Locals.com vs CommunityHub
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
CommunityHub
Create and manage private, invite-only communities for social groups or businesses. Offers tools for communication, organization, marketplaces, and financial management within a secure, curated digital space.
- Private, invite-only communities
- Encrypted messaging and group chats
- Private marketplace (MarketHub)
- Short-form video creation (Clips)
- Expense splitting and savings coordination (SPLIT)
- Document sharing and meeting management
- Surveys and operational tools
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CommunityHub — Your People. Your Community. Your Tools. Bring people together and keep everyday life and work organized. CommunityHub combines community sharing, communication and practical tools for families, clubs, businesses, manufacturers and other organizations. CONNECT AND SHARE • Share posts, photos, videos, links and updates. • Enjoy community feeds, Clips, comments and reactions. • Send direct messages and create group conversations. • Celebrate birthdays, milestones and special moments. • Play mini-games and compare scores. KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZED • Create events, share calendars and collect RSVPs. • Keep announcements and important documents easy to find. • Organize groups with their own settings and access. • Gather feedback through surveys and polls. • Access meetings, amenity reservations, guest passes and lost-and-found tools where enabled. • Choose to share your location with Hubble and connect with participating community members. BUY, SELL AND DISCOVER • Browse MarketHub listings for items and services. • Explore community businesses and local deals. • Shop participating businesses, with pickup or shipping where offered. SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS • Create, assign and track maintenance work orders. • Schedule preventive maintenance and retain completion records. • Manage parts inventory, scan UPC barcodes and record parts usage. • Organize equipment records, service information and documents. • Manage vendors and purchase orders with approval controls. • Keep staff informed through messages, announcements and shared resources. • Give supervisors access to the features appropriate for their roles. MAKE IT YOUR HUB Personalize your community, manage more than one hub and switch between the communities you belong to—all from one app. Start a personal community or join a family, club, business or organization already using CommunityHub. Feature availability varies by community, plan and your assigned permissions. Some features require a paid subscription or participating business. Location sharing is optional. _________________________________________________ Terms of Use: https://communityhub.life/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CommunityHub at 100% against Locals.com's 53%. CommunityHub also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Locals.com's advantage is ratings volume (42K vs 6) and chart position (#134 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Locals.com sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and CommunityHub sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CommunityHub 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 6, 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 CommunityHub's.
Locals.com ships an update every 4 weeks, CommunityHub every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locals.com | CommunityHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (42K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #134 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Locals Technology Inc | Community Hub LLC |
Customer experience
Locals.com
CommunityHub
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
CommunityHub
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
- 100 Coins$9.99
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- 150 Coins$14.99
- 200$19.99
- 210 Coins$20.99
- 300 Coins$29.99
- 360 Coins$35.99
- 500 Coins$49.99
CommunityHub
- Inner Circle1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Clubs & Groups1 Month trial$19.991 Month
- Social Butterfly1 Month trial$29.991 Month









