Bastyon vs CineCircle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bastyon
This open-source platform allows users to publish and share content like posts, videos, and blogs. It leverages blockchain technology and runs on a distributed network of user computers.
- Decentralized publishing
- Social networking
- Content sharing (posts, videos, blogs)
- Blockchain technology
- Open-source
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Open-sourced decentralized publishing and social platform. It is based on the blockhain technology and runs on users' computers around the world. Includes content such as posts, videos and long form blogs.
CineCircle
Connect with friends to share and discover movie reviews. Participate in daily movie reviews, even if you haven't seen the film. It's a fun way to engage with cinema and your social circle.
- Daily movie reviews
- Friend-based social networking
- Review movies you haven't watched
- Discover new films
- Engage with cinema
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social movie reviews: review a new movie every day with your friends (whether you watched it or not)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CineCircle at 5.0 against Bastyon's 4.3. CineCircle also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Bastyon's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 7). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CineCircle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Bastyon's written reviews are positive against 100% of CineCircle's.
Bastyon ships an update every 2 months, CineCircle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bastyon | CineCircle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dvm Analytics LLC | Nathanael Atmajian |
Customer experience
Bastyon
CineCircle
In-app purchases
Bastyon
No in-app purchases
CineCircle
No in-app purchases
