TryMe vs Pipilo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TryMe
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TryMe is an application that allows users to create challenges for themselves and others to join. Besides, it is a playground for everyone to challenge each other by calculating points and ranking. Those with high rankings will be honored by the community. An environment to express yourself, dare to overcome challenges and an opportunity to create challenges that bring many benefits to society such as cleaning the environment, beautifying the homeland... The application will be a bridge Bringing people with the same passion for challenges closer together.
Pipilo
This app offers a unique social media experience by displaying posts in a horizontally scrolling timeline, showing conversations and replies from followed users. It provides a clean interface for following threads and supports various Fediverse platforms.
- Horizontally scrolling conversational timeline
- Collapsible threads from followed users
- Notifications grouped by day
- Rich link and video previews
- Home, local, and federated timelines
- Keyword filters for content moderation
- Advanced media and video player
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Pipilo is a unique Fediverse app that lets you browse posts on a horizontally scrolling timeline. Each post is displayed within the context of its conversation with replies from people you follow. This results in an elegant, distraction-free interface, making it easy to follow various conversation threads. Pipilo works with Mastodon, Pixelfed, Pleroma, Akkoma, Friendica, Firefish, Catodon, Iceshrimp, and GoToSocial. Features: - Horizontally scrolling timeline with each post appearing in the context of its conversation - Clean, collapsible threads showing only posts from people you follow, with an option to view replies from everyone - Notifications grouped by day - Quote posts - Rich previews for mentioned links and videos - Home, local, and federated timelines - Followed hashtags and custom lists - Quick search of posts, hashtags, and users - Full iPad support, with multiple windows allowing you to display different timelines side by side - Smooth media viewer with intuitive gestures, alt-text descriptions, share functionality, live text selection, and subject lifting - Advanced video player with native system interface for play/pause, time scrubbing, volume control, and full-screen or PIP mode viewing - Keyword filters to hide posts behind a warning or remove them from your timelines completely Premium Features: - Submit posts with images, videos, media descriptions, and content warnings - Sync reading position across multiple devices - Follow new hashtags and users - Create and edit custom lists - Add multiple accounts from all supported servers - Enable push notifications - Create and edit filters - Bookmark posts - Pin timelines - Create hashtag groups and follow remote instances Unlock all premium features with: - One-time purchase - Monthly subscription - Yearly subscription Privacy Policy: https://pipilo.thanel.me/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TryMe at none against Pipilo's 3. TryMe also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Pipilo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TryMe asks for nothing beyond the download.
TryMe ships an update fortnightly, Pipilo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TryMe | Pipilo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Phuc Tran Van | Lukasz Rutkowski |
In-app purchases
TryMe
No in-app purchases
Pipilo
- Monthly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Pipilo Premium$29.99









