BARQ! vs SCP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BARQ!
Connect with the furry community through a next-generation social app. Discover local furries, join interest-based groups, and find information about meetups, events, and conventions. The platform is continuously evolving with new features and an expanding user base.
- Connect with local furries
- Join communities
- Discover meetups and events
- Attend conventions
- Growing feature set
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Join barq, the next generation social app for furries! Find furries around you, join communities and attend meetups, events and conventions. barq is currently in active development and our user base and feature set is growing constantly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://barq.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://barq.app/privacy
SCP
Explore a vast collection of community-created fiction about anomalies. Track your reading, bookmark favorites, and search through extensive archives. Enjoy images, audio clips, and customize your experience with themes. Share your own stories with others through Pro Access.
- Read SCP community stories
- Track read SCPs
- Bookmark for later
- Search and sort archives
- View SCP images
- Listen to audio clips
- Sync across devices
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Connect to the SCP Archives with SCP-001 Read stories created by the SCP community • Keep track of the SCPs you have read • Bookmarks to read later • Search and Sort through the archives • Look at SCP images • Listen to audio clips • Sync across devices Customization • Switch between multiple app color themes to best suit you • Various settings to change the app's behavior Post • Read fiction about anomalies made by other users • Upload posts and share with other users (Pro Access) • Comment on posts SCP-001 is available for free with optional in-app purchases to unlock themes Pro Access is a one-time purchase to unlock: • All Themes • Uploading your own posts • Extras (Pro badge, profile customization) • A place in our hearts Special thanks to: The guys at https://thisscpdoesnotexist.ml for their contributions Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Icons made by flatart_icons from www.flaticon.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SCP at 4.3 against BARQ!'s 2.9. SCP also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). BARQ!'s advantage is ratings volume (328 vs 54). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. BARQ! sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and SCP sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SCP holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BARQ! has 328 ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of BARQ!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of SCP's.
BARQ! ships an update every 4 weeks, SCP weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BARQ! | SCP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (328 ratings) | 4.3 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.8% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 328 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.8 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BARQ! | Yoan Dubuc |
Customer experience
BARQ!
SCP
Bugs and requests
BARQ!
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login/sign-up issues
- Profiles not loading
- Inability to change settings
- Disappearing accounts
- Broken image uploads
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to delete chats
- Custom sexuality options
- Improved moderation and safety features
- Better notification system
SCP
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BARQ!
- Silver Supporter$4.991 Month
- Gold Supporter$9.991 Month
- Diamond Supporter$24.991 Month
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- Silver Supporter$54.991 Year
- Gold Supporter$109.991 Year
- Diamond Supporter$274.991 Year
SCP
- Tip Jar Option 1$0.99
- Retrolight Theme$1.99
- Dark Theme$1.99
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- Void Theme$1.99
- Midnight Theme$1.99
- Tip Jar Option 2$4.99
- Pro Access$4.99
- Tip Jar Option 3$9.99
