The Madfly vs Activate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Madfly
Connect with friends and family by highlighting commonalities and sharing images/videos. Enjoy private messaging and content that automatically deletes after one week. Maintain control over your information and express yourself freely.
- Connect based on commonalities
- Post images and videos
- Private 1-to-1 messaging
- Content auto-deletes after 7 days
- Link other social profiles
- Direct business messaging
- Anonymous business feedback
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Madfly is the Un-Social Network. It is the app that allows you to connect and stay connected without the need to give up control. Features include the ability to match your commonalities with your friends and family, and post images and video's. Link your other contacts so that you can easily be found. Drop a 1-1 and keep it private. Discover what you and your Family have in common, and do not focus on what makes you different. We think this is what will make a difference in your world, focusing on all that we share. Maybe then we can start to engage in different ways. Ways that bring us closer together. You are in control. That's the Madfly difference. Enjoy total freedom online and stop living in the past. Madfly automatically deletes all posted content after 1 week. We like to think that some things in life are better left in the past. Madfly has a Very short-term memory After 7 days we remove what you posted unless you decide to beat us to it. During that week, all your comments on postings are private. Public scrutiny is best left to the other platforms that form opinions. Confidently connect and post without criticism and share anything you want privately. Express yourself without compromise. The internet is a big place and your social circle can be overwhelming. Quickly and easily locate everyone everywhere. Share where you are in the digital world. Use this application to link all your profiles, encourage followers and friends to join you across multiple platforms Update without the mass text or mass email. New Number or Profiles can be easily updated allowing your MAD FAMILY to not miss a beat or bother you with the question. “Hey, what’s your email?“ The best part of Madfly is You! Madfly goes through great lengths to make sure you and your information is safe and secure and under your control. We think you will agree, that Madfly is really the place to be. Connect with businesses that you frequent. Have 1 touch access to their customer service or send a concern directly to them on the Madfly messenger service. Do all of this anonymously and under your complete control. Help shape and create the newest products while viewing and seeing the latest that these businesses have to offer.
Activate
This social benefit network shares 100% of its profits with members and partner organizations. Fund your ideas, support benevolent causes, and discover grassroots projects on a real-time world map.
- 100% profit sharing with members
- Fund personal ideas and projects
- Support benevolent partner organizations
- Real-time world map for crowdfunding
- Collaborative calendar for activities
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Activate shares 100% of its profits with members to fund their ideas and with 100 benevolent partner organizations, including groups representing key workers (like teachers), NGOs such as Save the Children, and environmental organizations like the World Wildlife Fund. The total profit-sharing model aligns moral and financial incentives in society while uplifting everyone equally, an overdue alternative to today’s wealth concentration and shareholder-first culture. Activate empowers the people and planet through three core features: Wallet - Activate hopes to fund each member $10 each in their in-app wallet. Members can transfer and pool funds to back their ideas and grassroots projects or donate to organizations they wish to support on the network. Map - A real-time world map to post, discover, and crowdfund grassroots projects using Wallet funds. With more than 5B social media users worldwide, Activate hopes to generate more than 50B in potential public funding that otherwise would have been pocketed by corporations. Schedule - A collaborative calendar to list activities or follow those shared by friends and creators, spreading best practices and unlocking higher personal achievement (coming soon).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Activate at none against The Madfly's 3. Activate also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). The Madfly's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, ratings volume, 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. The Madfly sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Activate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Activate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 6 respectively.
The Madfly ships an update monthly, Activate every 3 months. Both last shipped on June 4, 2026.
| Parameter | The Madfly | Activate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Madfly LLC | iactivatelove LLC |
Customer experience
The Madfly
Activate
In-app purchases
The Madfly
- OneThousandsExtraCoins$0.99
- Get extra 10,000 coins$8.99
- madflybronze$19.99
Activate
No in-app purchases









