The Madfly vs Point Zero
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.
Point Zero
Connect with friends and share life's moments through lasting posts and temporary stories. This vibrant community encourages free speech, trend discovery, and personalized shopping. Build a business with marketplace features and an in-app ad program.
- Share evergreen posts
- Post disappearing stories
- Practice free speech
- Discover new trends
- Personalized shopping
- Build a business
- Marketplace features
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PointZero is a social platform that helps you discover, share, and connect through the topics and content you care about. The app gives you a more intentional way to explore posts, videos, creators, live moments, and conversations based on your interests, activity, and preferences. With PointZero, you can shape your feed, discover relevant content, and connect with people and communities around shared interests. What you can do on the app: • Discover content based on your interests Explore posts, videos, and conversations around the topics that matter to you. • Shape your feed Use clearer preferences to influence what you see and reduce what does not feel relevant. • Explore topic-led discovery Find content through active topics and communities using Signals (~), instead of relying only on traditional hashtags. • Connect with creators and communities Discover people, ideas, and conversations through relevance, not only follower count. • Share videos, posts, and live moments Create, watch, and engage with content in different formats. • Build a more personal social experience Spend more time with content that feels closer to you and less time scrolling through what does not. PointZero… Social Media Rebuilt from Zero. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Point Zero at free against The Madfly's free with in-app purchases. Point Zero also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). The Madfly's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. The Madfly sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Point Zero sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for The Madfly against 4.8 for Point Zero. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 16 respectively.
The Madfly ships an update monthly, Point Zero weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Madfly | Point Zero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Madfly LLC | PointZero FZ-LLC |
Customer experience
The Madfly
Point Zero
In-app purchases
The Madfly
- OneThousandsExtraCoins$0.99
- Get extra 10,000 coins$8.99
- madflybronze$19.99
Point Zero
- Verification$9.991 Month









