Comparison

Locals.com vs WristStudio

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

WristStudio

Features
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WristStudio brings your channel's numbers to your wrist. Check how your channel is doing at a glance, read and reply to new comments, and see what's happening without reaching for your phone. DASHBOARD • Exact subscriber count, video count and recent views • A last-28-days summary of views and watch time • Your latest upload at a glance • A snapshot of your newest comments ANALYTICS • Views, watch time and subscribers over 7, 28, 90 or 365 days, or lifetime • Impressions and click-through rate • Your top videos for the period • Where viewers are watching from and how they found you REALTIME • Activity over the last 60 minutes or 48 hours • A live bar chart of views per minute or per hour • The videos driving that activity, each with its own trend line • Filter by all content, long-form videos or Shorts COMMENTS • Read published comments and comments held for review • Reply with dictation, Scribble or the keyboard • Heart a comment, or approve, remove or report a held one • Every comment shows which video it was left on CONTENT • Browse uploads with views, likes and comment counts • Edit a video's title, description, visibility and audience • Visibility changes always ask twice before anything goes live MANAGED CHANNELS WristStudio works with channels you manage through channel permissions, not only channels you own. Choose the channel once on iPhone and your Apple Watch follows. SIGNING IN You sign in on iPhone using Google's own sign-in page. WristStudio never sees, handles or stores your password. The resulting session is kept in the iPhone and Apple Watch keychains and is used only to communicate with YouTube. No account data is sent to the developer. WristStudio is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC.

Screenshots

Locals.com4 screens
WristStudio1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WristStudio at none against Locals.com's 12. Locals.com's advantage is chart position (#162 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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. WristStudio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Locals.com versus WristStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocals.comWristStudio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (42K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings42K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#162 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLocals Technology IncJames Kelsey

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

WristStudio

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

WristStudio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Locals.com free?
Locals.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WristStudio free?
WristStudio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Locals.com or WristStudio have ads?
Neither Locals.com nor WristStudio shows ads.

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