Comparison

FuzeMee vs Hive

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

Head to head
About

FuzeMee

This app connects college students for buying, selling, and socializing. Discover campus events, join interest-based groups, and communicate with classmates. It facilitates secure, local exchanges and fosters community within your university.

Highlights
  • Campus marketplace for buying/selling
  • Verified student exchanges
  • Interest-based chat channels
  • Club and organization promotion
  • Campus home feed for events and posts
  • Student connection filters
Features
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FuzeMee is the new social marketplace app just for your college! - Find and list items on the campus marketplace. - Exchange with verified students right on campus; don't worry about shipping! - Join channels to chat with friends, groups, or classes - Promote and recruit for your club or Greek life organization - Stay up-to-date with a campus home feed; find events, post polls, messages, pictures, or even videos to classmates - Connect with students on your campus by filtering based on interest, major, location, gender, class year, and more

About

Hive

This social platform focuses on genuine connections by helping you discover local events and find communities based on shared interests. Create or join groups to foster authentic conversations and build spaces that matter.

Highlights
  • Discover local events
  • Find people with shared interests
  • Create and manage communities
  • In-app ticket purchasing
  • QR code check-ins for events
  • Authentic, non-algorithm-driven feeds
Features
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Hive is the social app where things actually happen. Exclusively on iOS. Find events near you, grab tickets, and check in at the door with a QR code, all without leaving the app. Discover what's going on tonight or plan something for next week. Public events, private events, free or ticketed, it's all here. Join communities called Hives -around music, food, nightlife, sports, art, or whatever you're into. Some are open to everyone. Some are private, invite-only. Post, talk, link up, and actually meet the people behind the profiles. Start your own Hive and build something around it. Host events with Swarm: set your own pricing, create promo codes, invite co-hosts, and manage everything from your phone. Your tickets even show the weather forecast, so your people know what to wear. Add events straight to your calendar or Apple Wallet. Set your profile music. Hive isn't trying to keep you on your phone. It's trying to get you off it.

Screenshots

FuzeMee4 screens
Hive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hive at none against FuzeMee's 3. Hive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). FuzeMee's advantage is ratings volume (343 vs 5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FuzeMee sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FuzeMee has 343 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of FuzeMee's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FuzeMee ships an update every 9 days, Hive every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FuzeMee versus Hive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFuzeMeeHive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (343 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings343 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB47 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDavid GrahamBlankwall Software Inc

Customer experience

FuzeMee

All ratings343 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral1.2%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative14.0%

Hive

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FuzeMee

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Login failures and 'user not found' errors
  • Password reset functionality not working
  • Phone number verification delays and issues
  • Account creation conflicts with verification
  • Profile deletion unavailable
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  • General app functionality problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • Email and password login option
  • Cross-university/state connectivity
  • Expanded school database coverage

Hive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FuzeMee

One-time3
  • 10 Credits$1.99
  • 25 Credtis$3.99
  • 100 Credits$9.99
None

Hive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FuzeMee free?
FuzeMee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hive free?
Hive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FuzeMee or Hive?
Hive is rated higher. FuzeMee averages 4.5 out of 5 from 343 ratings, while Hive averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do FuzeMee or Hive have ads?
Neither FuzeMee nor Hive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FuzeMee or Hive?
FuzeMee ships an update every 9 days, and Hive every 3 weeks. Most recently, FuzeMee was updated on October 14, 2026 and Hive on October 5, 2026.

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