently, Locals.com was updated on October 24, 2026 and deskpop on October 24, 2026.

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