Comparison

Upstate Curious vs Rec League

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

Head to head
About

Upstate Curious

Discover local gems and connect with your community in the Hudson Valley and Catskills. Find recommended restaurants, shops, and services, or ask for local advice. Meet new people and share your experiences in this vibrant region.

Highlights
  • Local discovery feed
  • Crowdsourced Q&A
  • Community profiles
  • Direct messaging
  • Interest-based connections
  • Local groups
Features
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We love the Hudson Valley + Catskills region! We love exploring every nook and cranny of the mountains and forests and farms and towns - and all the incredible restaurants and shops and art galleries and other places to visit. As residents, we also love (and need!) to know where to find a great dentist, electrician, therapist, or upholsterer, dog groomer, or babysitter depending on the day! And since one of the best parts about living in or visiting this special area are the people, we think that new ways to meet up online and (eventually!) IRL is also a pretty great idea. “Upstate Chat” is the main feed where you can share your finds or the view from your backyard (including videos and photos). By using hashtags like #restaurants, #outdoors, #townname, #county, etc., we can make things easy to find - and the section for “Popular Hashtags” will be just that. “Hotline” is where you go to ask a question you need to crowdsource - from a roofer who turns up on time to the best pizza in Ulster County to an easy hike with dogs. You can add searchable interests and a bio to your profile to connect more easily with other members - there’s a DM feature right in the app, but you can share all your social profiles as well. Upstate Curious was created for residents, visitors, weekenders, and fans - and we cover Ulster, Dutchess, Sullivan, Greene, Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, and neighboring countries. The more the merrier! The Upstate Curious Team members will be posting their finds and tips for #upstateliving - and there are special groups for buyers and sellers to get their own burning questions answered!” This app was created by the Upstate Curious Team of Keller Williams Realty Hudson Valley North.

About

Rec League

Discover and share recommendations for anything, from products to places. Organize your favorite finds into curated collections and follow users with similar tastes. Monetize your expertise through paid memberships.

Highlights
  • Recommend anything
  • Organize into collections
  • Follow users
  • Earn money via memberships
  • Share favorite things
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Rec League is where real people exchange real recommendations. How it works: - Recommend anything - from ski boots to playlists to where to eat in Rome. - Organize your recommendations into collections. - Follow people whose taste you admire. - Earn money through paid memberships.

Screenshots

Upstate Curious4 screens
Rec League4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rec League at weekly against Upstate Curious's every 6 months. Rec League also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (491 vs 144). Upstate Curious's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Upstate Curious against 4.9 for Rec League. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 144 and 491 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Upstate Curious's written reviews are positive against 94% of Rec League's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Upstate Curious ships an update every 6 months, Rec League weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Upstate Curious versus Rec League: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpstate CuriousRec League
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (144 ratings)4.9 (491 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.5% of reviews
Number of ratings144491 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB62 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperThe Brenn-White Group LLCLyric Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

Upstate Curious

All ratings144 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rec League

All ratings480 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%

In-app purchases

None

Upstate Curious

No in-app purchases

None

Rec League

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Upstate Curious free?
Upstate Curious is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rec League free?
Rec League is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Upstate Curious or Rec League?
Rec League is rated higher. Upstate Curious averages 4.9 out of 5 from 144 ratings, while Rec League averages 4.9 from 491 ratings.
Do Upstate Curious or Rec League have ads?
Neither Upstate Curious nor Rec League shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Upstate Curious or Rec League?
Upstate Curious ships an update every 6 months, and Rec League weekly. Most recently, Upstate Curious was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rec League on October 30, 2026.

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