Comparison

Clapper vs Whereabouts

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

Head to head
About

Clapper

This platform focuses on authentic connections and communities through short videos and live streams. Share your opinions, talents, and daily life while discovering local content and interacting with others. It offers monetization opportunities for creators in an ad-free environment.

Highlights
  • Short video posting (up to 3 minutes)
  • Live streaming with duet options
  • Audio-only 'Radio' rooms
  • Group creation for super fans
  • Opinion sharing with 'Clapback'
  • Location-based content aggregation
Features
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Welcome to Clapper, one of the fastest-growing social media platforms focused on promoting real lives, connections and communities. You can see the latest trends and people’s real lives as they unfold, as well as people’s opinions and talents. FREE to use, NO Ads, No BS just Real lives. Our mission is to use technology to empower everyone's life, so that everyone has the opportunity to show, the channel to speak, and the possibility to be seen. No troll, no shadow ban. -Be heard Build up your own following and be an opinion leader. Connect with friends and follow those whose opinions you want to hear. Our “Clapback” feature is unique in that you can simply express your opinion and easily view people’s opinions with support or opposition. - Be seen Clapper uses ‘equal opportunity’ algorithms to show ordinary, real, and diverse communities of people through the sharing of short videos and live streams, Everyone can easily record videos and be a part of the heartbeat of your community. Based on your location things that are local in your area will be aggregated for you as well. - Be valued Clapper launches live streaming to further increase the timely communication and interaction between creators and users, and add more new ways for creators with a moderate audience to obtain substantial income. With monetization, Clapper now offers a practical path for content creators to sustain themselves on an ad-free short video platform. *What can you expect?* a) Post Video: Short video is the foundation of Clapper where users can post videos for up to 3 minutes and you also have the option to use our additional features like add text, video trimming, music, and other effects. Interact, sing, dance, talk about your day, send messages to friends and followers. b) Duet Live: Apart from the solo Live option, duet live feature allows you to bring your follower on live and interact in real-time. c) Radio: Imagine an auditorium but with only vocals. This is the audio-only feature that allows you to create a room of up to 2000 listeners and up to 20 speakers to 'talk' d) Group: Create a community of your super fans where you can share interact 1:1 with them. Download now and discover the heartbeat of your local area and around the world. Website: https://clapperapp.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/theclapperapp Instagram: https://instagram.com/theclapperapp Twitter: https://twitter.com/theclapperapp Email: contact@clapperapp.com

About

Whereabouts

Features
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Build beautiful visual journals of where you've been. Create a Trip for any journey, weekend, or theme, then group photos inside it into Moments like "Dinner at Lou's" or "The hike up Table Mountain." Moments appear as wallet-style stacked cards you can tap to expand. Drag and drop photos to organise them, or leave them on the ungrouped shelf until you're ready, no pressure to curate immediately. When you're done, share your trip with your friends.

Screenshots

Clapper4 screens
Whereabouts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whereabouts at none against Clapper's 6. Whereabouts also leads on ads (none vs shown). Clapper's advantage is chart position (#6 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Clapper sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whereabouts asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Clapper versus Whereabouts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClapperWhereabouts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (85K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings85K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#6 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB8 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCLAPPER MEDIA GROUP INC.Will Stenhouse

Bugs and requests

Clapper

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Notifications not working properly
  • Video quality issues after uploading
  • Inconsistent behavior when liking/commenting on videos
  • Inability to delete notifications
  • Accounts being randomly deleted

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More advanced video editing tools
  • Better music/audio selection
  • Improved algorithm and content discovery
  • Ability to mute/block users
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  • Landscape mode support

Whereabouts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Clapper

One-time6
  • 70 Coins$0.99
  • 350 Coins$4.99
  • 1400 Coins$19.99
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  • 3500 Coins$49.99
  • 7000 Coins$99.99
  • 17500 Coins$249.99
None

Whereabouts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clapper free?
Clapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whereabouts free?
Whereabouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clapper or Whereabouts have ads?
Clapper shows ads; Whereabouts does not.

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